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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Zenionith
9 years ago
They look like pixel art and not reference paintings.
Half of the people won't know what pixel art is so it won't bother them and think TS4 is awesome.
Sabrina-ako
9 years ago
I'm not happy with how they look, so I never used this feature which saddens me because I loved home made paintings, i'm sure they'll stay like this though.. it would be nice to have an option, so you can choose the quality.
Louise_Goethals
9 years ago
It looks cool in some cases, but often it doesn't work and it would be appreciated if we could choose between the grainy, oil and normal. I would also love if we could paint from reference with photos again - take a photo and then paint it. It was useful for pretty spots where you can't place an easle.
keylimepiesims
9 years ago
I completely agree, it's such a bummer that it's so grainy, hopefully they can change it and make it look more painterly.
Plumsbob
9 years ago
I'm not a big fan of it either. I wish we could have different filters to choose from, because sometimes it does look okay for some paintings. But for portraits it's just... :/
amapola76
Seasoned Vanguard
6 years ago
I hate that they are so grainy. I thought it was something that would hopefully improve with skill level, but even my maxed-out Artist sims still paint them that way.
Simmingal
Hero
6 years ago
hate the grainy texture too

first time i made painting from ref I thought it was bugged and graphics died but apparently no it just looks so out of place and id rather have something similar to those beautiful sim mona lisas

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