I remember looking at some early concept art from Monsoo Lee a couple of years ago and I thought it looked okay, but that was mostly the teen rock star and some other pictures. I did not see that Oprah picture.
It definitely feels like Lee's designs are what they used to create how the base game sims look like in they do in the sims4 today. I think they look good, but I think they should have given them more budget so they would look less cartoony. It doesn't really feel like that was the look Lee was going for. Lee has a lot more attention to detail and it looks like the different heights did not make it into the final game either.
If they will make a sims5 I hope that they will have a larger budget and go for something a bit more realistic with more detail.
