Do you like what "paint from reference" paintings look like in the game?I totally hate it! They look so grainy and low quality! I wish they were more like oil paintings or like paintings in Sims 2. Something like this would do. http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-09-29-dargie-thumb.jpgI wanna be able to paint portraits without them looking like a low quality 0.5MP photograph Why couldn't they look like these portraits? (I found this photo on the internet. I don't know who the owner is.)Also, I just thought of something... We don't really have an option to paint a portrait of someone. We only have an option to paint from reference. And it's really hard to position a sim, that you wanna paint, right.

I love paint by reference. And I don't mind their graininess.http://i.imgur.com/dv0Tn1C.pngTwo of my sims painting each other.

I'm not a fan of them and do wish they were better.

I know! they look like Photoshop filters instead of real paintings, I wish these were like the ones in S2.

I wish they could at least give as a different filter.

I also wish that they looked better. Like, Sims can already paint in impressionist styles. If you want them to paint that way, choose that style of painting. Or give people the option to have it be a normal painting. I know that Sims can take pictures of themselves and that's a way to get those images into the game, but if I'm doing a Legacy, it'd be nice to have a giant wall of Sim paintings. I know I used to do that in TS2/TS3. It's cool to see the progression of the Legacy through paintings. But I'd like to be able to actually.....see the people of the legacy, not have to squint at some grainy mess.

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Samsonguy9000
9 years ago
I love paint by reference. And I don't mind their graininess.
http://i.imgur.com/dv0Tn1C.png
Two of my sims painting each other.
susanleona
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
I'm not a fan of them and do wish they were better.
alejandro15039
9 years ago
I know! they look like Photoshop filters instead of real paintings, I wish these were like the ones in S2.
Menn78
9 years ago
I rarely have my Sims painting.
jasonsterlingrmc
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
I wouldn't mind a little more sharpness-lol. They often look rather "impressionistic" to me, where if you stand far back they look more real and clearer then if you stand close.
iamthedreadwolf
9 years ago
Yep, this was something I noticed too. Looks like a picture with really bad quality rather than a painting. It's specially bad when there isn't much light.

http://i63.tinypic.com/9t3cqt.png
justme22
9 years ago
It's actually similar to the Impressionistic style in ways -- you can see it in actual paintings in real life; only posting links because all the images are so huge:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Camille_Pissarro_019.jpg

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/5/exhibitions_2008/impressionism_poplars_1.jpg

http://www.daytonartinstitute.org/sites/default/files/american_impressionism_web1200.jpg
valerie1795
9 years ago
I wish they could at least give as a different filter.
mizuru007
9 years ago
I also wish that they looked better.
Like, Sims can already paint in impressionist styles. If you want them to paint that way, choose that style of painting. Or give people the option to have it be a normal painting. I know that Sims can take pictures of themselves and that's a way to get those images into the game, but if I'm doing a Legacy, it'd be nice to have a giant wall of Sim paintings. I know I used to do that in TS2/TS3. It's cool to see the progression of the Legacy through paintings. But I'd like to be able to actually.....see the people of the legacy, not have to squint at some grainy mess.
valerie1795
9 years ago
"mizuru007;15039252" wrote:
I also wish that they looked better.
Like, Sims can already paint in impressionist styles. If you want them to paint that way, choose that style of painting. Or give people the option to have it be a normal painting. I know that Sims can take pictures of themselves and that's a way to get those images into the game, but if I'm doing a Legacy, it'd be nice to have a giant wall of Sim paintings. I know I used to do that in TS2/TS3. It's cool to see the progression of the Legacy through paintings. But I'd like to be able to actually.....see the people of the legacy, not have to squint at some grainy mess.

This!