OK, so why would I want this mess?
sanmonroe:
Quote from: GloamingMerle on 2009 May 31, 03:40:10
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Arguing about the quality of paintings I posted is pointless.
Well... You kinda made it the point when you used them for your argument that the Sims 3 paintings were crap, but apparently I digress. Sims 2 paintings merely being screenshots always defeated the purpose of having sim "paintings" for me.
No, the point I made was that any reasonably talented artist can make photorealistic art IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT. Sims can only make sloppy smudgy crap with poor color balance.
If I wanted my sim to make an ugly abstract painting, I would choose that option, and not the regular one.
The pictures I posted illustrate that point. Even hillbillies with a paint gun can make photorealistic art.
simsdesperado:
Quote from: sanmonroe on 2009 May 31, 20:17:07
Quote from: GloamingMerle on 2009 May 31, 03:40:10
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Arguing about the quality of paintings I posted is pointless.
Well... You kinda made it the point when you used them for your argument that the Sims 3 paintings were crap, but apparently I digress. Sims 2 paintings merely being screenshots always defeated the purpose of having sim "paintings" for me.
No, the point I made was that any reasonably talented artist can make photorealistic art IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT. Sims can only make sloppy smudgy crap with poor color balance.
If I wanted my sim to make an ugly abstract painting, I would choose that option, and not the regular one.
The pictures I posted illustrate that point. Even hillbillies with a paint gun can make photorealistic art.
I agree with you, some of the filters they used are ugly, but sometimes I think that they did not want the sims to always paint photorealistic paintings. There's a filter that looks like oil paint brushstrokes on canvas, and one where they make blobs of colour that I think they were aiming for watercolours. But then there is the filter where the poor sim paints with neon contours on all details and then I start thinking what the hell was going through their heads at the time they programmed that option into the game. At least the default paintings are nice when they paint them without any filters.
Budgie:
Quote from: simsdesperado on 2009 May 31, 20:34:48
I agree with you, some of the filters they used are ugly, but sometimes I think that they did not want the sims to always paint photorealistic paintings. There's a filter that looks like oil paint brushstrokes on canvas, and one where they make blobs of colour that I think they were aiming for watercolours. But then there is the filter where the poor sim paints with neon contours on all details and then I start thinking what the hell was going through their heads at the time they programmed that option into the game. At least the default paintings are nice when they paint them without any filters.
Yeah, but since when has "what EAxis was aiming for" translated into something that people actually wanted. Having sims paint in different "styles" is an interesting concept, but in the hands of EAxis, it turns into a massive pile of fail.
Soggy Fox:
I disagree that all the sims 3 paintings -by sims- are crap. I've gotten some really pretty impressionistic paintings of the waterfall area. It does seem to be somewhat random, but I do prefer it to the sims 2 method. And if I don't like a still-life, I just sell it.
JacquiES:
Well in regards to the sims having the creepiest eyes ever, I will say that about a week ago, I had a pretty scary dream in which the "bad guy" in it had eyes just like in TS3. I haven't been that enthused to play the game since then.
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