Blind Date 2018 - Love Notes and Gifts! SHARING THREAD

[Julie J]

My wonderful gifts from iCad

Happy Blind Date, JulieJ. It's me, "Orpheus."

I kinda focused on the mentions of "rock star" in your wishlist, and my brain went to 80s glam-rock. I'm not sure if that's at all what you were looking for, but that's where I went. So, I have for you:

--Higher-res retextures of the Maxis sectional sofa from Nightlife, which has always struck me as very 80s. I gave it raw silk upholstery, and I gave the base a wooden texture that tiles properly. The upholstery comes in all 28 of Aelia's Jewel colors (Color swatch here, and the base comes in my 12 wood colors. Here's a closer-up of its textures:


There is an issue, though. If you use this as a sectional rather than as separated chairs/couches, the corner piece textures like this:

I couldn't fix it without messing up how it looks as separated chairs/couches, so...yeah.

--Retextures of the base game Musee Public vase sculpture thingy. I gave it a rough earthenware texture, and it comes in Aelia's Jewel colors, too. A closer-up:


--Retextures of the "Here and There Thing" endtable from Nightlife. It has a marble-y texture, and it comes in all the Jewel colors, too. A closer-up:


--Retextures of this funky bookcase made from "recycled" drums:


It was converted from one of the TS3 stuff packs by HCove. I fussed with the texture a bit -- shiny-ing it up a little, darkening down the trim, adding some speckle to the drums -- and then colored it in the Jewel colors. It's a bit on the high-poly side -- about 2.5K -- because of its roundness, but it's fun. Oh! I also edited the shadows in the mesh to remove the groundshadow that didn't make sense, so if you happen to have this item already, you might want to use the edited mesh included instead.

--And finally, just for fun, I retextured and edited the alpha of this hair:


Because it screams "80s hair band" at me. I edited the alpha so that the ends are strandier rather than stringier, and it comes in four colors, with textures painted by me. The colors are based on Io's Isis (Black) and Pooklet's Depth Charge, Incendiary, and Pyrotechnic for brown, blond, and red. I removed the toddler, child, and elder stages because I can't see any of those ages in this hair. It's high-poly, about 16K, but it's kinda fun. There are pics of the other colors here, and turnaround pics here.

And that's all she wrote! I hope that you will find some of these things useful!
iCad/Orpheus

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[iCad]

Annnnnnnd here's my awesome gift from JulieJ! These went right into my game, both the vintage one and the regular one. Thanks again, "Eurydice!"

It's Eurydice ...
I focused on the 50/60s theme and revamped an old AllAboutStyle 60s dress giving it new morphs and shoes. Also added 1 retexture



Also a 60s style hair converted from the Sims 3 store. Has io's colours (also threw in some Pooklet colours)

Dress - Link

Hair -Link



Hope you like them

Julie J/Eurydice

[twofingerswhiskey]

Here is my gift from SkyWookiee!

They did a wonderful job giving me some new sewing room clutter (deeply needed), some wall plant recolours (of my favourite mesh!) and some Fish Packing Stations in iCad's woods! I'll be adding all of this to my game shortly, I'm so happy to get to use these ASAP!







You can download their gift to me here! I've also rehosted it here for those without access to MediaFire!

[iCad]

I love everything in your gift, Jeb! Thank you for sharing it, and thank you, Skywookiee, for making it! *crosses packing stations off to-do list* I've had it in the back of my head to look for a more modern-looking sewing machine, so I can strike that off my to-do list, too. Wonderful stuff!

[Becca]

Hello beccabear! I'm going to start by saying that your gift to me is absolutely perfect   I'm always in the need for more face stuff for my sims so thank you for helping me add some diversity into my game. Also with all the growing families in my game at the moment, I know I will get a lot of use out of that nursery set.

Thank you so much for your gifts, they are lovely <3 Now, onto mine! This isn't everything that I planned- I had a mashup in the works but I didn't feel comfortable gifting it until I've sorted out all of its kinks- but I hope you like what I've made for you.

