Spacerox's Secondhand Stuff

Feria Colors Set 1

2011-12-16T02:59:00.003-05:00

Okay. Yes, I've been gone a while...again.
I'm sorry. I have stuff for you today, though. Not big stuff, but stuff I've sort of been meaning to do for a while.

Hair colors.
Yay?

So, you have Anubis's presets.
Maybe you have MissBonBon's Pooklet presets, too.
You may also have the bright colors from last year's GOS Advent that Moriye did.
There are surely others. I know I have quite a few color presets added to my game.

But there are never enough lol.
Not if I want my sims to look even more...well...not like bin sims with EA preset colors.

So, yes, I know you can do this yourself. Go ahead. Be my guest. I'd probably download them, too.
But I sat down with Feria dye swatches and a color picker...and I made more colors.
Feria colors. Not natural colors, though SOME people have SOME of these colors in real life. But I don't know many people with naturally plummy hair.

As I said, I didn't do anything you couldn't.

But I did it already, so why should you have to?

These ARE in .sims3pack, I'm sorry you have to open the stupid launcher for this.
There are 12 here. Feria has 36...or thereabouts...shades. You can do math. I hope. I didn't do all of them. I call this Set 1.

You've seen my track record lately though.
Oh, and I don't have internet 90% of the time lately. Stupid internet.
So........
We'll see if I do more of these or not.

Don't hold your breath. Unless you hate air.
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A different kind of life.

2011-08-29T10:06:00.004-04:00

Um...sorry. I kind of dozed off there for a few months.

Phew, but am I SLEEPY.

I've been rather busy and I hate to think I've abandoned the blog for this long, but life has been crazy. Between my job and getting my little one ready for kindergarten, the summer just flew and when I had time off, I couldn't sit down on the couch without zonking out. Hormones. Phuarg. What a bother.

I have done SOME stuff. Over at CS3 in the Lots part of my section, I have done some renovations of some community lots like Le Petit Shark and the Sunnyside Strand, that ugly blue pool and the empty strip of beach below the Wolff place.

I've also taken to emptying out EA's houses, polishing 'em up and changing up the terrible color choices and then posting them as empty lots, ready to jump in and decorate. I have done some minor rebuild work on a few, nothing you couldn't do in a pinch yourself, I'm not much of a builder, but I was doing these for myself initially to give me some empty cleaned out lots to play with and decided I could share too, and that if it saved someone an hour of fixing non-recolorable fences and staircases and pools-that-should-be-fountains and toning down terrible color schemes so that you can live with them until you decide exactly what colors you want to put in there for yourself...well, that's an hour saved. They still have kitchen counters and bathroom fixtures and lighting, they're not entirely barren, but there should be no store content in any of them and most of them are base game only (though patched) that I've released to this point. I have a few more in progress, so if you like what's there, I've got some on the way, too.

Those are in the Lots area over there as well, the few I've done so far.

I'll maybe post better pictures and alternate links here soon since there's a limit on image size at CS3 for forum storage's sake.

And now back to getting my kid ready for school. At least I generally get a few hours of quiet in the afternoon that I've been able to do SOMETHING.

Soon. Soon.

2011-05-28T11:39:00.002-04:00

I've got something in the works for a challenge over at SailfinSims. It's nothing huge, but I'm having fun with it, so I am a little excited. I'll post pics and stuff here when it's ready, and it's due by the end of the month, so just a few days left.

I've been FRAMED!--Framed Fabric Swatches

2011-05-03T15:32:00.006-04:00

My ideas folder has gotten little use of late.
I decided, due to lack of posting frequently in recent months, that it was time to do something about that. Something small, something simple, but something to make myself happy.

Firstly, I love fabric. I ADORE fabric. I buy fabric because I love the patterns on it, I think it's beautiful, and I even EVENTUALLY make stuff with it lol.
In all of my perusing, I have fallen in love with so many of the patterns you can find at Moda Fabrics.
There is a design tip I have read many times that if you can't find a suitable piece of art to set up a room or tie a room together, you can always frame pieces of a fabric that match your theme or that you just love instead of a piece of artwork.
I adore a set from the Moda Archive called Central Park by Kate Spain. It's whimsical, sweet and charming. The patterns can be used from the nursery to teenage, depending on the print. The colors are cute and there are neutral as well as feminine.
So, using one of the lovely new small meshes by Bau at b5studio in his Ephemera set under the heading "Is a pie chart art?" I have framed some swatches of Central Park for my own, and maybe your pleasure.

