Strangetown extras: Double dose of Beau spoilers

[strangetomato]

I've been picking away at the next update (Yeah momentum!), and I'm seriously tempted to run in here and show off every little thing before I post it. I'm not going to do that, but it's so tempting when there are cute sims doing ridiculous things. I am, however, going to share a couple of things I made in Photoshop for the chapter, both involving Beau. If you'd rather wait to see it in the chapter, just ignore this.






First, a tee for Beau:



This is the main reason I even made those shirts. The project was called "Beau's pink tee" in my project folder.

This is when he meets Tank. You can just imagine what Tank's thinking, right?

Then there's this little "masterpiece":




Lucy will be painting this in the art studio.

That would be Beau posing as St. Sebastian, for obvious symbolic reasons. (Anything longer than it is wide is a phallus in Art History, don't you know.)

Slightly religious for my sim world, but it's hard to conceive of an art class without some religious imagery. Take Renaissance art, for example. I've always loved saint imagery too, and I did a photo project based on it when I was in art school (like this, using friends as family posed as modern-day interpretations of iconic saints).






 

Comments

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Losing My Religion.

That is all.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

I want that shirt. What does it say? I'm still faily at reading simlish.

Also, that's an awesome painting.

*eagerly awaits next chapter*

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, what does the shirt say? I MUST KNOW.

(Poor Tank, LOL!)

And HEE HEE HEE St. Sebastian, eh? I'm loving it. (I also love Lucy, Beau and Buck's art class. The whole dynamic of it was awesome. More Lucy/Buck interaction, yes? :p )

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

I love the painting! It really looks as though it's on canvas, too, which is a wonderful touch!

I'm really looking forward to the next update. I'm playing my game vicariously these days. :D

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

sweet! I'm not too fan of that mesh, but i'm loving that shirt!! :)

The color you used its great. Pink still, but a bit darker so its not totally girlish. Really cool! and with the text and the sim heart too, perfect! <3

(sad me, i do know what it says lol)

[dgjamie.livejournal.com]

"(Anything longer than it is wide is a phallus in Art History, don't you know.)"

LOL! I'm actually an Art History Major and I very much know this to be true.

San Sebastiano is actually a popular form for pincushions in Italy as well, morbidly enough. Fun facts that I know.

Playing sims right now (What else?)

[onlycreated4st.livejournal.com]

I was afraid this would ruin the story for me, but you've given just enough for me to dread this wait for the next chapter...once again. Ahhh, I love art with symbols and meaning behind it. Also, if you're not too busy to answer this one day...how did you learn Simlish? lol ! I used to think that the "words" in the game were just crazy symbols until I read your works/entries!

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

That shirt is adorable! And I found it extra funny because Tank's maternity wear in my game was pink. XD

I love that "painting" too, and how much thought you put into it. Beau is most definitely like St. Sebastian, from what I found out about him the last time you mentioned it.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

I had absolutely NO idea that St. Sebastian was a gay icon! Which is amusing, because my local church's patron is precisely St. Sebastian. My parents got married there and I was baptized there too, along with my sisters and nieces. And I'll most likely get married there some day. It is a very small but beautiful church, although its huge St. Sebastian painting and sculpture terrified me when I was little :P.

You really learn something new every day!

Anyway, I love both the t-shirt and the painting! Must have been hard to make it look just like that! Both are amazing :). And yup, there's always religious imagery in an art class. My sister had to take some pictures for her photography class and asked me to pose as a Renaissance Virgin a couple months ago. It was quite fun!

[catladymeow.livejournal.com]

Loved the peek into the future there. Makes me want to see it in the final result. The picture of Beau as the saint was well done.

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

Woah! Your art history professor were way cooler than mine *lol* We did see some St. Sebastian pics in classes but our profs never once mentioned him as a gay icon - it fits when I think of it, though :) And Beau makes a wonderful Sebastian :D