Can someone critique my lots?
Hiya! I've been building houses and lots in the sims since Sims 2, but for some reason, I just cannot get that wow factor. I wondered if anyone would be kind enough to take a look at my lots in my ga...
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"Neashaleigh;c-17849350" wrote:
Wow! Loads of good advice Izbthnndgls! Thank you! By the way, how the heck do you pronounce your name? Hehe. Anyway, I will grab a coffee and settle in to fully absorb what you have said. I was a little shocked by what you said about my lack of colour theory.. but only because I'm an artist in rl. It kinda made me step back and think.. hmmmmm... how can I improve on my knowledge of colour and incorporate it better into my builds. If you haven't already, take a look at my gallery. I've loads of new builds in there and I've been playing a lot with colour. Ignore the green house lol. I did that as part of a solid colour challenge, and for some reason, Maxis liked it so who knows lol.
lol, it's my full name without vowels (Elizabeth translates to lzbth).
You're an artist? What medium do you use? I do a lot of artsy things irl and right now it's beading and I can go ahead and tell you my beadweaving always ends up awful but my prismacolor drawings look amazing. Switching mediums can be sooo hard and I consider sims build mode as an artistic medium. After looking through your gallery, I recognize some of the things I used to do before going back and reanalyzing how I built. You're trying to find your niche and I can see it.
With color theory, I knew about it since a kid but only after watching some minecraft youtubers build did I really start to think about it. I think it just takes a push and a step back. I loooove a lot of your modern homes and I think you're great at shaping things, window placement, and coloring moderns but some of the more suburban/tudor builds are just a little busy like the Rise and Flower House just have too many textures and there's not too much contrast. Also, I looooved the green house. idk why, though--maybe because green is my favorite color, maybe because the design was wonderful, etc, etc, but the main part that made it stand out is you did WONDERFUL with the landscaping there and if you apply that landscaping to your other builds, they'll pop a lot more. Like Parkshore shell is really nice with the shape and the landscaping but Oak Alcove needs some trees and Dusty Turf has too many different types of flowers.
I think you're already doing a wonderful job (I mean, even Maxis thinks so) and you're just going to get better and better!
