Just whining...

[strangetomato]

So I finally have a stretch of uninterrupted time to work on the story this evening, but the scenes I need to shoot are just too involved. I don't feel like doing it. I need to create sets and get the right clothing, etc., and it's just feeling like too much hassle. My brain feels like mush; I can't even figure out how to get the bunkbeds out of the Grand Trianon Collection (I could have sworn there used to be metal ones there, but I can't find them). This is a bad sign. Maybe I should work on some of the scenes that are more immediate. Where's my focus? It's gone. Brain = mush.

I wanted to use Gunmod's Radience Light System for one of the scenes, but I have to confess that the instructions for installing it just confused me and I think I'm chickening out. What if I can't take it back out? I guess I'll have to just leave the beautiful and dramatic sim photography to the people that are actually good at it and settle for being competent but unremarkable.

Verdict for today: massive fail all around. I might as well get out a raft and float down the street to pass the time instead (yeah, it's raining like crazy here). Whhheeeeee!

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[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

It's also raining like crazy over here. I just had to take a shower because I got soaked on the way back from a work meeting. And I'm also literally twitching because I had to drink four cups of strong coffee to stay away at said meeting. I have a lot of paperwork to do for both my job and graduate school process (all due this Friday) and just can't focus, so I'm not sleeping well. And I had a very tiring day at school, because the kid was cranky and it was nearly impossible to make him pay attention at class and...

Goodness, this is Failday indeed! *Twitches*

I've had the same issues as you with my story. I quickly get bored and distracted when I have to pose my sims for a "complicated" scene (I'm more a "take pics as I play" kind of "simmer"), and there have been entries that required constant posing from me. So annoying, but that's what I get for being such a freaking perfectionist.

But then there are days like yesterday when I'm eager to try a "complicated" idea as soon as I get it, no matter what. And somehow I get them done very quickly too! Too bad that's not as often as I wished.

I once installed that light mod, waaaay back before I even thought about making a story with my sims. I had just discovered MTS and was like a kid at a candy store trying out all the "OMG SHINY!" stuff in there. Maybe that's an useful mod for stories, but I hated it as a gamer. When I realized I was placing 6 windows and 10 lamps per room just to make the game bearable, I took it out forever.

I second the use of photoshop (I fail at filters, but I found a tutorial to get effects like this one, maybe it's similar to what you need?) or maybe ummm... you could place a couple invisible tiles in the roof to let the light down. I have no idea if that'd work, though.

Anyway, I hope you get back your inspiration! As I always say, you need to have fun and enjoy this above everything.

And I should shut up now because caffeine has made me verbose again :)