The icon says it all (with a smile)

[strangetomato]

Don't ask me why I was so dedicated to the task of making an icon with Ripp giving you all the finger, but once the idea popped into my head, it became a personal challenge (and you never know when something like that could come in handy, right?). Sim hands are ridiculously stumpy and lacking in detail, so it looks pretty goofy and a little like one of those foam sports hands that fans wave, but I think it came out looking okay, don't you?

The stupid grin keeps it playful, so even when used to tell someone to sit on it, it doesn't appear overly aggressive. I can easily imagine Johnny on the receiving end of this gesture, instead of, say, Tank. 

I have writer/simmer's block. Can you tell?

Comments

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Whoa! How did you manage to make him do that! I'd never seen a sim do that before. Yup, it is definitely a playful, even friendly finger, if there's such a thing!

I also have writers block :S.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

He didn't do it himself (though that would be REALLY funny). I had to edit out his other fingers in Photoshop. Here's the original screencap:



It was a frame from the hula dance. I was going to add a finger to a closed fist, but removing fingers ended up being easier. It still looks a little off, but I blame that (partly) on the hand. Sim hands are weird.

The only times I ever give anyone the finger is in a joking context. It makes a good response to a wisecrack.

Writer's block is no fun. I hope you work through it. I think I'm going to try to go in and do some of the images for the next update, since I do have some of the writing ready.

[hannahspring.livejournal.com]

Lol, you always come up with something really funny!

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

It looks awesome. Such a Ripp thing to do. :P

Now I feel guilty for being on such a creative roll! I wish I could give it to you, I'd much rather see your story. :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

*gasp* Ripp would never do such a thing. Take it back!

Heehee.

You have that New Project Energy. It's a great thing, so don't feel guilty at all. Get it moving! Maybe your updates will start an avalanche of other updates.

I hit a bit of a wall with my story, and how I'm ever going to get through all the big gaps in the plot to the parts I want to write. But I'm just going to try to drag it all along, and if you don't like it, Ripp will give you the finger. :P

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

PLOT HOLES? In S, HWC? LIES, I TELL YOU! The story is delicious no matter what. You could have Mint save the day using her awesome powers of randomness and I would still love it.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Well, that's reassuring, because that's exactly what happens.

Just kidding, of course, but it's set to be a bumpy ride in places. The Strangetown experts are going to find lots of stuff in their fine-tooth combs, if they go looking, but I'm okay with that. Who needs it to make perfect sense, right? It's a sim story!

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

I KNEW MINT WOULD SAVE THE DAY.

That's okay. As long as it;s interesting (and not TOO out there- it would be odd if Olive Specter rose from the dead to kill everyone except The Gang the I would have some problems) and awesome, I'm sure it will be excellent.

[showercapfrog.livejournal.com]

It looks a little odd, but sim-like enough to make me laugh when it landed in my inbox at work :P

I love Ripp, and it's definitely a friendly finger. Hopefully the bit of creative drive that made you make this will inspire you further soon!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's odd, but probably no odder than if there really was an animation for it, right? (Just nod yes. *snicker* Humour me.)

Heheh. Friendly finger. I need to stop before I say anything more on that topic.

I hope so too. It sucks when you have free time to work on things but you're not getting anywhere with it. It's such a waste. Hopefully, things will get moving soon.

[showercapfrog.livejournal.com]

I always get inspired when I have a million things to do, and by the time I can sit down and write, I've forgotten what I wanted to write about. Or else I forget my hilarious punchline.

*giggles at possiblities of that finger*
It looks like it would be an animation. I'd probably get Sims 3 if we can make custom animations, but the number of sex animations we'd probably end up with would drown out all the useful ones...

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

HI ELMBER

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

I love the icon. You make Ripp absolutely hilarious. Whenever someone e-messes with you can be like "PSHAH *FLIPS THE BIRD*"~

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Don't mess with me. Or Ripp.

*the bird, I flip it*

It almost makes me want to have someone messing with me, so I can use it.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

and the awesome part is that he is smiling so it's like "Haha screw you :D" That always gets someone extremely aggravated.

I'll do it.

Hey! Strange_tomato! I think you're big dickfacehead!

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Dickfacehead this!

gives you reason to use your icon...

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

JRO IS GROSS AND YOU SHOULD STOP WRITING IT. I'M SERIOUS. EVERY TIME I READ ABOUT RIPP WANTING TO HUMP OPHELIA I VOMIT UNCONTROLLABLY. AND JOHNNY IS THE WORST PERSON EVER - I HATE HIM BECAUSE HE IS UNINTERESTING AND JOHNNY/JAYNE 4-EVAH.

Re: gives you reason to use your icon...

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah?

See icon...

(Oh, but Johnny/Jayne is my OTP. *snicker* Now you use the icon, okay?)

Re: gives you reason to use your icon...

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

THAT ICON IS OFFENSIVE.

GET RID OF IT.

YOU ARE THE WORST.

Re: gives you reason to use your icon...

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

No, you are.

[sadieg79.livejournal.com]

LMAO! This all makes me wanna blow the dust off this one...

I gather someone on Insim Adult was actually working on a real animation for sims to do, triggering relationship hits with whoever they did it to. It looked pretty good, too. I hope they're still working on it - and since Pescado saved the day after that fiasco, we'd still be able to check :D

[catladymeow.livejournal.com]

Pescado is such a hero in the Sims community. He really does great stuff for us all!

[catladymeow.livejournal.com]

Love the icon! Sorry you are experiencing blockage. Hope it passes soon!

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

Haha, lovely icon :D It's a very friendly finger *snicker* Creative constipation sucks - just remember that suspension of disbelief is your friend ;)

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

I've had a bit of writers/simmers block for like the past 3 months. I think I'm finally getting out of it though. To me, that's a good and a bad thing. I spent all yesterday making over everybody in Strangetown for the two parties. And since installing Apartment Life, my game is running extremely slow. The next chapter in IB is definitely going to be hell to shoot because of all of the sims.