CC project: subtle sideburns

[strangetomato]

After thinking about Ripp's sideburns some more, and some fruitless searching, I decided to try my hand at alpha editing.






Everything is clearly labeled, to avoid confusion.




1. No sideburns

2. My alpha-edited subtle sideburns - I can only figure out how to make them in black. Does anyone know how to toggle the colour in BodyShop?

3. My sideburns, again. Shown in black, to illustrate how they would look if they matched up.

4. Maxis sideburns

5. Tyler's sideburns (from GoS)

6. Fanseelamb's pointy sideburns (included with the Rufus Wainwright sim)


So what do you think? They achieve the effect I want them too (less stylized, and more natural than the other options), but I don't know how to make them brown. I'm sure there's an easy answer that I'm somehow missing. Anyone?

Also, what could be sexier than Ripp?

Answer: Six Ripps.


 

Comments

[dinuriel.livejournal.com]

Nice job with those sideburns. They look A LOT more natural than the Maxis ones. Those Maxis sideburns have always kind of bothered me...

Yeah, all I can think of for changing the color would be to extract a brown hair using BodyShop, then use some photo-editing program to open the file for the sideburns and one of the files for the hair side-by-side, so that you can easily compare the color as you recolor the sideburns. There's got to be a better way, though.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I'll probably tweak them a little more before I'm finished with them. Once I'm happy with the alpha, all I need are the texture files for the other colours. Where could they be? I'm so baffled by this. Hmmm, maybe there is a way to open those files and switch them in SimPE. I wish I was better at using SimPE.

Yeah, there has to be a better way, I agree. That texture file is in the game, if it's used for the Maxis burns. Also, worked back from black to brown is going to tough. Hmmm. I'm going to figure this out. I'm determined.