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Welcome to Un Amour Éternel, Yuxi's TS2-crap-dump! I dig decorating, storytelling, making pretty pixel people and posting random lounge music, amongst other things. Older content (like old hair retextures/conversions) can be found on my Livejournal, and a masterlist of most of my stuff can be found here.


Policy



In case you want to know how I roll:
You're free to include my stuff with lots and sims, no need to ask.
For meshes, I'd prefer you linked back to their original post instead of including them, as I am prone to screwing up and will update as necessary.
Feel free to hack/slash/convert/recolour/edit my things, but please do mention where you got your parts from.
I only use textures or meshes from other people if they allow such mash-ups - follow their terms of usage if you wish to reuse their work and credit them properly too.



This is a list of the lovely creators and sites I get pretties and/or inspiration from.
Unfortunately some are now inactive, hence the links to the backups of their files in the Graveyard.

Sites and forums


Adele (mirror site): Beautiful objects and clothing.
Black Pearl Sims (forum) : I'm not an active member here, but I love many object recolours and meshes that can be found here. My favourite creators in particular are Animefemme, Cassandre, Leehee, MysticRain and Nemestnaya.
Chi Sims: All sorts of fancy objects, accessories and what-have-you with a classical Chinese twist.
Club Crimsyn (mirror site): Darker themed high-quality clothing, accessories, objects, walls&floors and so much more by Aikea Guinea and Gelydh.
Cool Sims: Pretty, quality hairs for both genders by Anto.
E-studio See creator blogs vvv: E-Studio had high-quality skins, make-up and hair edits by one of my favourite creators ever. Ephemera is also a member of MTS and of Gamesir.
Elegant Decay: Used-but-not-quite-abused objects and other things by Nixy - I think the site's title pretty much says it all.
Enayla's Escapades: A subforum at Insimenator, this is where Enayla posted her phenomenal eyes, skins and clothing inspired by the world of the fantastic.
Fashion Twist: Realistic, high-quality and elegant clothing by Confide and Tantra.
Gamesir: A plethora of talented Chinese CC creators post their creations here. (You do need an account view the board and GSBs (forum money) to download, however.)
Garden of Shadows (forum): Alternative-themed forum with many, many pretties.
Imaginary (at Sims2Graveyard): Problematique's and Noirmuse's old site, now hosted at the Graveyard. A plethora of shinies can be found here.
The Medieval Smithy and Plumb Bob Keep: Quality build mode items, object recolours and everything else you'll ever need to build a historical-themed 'hood.
My-mashup: Beautiful wallpapers, floors and lots by Isi, who's also a talented builder and designer.
Pixel Dolly (at Sims2Graveyard): Alternative, high quality Bodyshop items and object recolours.
Sims in Paris (mirror site): Beautiful furniture with a chic touch.
Simply Styling: High quality clutter objects, furniture and other things that give a house that 'lived-in'-feeling I find so hard to achieve.
Sims Projects: Grungy walls, floors and posters from Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, along with other useful object retextures by Dektora.

Favourite MTS creators


Bruno: Awesome make-up sets and other Bodyshop items.
blake_boy: Astonishing sets of contemporary furniture.
Buggybooz: Beautifully textured objects and room sets. She also has a blog with more goodness.
Criquette: The master of neighbourhood objects.
Crowridgestudio: Some lovely recolours and vintage objects.
Guatla: Wonderful used-but-not-abused room and building sets, among other things.
Navetsea: I use his face kit and eyebrows on too many sims.
Pixelhate: Countless sets of marvellous building materials and brilliant overlays, perfect to build realistic, grubby lots.
Sherabhim: Beautiful fantasy-type clothing and other things.
V1ND1CARE: One of the best lot builders out there, mostly of ancient ruins and the like.

Creator blogs


Amaryll at Livejournal: Wonderful, high-quality clothing for both genders.
Azaya at Dreamwidth: Grungy recolours, lovely clothing and hairs.
Crayonsama at Tistory: Lovely realistic clutter, mostly ashtrays and gadgets.
CuriousB at Dreamwidth: Extremely useful and well-made grungy recolours and build mode objects.
Daislia at 163: Unique objects, recolours and build mode objects, always accompanied by stunning, inspiring pictures.
Ephemera at Blogbus: Sim God, basically. I simply can't play without his genetics, hair retextures and make-up.
Helena at 163: Utterly gorgeous Bodyshop CC, mostly historical/fantastical, bound to make jaws drop all the way to the floor.
Io at Dreamwidth/Livejournal: Absolutely drop-dead gorgeous clothing, hair retextures and more!
Javiera at Dreamwidth: Makes the most beautiful steampunk-themed clothing and objects.
Nabila at Livejournal: Wonderful high-quality object recolours and make-up.
Ran at 163: Beautiful accessories and other CC, all made with excellent taste.



For those who like snazzy banners to link back with:




Malrennan's Fall - Index


Malrennan's Fall is a storytelling project executed in comic format, using the Sims 2 and a buttload of Photoshop as a medium. I usually post per scene, some longer than others - the latest pages can be found at MF's Tumblr, where I upload them as I finish them.

- Introduction
- Introduction II

. Prologue 1-4
- Prologue 5&6
- I 1-9
- I 10-13
- I 14-17
- I 18-21
- I 22-28
- I 29-39
- I 40-44


If you need to contact me, you can do so via GoS, Tumblr, Livejournal or here - commenting on Dreamwidth doesn't require an account.


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(Anonymous)
2010-07-23 08:48 pm UTC (link)
Thanks so much! It's a great help. :'D And I do browse around GoS a lot(I have an account), but it's hard to stuff that I like. I mean, it has really great stuff, but I'm not so much into dressing my male sims in neons. xD But these are great too! Maybe you should make some tops yourself to go with them. I abuse your creations too much. xDD

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[personal profile] esperesa
2010-07-23 09:47 pm UTC (link)
True, it really depends on whether you're into that particular style (I tend to chuck most neons myself xD). I personally like neutral, slimmified Maxis-based tops like those by Aquilegia and Amaryll best because they're so versatile. Speaking of which, you just totally inspired me. e__e

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(Anonymous)
2010-07-24 10:59 pm UTC (link)
Lol. Thanks I guess. xD I think it's just hard to find male clothes in general. Even MTS has very little. But the tops you recommended were great. I ended up downloading all the sets. :'D Also, if you want to see my fail Sims(well, they're fail to me), check out my LJ: amuletkitten.livejournal.com. I highly doubt that you'll like them, but I'd love to hear any constructive criticism and advice from someone as great as you. ;D

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[personal profile] esperesa
2010-07-28 03:20 pm UTC (link)
Aww, don't say that about your own sims! I don't think I could advise someone on how to make their sims since everyone's tastes are so different (I see you're more into a 'cute' style yourself XD), but it might help to read around a bit on how to get out the best of your game via picture taking. Some tuts I found really helpful are these:
- This one on MTS by HP (unfinished but quite helpful)
- About composition by Goodbye_sun (in fact, that entire community has helpful tips on picture taking!)
- Tips to improve composition in real photography
I think picture-taking is the most fun part of TS2 because everything you do - decorating, your sims - just comes together. <3

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(Anonymous)
2010-07-29 12:02 am UTC (link)
I actually just make anime sims at the moment. That and OC's. I think I mights just need a better graphics card and some camera overlays, but my comp can't handle them. D: But thanks for the tutorials! Hopefully I can get some better pictures out of my game now. xD

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