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In both file formats. Standard TOU applies.

There are at least 18 variations included, there are probably a few others, but since they're color variations on the same themes, they started running together. Surprises can be good, though.

So much goes on.

2011-04-11T02:58:00.002-04:00

I'm hoping this week is quiet...aside from work, I could use a bit of a break from reality, I have so much stuff I've had to do lately. I've been watching all of the pose stuff that's been coming out, the pose player is very cool in concept. I've struggled a little to get much actually completed with it so far, but as more poses come out, I've had tons of ideas of things I'd like to do with the stuff.

Aside from that, I don't know. I have some ideas, some things I'd like to figure out how to do if I can dissect some similar projects and see how their creators did it.

We'll have to see. Lots on my mind, but I'm still here.
And just cuz it's my blog and I feel like it, a random pic from my game:

YAY! CS3 is back!

2011-03-26T02:29:00.002-04:00

Okay, so it didn't EXACTLY go anywhere, but Custom Sims 3 was slowly falling apart due to some code errors and etc, but Regina has finally gotten the new forum up and running and has closed the old site down. Because of the types of issues that were happening, she couldn't just port all of the info straight over, so it is effectively a new forum entirely. If you HAD registered with the old CS3, please re-register. I and the other creators over there will be re-uploading all files that had been at the old site. Some of us are quicker than others, I've been pretty slow about getting mine done.

I will probably continue to post much of my stuff in both my section there and this blog, since that helped me not lose the stuff the last time...that and there doesn't seem to be tons of overlap between CS3 and people who catch my stuff here.

Anyways, not a big deal, I'm just happy to see my other home back up and running the way it should and I will have to plug away at getting my stuff re-posted there. At least I haven't been TOO prolific lol.

A Requested Update

2011-01-31T00:58:00.003-05:00

So, Custom Sims 3 is still having technical difficulties. I had a set of Disney posters I had posted in 3 chunks over there with the Goth Poster mesh, the one with the pins in it, 7 posters per set, but sadly because of the way the files were created, you could only have a single image overlay per .package. Then I got a request to post a new link to those and I wanted to, but I also wanted to make them BETTER. I got a prototype SORT OF working, but nothing I felt comfortable sharing and had about given up.

Then I started chatting with Eric from Baufive, who has done some fabulous stuff about another project he'd done and he shared with me a reworking of the Goth Poster mesh that can have multiple overlays.

So, they're back and they're like new and they're better than ever because now, if you had them before or you're seeing them for the first time, all 21 of my classic Disney posters in one handy dandy file (.sims3pack or .package, of course).

Anyways, yes, they're pretty much the same as the first time I did them, so, they should look pretty much the same. Same TOU as usual--be kind, rewind, sharing is caring, but don't put 'em where they don't belong.
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Carl Sebastian's Flora

2011-01-13T15:57:00.006-05:00

Oh my, oh my, what a lot of decorating options you have with this one all in one neat little package...or sims3pack if you choose.

Can't get enough of big, vivacious florals? Want something to bring the outdoors in just a little? Brighten up a small space or a big one with these works by Carl Sebastian on a frame that was lovingly created for you (and also for me) by BaufiveStudios when he introduced his set "Got to believe we are magick".

There are 31, you heard me, 31 image choices in this one frame. Each of the images has a woman's name (and these are in order of appearance as well): Alice, Allie, Anika, Brenna, Caitlyn, Cameron, Carly, Carol, Charley, Inara, Isabella, Julia, Kate, Lauren, Lindsay, Liza, Lynn, McKenzie, Melissa, Natalie, Shannon, Siona, Sophia, Tori, Zoe, Hanna, Monique, Aren, Marianna, Ashlee, and Emmie. There WERE only 25, but I found 6 more at the last moment while trying to find any tangible info about the artist. Which I didn't find, so Carl Sebastian, you remain a mystery man who sells prints to and through Target.com and that, it appears, is that.

