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Sims 2 Mod Edit: More Functional Easels with Hobby Enthusiasm Gain

I’ve always loved the more functional easels, the initial idea came from AnoeskaB who made the Maxis Easel more functional. Then, @fracturedmoonlight made several new easels with this added functionality, many of which being 3t2 conversions. After that, @drewinthesky then combined AnoeskaB’s More Functional Maxis Easel and Fractured Moonlight’s More Functional Custom Easels with gdayars’ Diagonal Easel Mod, so this awesome set contained the maxis easel and a gorgeous bunch of custom easels with both added functionality and the diagonal placement fix. Drew In The Sky then made another set, with even more easels, some converted from the Sims 4 by Veranka and added both the additional functionality and the diagonal placement to these easels too.

However, the problem I’ve always had with these awesome more functional easels is that they did not have any enthusiasm gain, meaning sims who used them would not gain enthusiasm in the Arts & Crafts Hobby. I’ve taken this community effort one step further and added hobby enthusiasm to the more functional, diagonal usable, maxis, 3t2, 4t2 & custom easels!

I’ve made a couple more edits to these easels too; I’ve compressed them, merged in any recolors with the mesh file, changed the filenames to the format most friendly for loading times (reduced length, removed spaces, etc.) and also updated the in-game catalog descriptions to better reflect and give credit to all of the creators involved with this project. As of the latest update, I’ve also adjusted the prices so now they are just +/-100 difference from the maxis easel instead of being drastically cheaper or more expensive.

I hope you enjoy building Arts & Crafts Enthusiasm with these awesome easels!

Read More & Download on my Website!

Alternate: SFS

Huge thanks to @crispsandkerosene​ for this amazing tutorial which made this possible and to @deedee-sims​ for pointing me in that direction!

It took me quite a long time to get my head around this community project, and before I understood that it was actually Drew In The Sky responsible for the most and most up-to-date versions of these easels, I asked the lovely Fractured Moonlight for permission to add hobby enthusiasm to their custom more functional easels and they kindly granted it. However, since it was actually Drew In The Sky’s edits that I built upon, I can only hope they would grant permission too but sadly seem inactive.

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lol found my old screenshots of the non-feuding vv au with younger second gen

#ts2 #the sims 2 #veronaville #regan capp #antonio monty #cornwall capp #hero monty #i already have enby regan in my canon #but now i'm seriously considering a transfem antonio in one of my nbhoods #i kinda have a monty-capp paralles for (almost) each person #if goneril and claudio are failed romeo and juliette #kent and bianca are somewhat of the 'black sheeps' of the fam #those two are middle-child nerds who trans their genders #idk i've always seen reg and tony to be the most gnc out of all second generation

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i mean. was worth a shot 💻

#ts2 #nervous subject #loki beaker #circe beaker

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the main unfortunate thing about the timeskip vv universe is that sooooo much of the lore i’ve written has been about people who are not only dead during the time the story takes place but also were dead like a decade before 2004 when the maxis storyline starts. i’m plotting out hero and cordelia doing some L and light shit to each other as if they haven’t been dead for THIRTY YEARS

#ts2 #HERO IN THE TRENCHCOAT SMOKING THOSE HUGE ASS CIGS sounds cool... #also i love the idea that cordelia is fucking with her mentally and being kinda morally gray #cordelia being pathological liar is a fun concept rotating it in my head #with my hc regan being the ultimate straightman of the town (not by gender) they sure fought like a lot cause #they couldn't stand her constant bullshit #anyway we need more of hero and cordelia lmao #cause i'm getting a bit tired of them being portrayed as some sweet dead moms who hadn't done anything bad in their lives #besides olivia cause i genuinely think she had done nothing wrong in her life. ever

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I think that consort capp thinks that being gay is hereditary. Like he fully believes that he passed it down to his son and grandson. I think he told tybalt he was gay before tybalt even started to realize himself

#ts2 #and ironically they DID NOT produce any straight kid #besides cordelia mayhaps #question mark #maybe he has a point....

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decided to revisit my au

#ts2 #the sims 2 #ts2 screenshots #veronaville #viola monty #romeo monty #juliette capp #tybalt capp #me: *slaps my violette/romlette ship folder* this girl can handle so many utena references #maybe i really want utena x ts2 vv crossover after all #like it's veronaville but it has an absurd strict patriatical system where all women are rose brides and need to be fought for #with their male family members or their other potential suitors #but it also romeo and juliette where romeo was erased and viola has to step so the narrative could keep going #and he also has a gender crisis #heeeelp

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CatTober Day 11

Ginia Kat, the old cat lady from Old Town

(yes, an anthro cat w/ 4 pet cats)

#ts1 #ginia kat

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the goths gameplay longpost

i had already played with them for 10-11ish days, but i am planning to play with them till the 30th day. the post is a bit long, so i hid a half of it under the cut.

so nothing really happened durning the first days, besides mortimer and bella having alex. and the burglar who broke into their house twice, hence the alarm at the entrance door. after he grew up into the child, they decided to throw a party.

