"Masterpiece" Seriously? Heh!

Lol, they paint so fast in TS4 they can knock out loads in no time.

I have a self-employed artist, I tend to make her do other stuff like her yoga so that she only paints a couple of pics in a day otherwise she'd be ridiculously rich.

I have a system in my game restricting sims from making tons of money from say painting, unless they are actually in the painter career or owns a specific deed. Selling one work is not an issue, but making a living from it I think should be reserved those dedicating their sim life to the arts :)

Making money via painting is way too easy. I normally avoid painting for that reason. But if you have a painter sim and need to save up for a new house for example... it's useful :joy: I still don't let all my sims who need to save up do it. I want some varied gameplay.

I wish ppl actually paid that much for unfinished cartoony human sketches

maybe id actually have money in that alternate universe

It seems like all the types of art in Sims 4 is way too easy. Make about five books or video games, and you're set for life? I am playing with five Sims, and all I need is one of them to be able to paint to sustain them?

"Gamer_34567544;c-18153370" wrote:
It seems like all the types of art in Sims 4 is way too easy. Make about five books or video games, and you're set for life? I am playing with five Sims, and all I need is one of them to be able to paint to sustain them?

Hm, you can create a vide game??? I never saw that, is it the Tech Guru career, which I never played past lvl 2?

I do get a kick out of the pop-up that appears when you try to sell masterpieces that warns you they're "very rare" since once your sim's painting skill is high enough they're capable of cranking out a few masterpieces a day, lol. Painting in this game really is overpowered for earning money. I try to avoid painting as well for this reason, unless my sim is actually a painter or needs painting for their career.

Art, like so many things in life is SUBJECTIVE. When I draw, I seek to make it look as much like a photograph as possible and still be a drawing. My Art 2 teacher gave me low grades on work I felt really good about. He showed me some of his work and it was like, eww. More like scribbling to me. So, when I did a very hurried scribbling of the Grand Duchess Anastasia, he loved it and gave me a A. Face/palm. I though it was a piece of trash, myself. Needless to say I didn't keep that one in my portfolio.

I have an Artiste in my game, too. What is deemed a Masterpiece is confounding to me. She seems pleased, though. So I frame it, give it a title. Sim in Motion by Louise and then sell the derned thing. I don't need to hang it, it just vexes me to look at it. LOL

"Simmerville;c-18153402" wrote:

"Gamer_34567544;c-18153370" wrote:
It seems like all the types of art in Sims 4 is way too easy. Make about five books or video games, and you're set for life? I am playing with five Sims, and all I need is one of them to be able to paint to sustain them?

Hm, you can create a vide game??? I never saw that, is it the Tech Guru career, which I never played past lvl 2?

Nope! Just learn to program! Eventually, the Sim will have the option to do it.

@Simmerville I forget what level programming skill, maybe 7 or 8? My Arun Bheeda is a freelance programmer and he often makes games, both for gigs and not.