I love making new characters, and they’re mostly supernaturals. When I’m not making vampire queen #218 I like to make people based (very) loosely off of customers and other randos I see when I’m working.
I try to keep little bits of realism when it comes to picking outfits. I tend to do 4-5 outfits for every category, and I will use the same handful of clothing pieces in different categories. I like to make it look like the sim went out and bought the clothing, and they style it in different outfits for different events (like a sim will wear jeans from a party outfit in an everyday outfit, and will wear the party top for hot weather, for example :D). I’ll also use the same accessory among people in the same household so that it looks like a girl “borrowed” her sisters necklace, or an antique watch was passed down from father to son.