the party was a banger, even drew carey came over (still have no idea who this guy is, lol)

mortimer's getting closer to his mad scientist seat

since the older goths were not at the alex's party, they came over the next day. grandpa gunther even brought some flowers for his grown grandkid :)

aaand the next day, they went to the magic town as a whole happy family. good times :)

mortimer and the kids had some fun there, while bella's been using her charms to befriend new people. literally.

thanks to bella's harassment skills magic aptitude, mortimer gets yet another promotion

she had already proven herself to be a powerful witch by beating the best duelist of the magic town for the gazillionth time.

meanwhile, mortimer gets into potion making at his private lab/bella's magic storage room. his lab emits lots of poisonous fumes into the atmosphere, but as it turns out, mrs. pleasant, their neighbor, doesn't mind this at all... my dansandra ass is in shambles.

well, at least he has a friend by himself now, meaning less ingredient scavenging and making that stupid friendship spell for bella. a clear win-win.

oh, great, they bought that wretched thing. be careful, bella.

turns out it wasn't bella who needed to be cautious. cassandra's been abducted, for, like, THREE times in a raw.

with that kind of dedication, i think it's time to make her a honorable curious brother or something... the worst part, besides her changed personality, is that her grades are plummeted now, cause she skipped the school a couple of times during her intergalactic adventures. her being literally abducted by the extraterrestrial civilization was not a valid reason for skipping classes according to the school's administration.

at least the school also allows her to improve her grades that way. she's truly stuck in the loop now.

bella decided to sell some homemade wines as her personal income. her business is doing good, but she still has a space to grow with her cooking skill, which is ironic, cause she won't cook a normal dish even to save her own life

she's a witch, after all, so she can cast the food right into the fridge whenever she wants :)

ah, good enough. at least the food was actually casted, so whatever. the fire was put down anyway.

by the 28th day mortimer had finally reached the top of the science career! yay! i'll wait till the weekends come, so i could organize them a vacation next time.

#ts1 #the sims 1 #sims 1 #mortimer goth #bella goth #cassandra goth #alexander goth

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decided to treat myself with the rotation of the kat family (mostly).

since i didn't know what should i do with ginia, and elden had already left the nest durning the hick rotation leaving mama with bobo and duke (he took leroy with him), i decided to pair those two lonely ladies up.

i'm always forgetting that my sims can actually have a same-sex marriage in my game, so i didn't buy them any distinctive bridal dresses :(

ginia was fired from her work, but it's fine since mama had brought a lot of money with her thanks to elden's gnome business, lol. also, mama became quite succsessful at her job anyway, so she could cover the bills and the house renovation costs, while ginia can finally enjoy doing gardening and writing children's books.

so yeah, i have the old women yuri in my nbhood now.

#ts1 #sims 1 #the sims 1 #ginia kat #mama hick #idk whether i should continue posting my ts1 gameplay lol

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I was looking for a new Grim Reaper default the other day, & while there are so many amazing defaults already, there wasn't one with all the details I wanted.

So I took the top of Amaryll's TS3 Conversion, & replaced the bottom half with the skirt & belt from @vampirekiss6661's TSM Conversion. I also took the hands from Sentate's Bonehilda, & tweaked the sleeves a little, to have a more draped silhouette. While I've done my best, but I'll admit the join isn't perfect, however I didn't find it distracting during testing.

For fun I also made a version with the Maxis Lei, it functions the same as it did on the original, so it should work with slig's flower default if you use it.

DOWNLOAD LINK

TS3 + TSM Mashup Default

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hey, it's that aldohyde guy! i used to follow his machinima back in the middle school.

i really liked his first season of strangetown monty but i felt like he lost the passion somewhere in the middle of the second one, so even though the story turned out somewhat coherent, the ending was kinda... dissapointing, to say the least. fun fact: this video is basically is an 'episode zero' to his series, lol.

i watched this video as a kid and it freaked me out so much that i still cannot listen to this song in build buy mode without having a feeling of impending doom

#ts2 #now i want to rewatch the series lmao

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anyways can't stop thinking about mortimer goth busting it down in the cage ever and i needed to bring it here.

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#ts1 #mortimer goth #that what he does when he doesn't harass people with puppets

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Ufo Set for The Sims 2

These are a bunch of alien themed items for The Sims 2.

Ufo Lamp, Signs and Ufo tv are 4to2 conversion from Sims41ife. Cow Lamp is from Pixelvibes. Ufo Neon is from Mechtasims.

I managed to reduce the polygons for all the items.

Cow Lamp will be green when turned on. The Ufo Lamp must be turned off at first use (or it will appear too bright) and can also rotate. Tv is functional.

DOWNLOAD HERE

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Heart Shaped HotTub for The Sims 2

This is a 4to2 conversion from Sims41ife, 18k polygons (high).

DOWNLOAD HERE

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My Polymer Clay Joy Despret Sculpture

#ts2 #joy despret

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