I usually play premades these days
so they just kinda look like themselves
but with slightly better makeup hair and clothing
well in my opinion anyway
i do have sinself...
i mean simself*
i sometimes mess with
she wears mostly things i could see myself wearing/are similar to clothes i own but also few silly outfits i like but would not be practical to wear irl
i do think that cats and dogs hairstyle is essential part of my simself though so i don't really give it to other sims it just feels like my wig got snatched
and yeah i give her similar traits to me
she doesn't always act like i would though because she uses sim logic
when i make sim of my own thats not simself or premade i just try to match looks with character/role i had in mind or pick something that suits the sim
I don't really make sims based on other real people than myself though at least not intentionally
sometimes the kiddos of my sims or premades look vaguely similar to some celeb and i just run with it though :lol: