Out There... There's Something Evil, In The Trenches, Feeding On The Drought

some inconsistent images of The Curious Hill. inspired by this observatory (pics: 1, 2)

the house went through SO many transformations... i really wanted to keep at least one tower, but it looked bad in hood view, so i swapped it out for an unrealistically planted tree to simulate that feeling of height. what kind of style this is? no idea. ts2 brutalism? or just a bunch of boxes. as i tried to make the area look similar to that observatory, i wanted the actual lot to blend in with the hood deco, while still looking as absurd as the original house. those improved lot impostors available with RPC are such a blessing! (even if the pic is still retouched lol)

bonus close-up:

afBodyCaprisShirtSneakers

a shoeswap & recolors of this extremely cute outfit by @executables-sims, + a PSD for the shoes! download and info are under the cut ↓

(i'm putting downloads under the cut in case something is borked and needs updating, btw. excuse my super long description for something so simple, feel free to scroll down for the actual download link)

this version of the outfit doesn't conflict with the original one. the shoes have been taken from afBodyTourGuide, and i edited the texture slightly. the changes aren't too impressive, but i'm sharing the PSD, just in case. the highlights/soles are easily recolorable via a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and included is the UV wireframe overlay.

i also added the watch from the same tour guide outfit, just for the hell of it (3 different textures across 6 swatches). then i've realized not everyone will be into that, so there's a version without the watch too. the Watch and NoWatch versions use the same packages though, so choose only one.

please let me know if there are any issues. this has been tested in the game, but it's my first ever shoeswap after all!

compressorized, tooltipped; thin and fat morphs, just as the original.

big thanks to @platinumaspiration for helping me along the way, couldn't have done it without them <3

afBodyCaprisShirtSneakers_Watch: SFS or GDrive

afBodyCaprisShirtSneakers_NoWatch: SFS or GDrive

SneakersTextureEdit.psd: SFS or GDrive

random edit. decided to give clay hairs a try (this one is here btw)

might as well share this preset ↓

NightBokeh.ini

download: SFS or GDrive

[made with ReShade 4.9.1]

NightBokeh.ini has two types of DOF – CinematicDOF and ADOF.

CinematicDOF creates elliptical bokeh, ADOF creates hexagonal bokeh, and there are some other differences between them too. choose the one you like more, not sure how they look together. ADOF is disabled by default.

also, the effects highlighted in green might get doubled (if you have every available shader installed); if that happens – disable the second instance of each of these (cuz the effects will look too strong).

psst, if you're looking for my other presets i've shared before ("CityPortrait.ini" and "DesertHood.ini"), they're here (SFS) or here (GDrive).

this picture is dedicated to flip phones (and kitchens)

i did buy a new laptop finally and i'm playing the evil corporate game, but i did install ts2 as well and everything works fine (aside from UI not scaling properly on this laptop's resolution)

athough i did have to spend several hours solving a CC issue that was caused by me having folders with names such as "please sort this" in my Downloads lol

loaded the game with a nearly empty downloads folder to test something but got distracted and made this :/

at least in this case i can quickly list all the content used (bc it's great and why not!) ↓

neon mug & vertical neons

fallout 4 walls & floors

brick walls, cornices, window

wine bottle

paper grocery bag

thank you~♡

some time ago, i'd sent these old pics to a friend, who then told me to watch Severance... so i did.

i remember feeling anxious about doing so, bc it seemed like i'd get too attached to this show – the stills from it looked like my maladaptive daydreams projected onto the screen. but it turned out being not what i expected it to be (still great tho). yeah. & i did get engrossed in that world for a while lol.

anyways (⊙_⊙;) good show i recommend

full OST + download (uploaded by the composer) here, image from here

an Art Deco/Streamline Moderne attempt (4k image here)

no backstory or residents yet, i'm open to suggestions

some trivia nobody asked for:

this is the first time i'm using SRWE and RTGI, exciting

the pic is still heavily edited in Photoshop; i tried to give the windows fake reflections, but they came out meh

these pictures actually show the interior of this building, only i changed it up a bit for the exterior edit

maybe i should rebuild this lot to actually share it... it's kind of embarrassing that all i do is post pictures lol

...a sleep-deprived interior from yesterday.

preset under the cut ↓

ElusivePerspective.ini

download: SFS or GDrive

i'll add the list of effects later, sorry. this preset uses RTGI, but will look pretty cool without it too. i also suggest turning on PD80_04_Technicolor.fx:

[made with ReShade 4.9.1]