The Sims 2 Hugh Grant!

[A380PilotCrystal]

:!: First of all, before I proclaim you the information and pictures, I want to highly inform you that I am NOT a Hugh Grant fangirl. In fact, I hate him; the same stupid roles in romantic comedies. However, he did play a significantly good role in the film about composers 'Impromptu' and additionally, he was SO boring, unlike his usual cocky, 'womanizing' persona. :!:

Anyway, I am obssessed with composers as I'm a classical piano player and decided to create the Poet of the Piano :blink: (Frederic Chopin in Impromptu style :)) and the King of Virtuosos (Franz Liszt) :king: . Before I upload these 2, I want some feedback from you guys regarding the appearances or content :giggler: . For example, you might say that the eyes need to be closer, etc. So, what do you think? :help:

Chopin: I know he was done pretty slackily, so that's why I'm asking for help in the first place! No bashing, pls :)
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Liszt: Er, I think he was done slightly better. :blink:
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Thanks for your time and patience reading this!

[A380PilotCrystal]

Childhood friends:
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Johannes Brahms:
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Fantasy Themed Sim:
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[MistyBlue]

Neat project! Well, for starters, I gotta say your sims look -very- anime/doll like - was that your intention? I'm not sure that is the best approach, I would go for a bit more realistic or sim!cartoonish way, whichever you prefer. The sims, as sims, do look rather pretty, but, somehow I can't see any of these composers as BJD dollies ;)

Also, if you are looking for feedback on specific sims, please don't post pictures of random other sims - we have a rather cool Sim Pictures forum for those ;)

[A380PilotCrystal]

I've tried my best for Franz Liszt, but his facial sculpture is quite difficult and challenging-and I can't seem to find his hairstyle either! I've had some requests for creators, but all of them came back apologizing that it was too hard. Maybe there wasn't really a photo of him, and those portraits of him look different every time? Any suggestions of Liszt? Is he too pale or his nose needs to be pointier? I've had trouble for the Hugh Grant Chopin too. I chose a more realistic eye colour that matches his, but any more suggestions for improvement? I seem to find making realistic sims HARD, and those that do accomplish it on this website must be really talented. Since no one was doing Hugh Grant EVERYWHERE, I've decided to do him, but he was still doll-like despite my sim still captures the essence of him. So in other words, how do I make them look more realistic?

[Gorey]

Still not sure if your going for an anime/doll styled sim or realistic to look like the people your basing them on.

I honesty don't see Hugh Grant at all, yet, I think your best bet for improving is finding a good face on picture and profile picture of Hugh Grant (they don't need to be from the film) so your better able to compare your sims facial structure to his. Also whilst working on the face sculpt its best to show pictures without any custom content in them so people can better see the sims features.

I can see a bit more resemblance in your Liszt around the eyebrows but again its hard to tell because of the CC. Also pictures of the sims just face on looking straight to camera as well as pain profile images make it much easier to judge how they look. The angled and posing pictures make it difficult to really see how the sim actually looks.

[MistyBlue]

I've tried my best for Franz Liszt, but his facial sculpture is quite difficult and challenging-and I can't seem to find his hairstyle either! I've had some requests for creators, but all of them came back apologizing that it was too hard.

You should not be worried over the hair at this point. It's much more important to get your sims' sculpt right first. Also, a sim-maker is rarely so lucky to find the totally perfect hair for their sim, and often you gotta make it work with what you have, or learn how to make it yourself :) Hair-meshing is time consuming and difficult, so I doubt any creator would take such a request.

My main issue with your sims is that their eyes are super huge, their noses narrow and small and the mouth on all of them are very tiny too. These things, along with the BJD skintone, are making them look like dolls and are not recognizable as people you are basing them on. So, for a start, I would remove the skin and replace it with either a Maxis one or something less plastic-y and shiny :) It would help greatly if you would take pictures of your sims looking straight into the camera.

Also, my advice is that you work on your sims one by one - start with Grant's Chopin, for example. Once you are happy with him, you can move on :) Don't be discouraged, making sims that look like real people can be very hard sometimes, but we're all here to help (I can't make sims without Creator Feedback anymore, LOL) and I'm positive that your sims will look fantastic in the end ;)

[A380PilotCrystal]

So, I'll start with Liszt first as he seems to resemble the former more. What can be improved from the face? After perfecting Liszt, I'll do Hugh Grant/Chopin.

[Sof_m9]

So, I'll start with Liszt first as he seems to resemble the former more. What can be improved from the face? After perfecting Liszt, I'll do Hugh Grant/Chopin.

Maybe you could do a bit of a face mask? I don't know if you're against it or not but it sure would make a difference. ;)

[MistyBlue]

So, I'll start with Liszt first as he seems to resemble the former more. What can be improved from the face? After perfecting Liszt, I'll do Hugh Grant/Chopin.

We can't really give you any suggestions before you post pictures of him looking straight into the camera (neutral expression, please), and it would be nice if you would replace that BJD skin with something that shows sculpt better :)