First up we have some recolours of Veranka's converted Boston Bedroom set, in AlfredAskew's woods and Shasta's metals where appropriate. You mentioned that you like Mid-Century Modern furniture styles so as soon as I saw that chair, I knew I had to recolour it for you. The textures are repositoried to the Double Bed and End Table A. You'll want to download Veranka's set above for all of the meshes.

Next we have some more buy mode recolours in Shasta's metals again. I recoloured Veranka's converted Potted Ferns and Veranka and TrippingTides' Techtonic Table. I included the meshes for these.

I also noticed that you like Mediterranean influences in your game so I wanted to make some things that would help with Mediterranean architecture. So I've taken some of the textures of iCad's High-Res Paint and applied them to a bunch of meshes by Windkeeper and SimsZoo (their Miami Set and Mediterranean Arch Set respectively). I only pictured one but there's 10 different arches and windows so you'll have a lot of variety. They come in four neutral tones from iCad's original paint set; Snow, Parchment, Dune, and Banana. Meshes for these are included as per SimsZoo's policy, and also because I don't want to force anyone to go to TSR while the Booty is down.

And lastly we have something special albeit last-minute, since my other gift didn't work out; I modeled you some earrings! I realise that the preview picture isn't great so here's another pic. They're available for YAF/AF/EF sims and come in four colours; black, white, gold and silver.

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I could not possibly be more thrilled - everything is perfect for my game and I'm so excited to play with it all! Thank you so much for a lovely gift, hemfbg!

[hemfbg]

I'm so glad that you liked my gift, beccabear! I was a bit worried during the creating period.

Hello hemfbg! I'm very excited to be your date for this event, and I had a great time making some goodies for you!

closeups, left to right: hayden brows, sombre + lyric, freckles 05 | morgan brows, shadowplay + lucid, moles 07 + 08, freckles 03 + 04
riley brows, lucid, moles 05 | dallas brows, subconscious, noles 03

To start with, some Bodyshop sets:
- Brows: four sets of brows in Simgaroop's colours; elders go grey
- Freckles: five layerable freckles, for all ages and both genders, in the costume makeup bin
- Moles: eight layerable face moles, for all ages and both genders, in the blush bin
- Shade and Light: three each of layerable contour and highlight blushes, for all ages and both genders

There are swatches and comparison pictures included in the download, and I've linked to some closeups of a few of the items above.

And on the build / buy side, you said you wanted content for non-adult Sims, and I thought a nursery set might be useful for your legacies. I retextured / recoloured m0xxa's Awesims Broyhill set with Apartment Life woods, some CuriousB colours, and prints from various artists on Society 6. Swatches are included in the download, as well as all of the meshes.

Download also includes some extra info and credits.

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I hope you enjoy your gifts!

I just checked everything out in-game and now I can't wait to make some townies for my BACC and refurbish all my sims' nurseries. Thank you for being my date, beccabear :3

[Mrs_MQuve]

I've got a love note for you all    Kinu's "Artificial Love" top in 10 colors.





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[Nox]

The gifts already posted are awesome, I can't believe how creative all people are

Here's my gift from Prikkie, and if you're a cat lover like me, you'll absolutely want to grab this

Dear Muad'Dib

In your message you mentioned you like cats. So I therefore set out to create some kitty wallpapers for this special occasion:ewlove:


Set 1. Aristogatos.


Set 2. Cat And Mouse.


Set 3. Catnip Break.


Set 4. Cats Everywhere.


Set 5. Chococat.


Set 6. Circle Cat.


Set 7. Fat Cats.


Set 8. Fatty Cats.


Set 9. Gaggle Of Cats.


Set 10. Kitty Loves Music.


Set 11. Knit Whit.


Set 12. Manx And Spanx.


Set 13. Meow.


Set 14. My Messy World.


Set 15. Neko Neko.


Set 16. Study Break.



The patterns come from Colourlovers. I tried to get as many different colours and styles.
All sets come in five different colours and in two sizes, can be found under wallpaper and cost five simoleons.


I hope you like them

No need to say, but they're going directly into my game !

[Equinox]

I can't see the screenshots but I'm downloading anyway because KITTIES!

[Trapping]

My blind date was darklingTiresias and they made me several sets with focus on legacy-gameplay. I'll just paste in their description of each set above the corresponding picture. More info can be found inside the download 

"Five recolours of klira-sims' 4t2 Bunny Boots conversion (mesh included). More toddler dresses, yay!"


"Three matching outfits for PF/CF/TF/AF, plus matching overalls for PU. (Plus one AF/TF dress and one PF dress.)"


"Two sets of t-shirts for CU-EU. The first set is five t-shirts themed around gardening (that being the first generation of the DITFT challenge)- the ones with text come in Simlish and English versions. The second set is nine music-themed shirts."




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Thank you again, darklingTiresias!
And since they gave me permission to share the gift I made for them here comes even more pictures:

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[twofingerswhiskey]

AW YEAH, PINK FLOYD SHIRT AND GENDER CONVERSIONS! *dances happily* These gifts are all so awesome, you guys! If SkyWookiee doesn't post the gift I gave them, do I have permission to post (sharing is allowed on it) if they don't have the time?

[SkyWookiee]

I am going to post it, so don't worry about that.

[Deatherella]

I have a wonderful gift to share from Queen of France. Now, that I have finished and sent my gift, I can send these new Sims to Pleasantview and see how they do.

Hello! I was your Blind Date this year. I unfortunately didn't have enough time to make all I wanted, since I got sudden crunch time dropped on me at work, but I still hope that you'll find something here that you will enjoy.

Hello!




A sporty, zombie-themed cropped top for AF with my own stencils on Eltaninz' mesh. They are categorized as everyday, athletic, underwear, and sleepwear, and the mesh (antka's version with the fat morph) is included.

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Next up, sims! They are packed with minimal cc - all will be using your default skins, and they are wearing Maxis clothes. They can be a bit funky when switching between genders/ages, since I focused mostly on giving them fun faces, but I had them kids with various sims in a test hood and they came out pretty dang cute, if I say so myself.



Wisteria Quackenbush
Turnaround, Fortune/Pleasure, 5/4/7/4/3

Coming from a long line of accomplished witches and renowned painters, Wisteria secretely longs for that sweet, forbidden fruit of mediocrity.



Josh Kowalski, Pleasure/Grilled Cheese, 3/7/2/8/4
Turnaround

There are few things that matter more to Josh than bowling, but one of them is that it's pronounced with a v, dammit, guys. Local legend says that if you say his name into a bowling ball three times at midnight, his face will emerge from it to ask if he can borrow some cash.



Bleach Collins, Knowledge, 6/2/10/2/8
Turnaround

Few people would guess that under Bleach's unnerving name, and high school dropout-ness, and punkish style, lies a deeply spiritual guy with a keen interest in psychology and most acclaimed books on moral philosophy read cover to cover. Bleach says little, spending most of his time either on his gardening gigs or sitting in on open university lectures, but if you can appreciate comfortable silence, there's few less judgmental and more compassionate guys. And no, he doesn't know where that nickname came from either, probably something he did while somewhat baked and hating on capitalism.

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You're welcome to share it, of course, if you'd like.

[kaieir]

Here's a Love Note from me to you!

These are recolors of MDP's 4t2 Shirt Open Layered for AM.



I originally made these for a certain sim, but then I decided to create more recolors for me to share
I added a little bit of shading and textures since the original recolors looked too flat for me.
^{(Also, I finally remembered to redownload the Compressorizer and it definitely is a life saver!)}

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Mesh and swatches are included in the rar.

Swatches
1 || 2 || 3

Credits:
Meshes -  EAxis and MDPthatsme

[ZeroDark]

Those are really nice! Thanks, Kaieir!

Great gifts everyone