Who inspired the look of your sims?

Generally speaking, when I'm think of a storyline/scenario I want to play out, I usually kind of have a mental picture of what that sim may look like. It may sound weird but I guess it may be similar to how an author develops their characters for their books. Then, when in CAS, I randomize sims until I find one I can work with. I have only ever used a real life person as inspiration when I was intentionally making that person.

I freestyle in CAS or look/download other people's sims that they have made. For a while now, I've just been using what is in my bin. Usually, when a new pack comes out, I usually like at least one sim from the trailer. For the new Eco EP, it is the black female who recycles. I don't have the pack yet, so I forget all the names. Something about the hairstyle and the way they made her is so pretty. I might use one of sim bin men, or I might try to get her with the guy who goes around trying to get everyone to clean. Not sure if they like each other, so it might be fun.

From time to time I love to create a good-looking actor/singer/politician from real life in CAS. It's difficult but so much fun!

I mostly just freestyle mine. Here are a few that I created in the past.

With this one, she was designed from when I was younger, from a photo. I did quite often walk around with a scowl on my face just like her. The main difference between her and me is I don't have her green eyes, but something I always wanted.
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This one was loosely based of a woman I knew years back who was an artist. She had a son named Calvin. Caleb was a dead ringer (personality-wise) for the little boy in the comic Calvin and Hobbs.
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These last two are not based on anyone, just characters rattling around in my head.
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I do have others, but these are some of my favorites.

I often have an idea, if not a clear one, what kind of look will the sim I will be making have, long before I even start working on them. Yes, that does mean their style and looks are pretty much pre-determined before I finish :smile:

When I would finally start working on them I’d go through the dozens of preset faces first, so to find one that seem to have features that match whatever I was expecting, from every angle, eye positions, jaw and chin shapes etc. That’s also when I find a few “candidates” for their hairstyle :smile:

This point and on I’d be very much playing blocks - picking up the parts I prefer and put them into place where I felt they should be and adjust them. It actually take me about 2 hours for every sim on this part, there were times I blasted 12 hours straight right onto them! It’s utterly time consuming and somewhat inefficient of me but hey, it does familiarize my sim with myself more, and it does give me the incentive to actually play the game :wink:

Oh, and about where I pick up the ideas :blush: I don’t really intend to have any of my sims resemble anyone IRL as such I rarely base them off any person I heard of. Instead I might sample a particular interesting feature on the real folks I’ve seen and incorporate(incorporate, LOL) these onto my own sims, it actually makes things easier to let sims shine :smile:

I do try to also balance the genders and racial features of sims I made, so I can be more inspired to create a, say, an Asian sim if there be too few of their kind(well excuse me, Liberty Lee)

Oh well I can’t really come up with anything else atm. Feels a bit dry after all the math and news :tired_face:

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All of my chosen female sims's fashions and looks are inspired by my favorite singer Aaliyah, and chosen traits.
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My sims are quite basic so to say. I usually start out with a random sim generated by the game and then I change their features to one of the preset ones until I get a harmonious looking face. Sometimes I make small detailed changes. I choose the hair last and I like to give my sims different hair styles that go with their different outfits, like a ponytail for sportswear or an updo for formal wear.

Most of the time I only go into CAS when I have a clear goal in mind, so I want to create a particular kind of sim already. Real-life people never inspire me to create a sim. I like randomizing every feature and working with that to make a sim more unique-looking.

I don't take inspiration from others, it is all done the way i want it done. although i haven't created any new sims in a few weeks aside from Ashley Valtman.

I freestyle most of the time, but occasionally I recreate characters from movies/series. The sim in my avatar is based off Claire Forlani's character Susan in Meet Joe Black. Turns out I was so "fascinated" by her when I was 14 bc I didn't yet realize that I'm bi. Haha. But most of my sims started getting same face syndrome, so now I randomize sims until I get a good base to start off of. I also often play with genetics to mix and match decent-looking sims into good bases.