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cbear1313
10 years ago

☆☆ Sims 4 Quality Control Practice Challenges ☆☆

Welcome to the QC Practice Challenges thread, here we will run practice challenges for people to learn more tips and tricks to all aspects of building lots and rooms. We will try to explore al...
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cbear1313
10 years ago
@VioletRed feedback for Challenge 2 - Part 1
QC Practice Challenge Z1

Hi VioletRed sorry its taken me a bit to get to your practice challenge, just remember that we may give some tips along the way how you can make it look different but that doesnt mean what you have done is wrong we just like to share ideas also, I will also give you feedback on where you might lose points as a judge for the comps so your aware of things to watch out for.

So for your landscaping first thing I noticed was the gate I love what you have used with the hedge fence and Trellins on the sides of the front yard really make the gate feel more suited.

When I do houses with fences all the way around I tend to delete all the terrain paint from outside the fence so that it blends with the land around it, I noticed your pictures are from a lot in Oasis Springs but Ive placed in another town where its surrounded by grass. The other benefit of just deleting everything on the outside is so that no matter where people place it in the world it will blend with its surroundings.



Also I hate to say this because to many people just decorate the gallery shot to get downloads and dont finish the build on the inside or places that can't be seen, but think of it this way. Your gallery shot sells your build to the public so make sure you make it look pretty, so dressing up the outside of the fence can help, even if minor decoration you dont have to go over the top.

And dont forget nightview I noticed there were next to no lights in your landscaping, this can really make your night view magical. They also help with some added decoration.



I love your little sitting areas with the Trellin's and you haven't done anything wrong with these but I can show you a way to dress them up a bit. Its something I will write a tutorial for because I use this alot but for yours I will explain how I have done it. It also gives a great curved corner on your fencing.

This is your before and after shots and I will explain how to do it after


Ok so here is how I make my raised areas
This is for houses that have a foundation and seeing as this house foundation is low enough we don't need stairs.

So firstly to raise your fencing around a house so that it has a bit of foundation under it just simply start the fencing from the house it will build it with the foundation attached, just run it straight across to where your fence will be and then run your fence where ever you want it from there.



As you can see in the picture the fence coming from the house has the foundation under it as the fence that was already there doesn't. just simply go over the original fencing to get the new one.

For your corner raised area
1. Place the curved patio
2. Replace the outer fencing to match the fencing around the house



3. delete the rest of the fencing and join the hedge fencing together
4. make the shape before placing anything, then add your floor covering, match the foundation covering with the one used on the rest of the fence and decorate your sitting area.



I noticed a few bare spots which could do with a little decoration and you dont have to go over the top just something to fill in a bit of space, also noticed I changed the color of the bird bath to white to match the gate as the pink didnt seem to match.



I love all the colorful flowers you used and that you used lots of different ones as it brightens up the lot. I think the backyard is great, there was a little bare area next to the table and chairs that you could of put a plant or something to decorate it just a little. The use of the different terrain paints is great and I agree with @crysk advice on using some of the earthly tones especially around and under flowers for a more natural look.
I love the natural pond to swim in and as @crysk said adding floor and wall coverings to pools and ponds really polishes them off.

Be careful when placing rocks and plants as it looks a bit strange having flowers and leaves covering directly out of solid stone, you want it to look like they are growing out from underneath or cracks not out of the solid stone. Hold down the ALT button to move the items slightly away and to rotate to fit nicely. You can see plants sticking out of both the rocks in the picture on the left.



As @crysk has mentioned be careful with placement that nothing is sticking through other things like plants and walls

Dont forget the night view as I mentioned earlier, but also when you get to doing the exterior you can attach lights to it to shine over some of the garden, I usually leave this til last but it doubles as some decoration.
A trick with garden beds and around ponds like yours is hide the flat pool light in the garden under the plants it will lighten the area but make sure the light is hidden



Other than that great job I love it and cant wait to see more from you.

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