On to the goodies, though.

And you can even DOWNLOAD them too!
Same TOU as usual. Be nice, play fair, no paysites or exchange. Blah blah blah.
Oh, but, you know, thanks. ;o)

No Soup Cans Here, Some Andy Warhol Art

2011-01-12T13:35:00.001-05:00

So, for the past few days I haven't had internet. I also had a day or 2 off. Since I didn't have anything else to do, I started digging around in the piles of .jpgs I have stashed in folders just for the purpose of creating stuff for my sims to have.

The first thing I dug out was some Andy Warhol prints that I really like. Not his iconic Marilyn Monroes or Campbell's soup cans, I like those, but I really enjoy some of his other works like the "25 Cats Named Sam" and some of his other kind of quirky designs.

Just a little pop for your culture. I'd say it was nothing special, but that's not quite true. ;oP

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Something I'd wanted to do for a while.

2010-12-30T13:38:00.006-05:00

Yep, I'm still around. I made it through the holidays and I finally got a day off without someplace I HAD to go for long enough to do something I had wanted to do for a very long time.

I don't know what happened to Ewelina20 at MTS, she has apparently been inactive since October according to her page (as of today anyways) so it seems unlikely that I'd receive a response, but last December she posted some really cute kids paintings at MTS and I loved them and used them frequently. However, they were all done as separate files and thumbnails and that kind of bugged me after a while.

Her originals are HERE.And this is her presentation for all of the various images I've included. This isn't just a merged package, though. I took her .dds files and imported them all as variations onto a single painting which will only have the one thumbnail. It appears in wall decor next to the lips painting, and is the same price as the lips painting. I do wish I knew who the actual artist of these was, though, since they're so cute.

She did all of the hardest of the work, wherever she is and whatever she is doing now, so I thank her for that.

I have some intentions to do the same with some of the other art sets she had released as well. I also have plans to do the same to some of my previous works, the Disney posters I released at CustomSims3. Since CS3 has been having technical difficulties for some time, things that WERE hosted over there are currently inaccessible until Regina gets the new site up but she has had a busy holiday as well and so it has been a bit of a long transition.

Anyways, that's it. It's just a fix of something I liked a lot that I felt I could improve upon slightly. I may try to get in and do more of these types of fixes as I have time.

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Some new stuff to share...soon?

2010-08-05T12:52:00.002-04:00

I actually have a few little lots, a pattern or 2, and some other stuff I want to post, but for some reason any picture posted through Blogger on anyones' blogs, including mine are appearing as broken from my PC right now. I've been having some issues with...well, lots of PC stuff since yesterday. However, I will try to get that working properly for me so I can be sure that everything is posting correctly. (That or I'll put him on it and he can try to figure out what's up while I'm at work lol.)

I will be trying though, I know it's been a little while, but I do have a few things just about there and I will see if I can get something new out soon.

I adore Eric Tan!

2010-05-27T19:52:00.003-04:00

Okay, so Eric Tan does artwork for Disney/Pixar promotion as well as whatever other work he does. I saw these and went a little nuts in a "gotta catch em all" fever. Check out his blog, http://erictanart.blogspot.com/ and see his other stuff.

Because I LOVED these soooo much, I had to make some for my simmies.
Aikea-Guinea did some FANTASTIC sci-fi prints that these reminded me of, so I used her lovely mesh for my own

All 27 pictures are in the same file as recolors. Aikea's mesh is recolorable on both the mat and the frame.

Thanks for stopping by!

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TOU: No paysites ever, but outside of that sharing is caring.

Oh, wow, how long has it been?

2010-05-11T16:13:00.002-04:00

It's been a while, certainly. I'm not gone or anything, I'm just insanely busy with family and work-related stuff. I'm getting some stuff pulled together for something new, but I haven't quite figured out all of the finer points yet.

Stupid...grumble grumble.

2010-04-13T14:04:00.004-04:00

Okay, so it doesn't seem like it's everyone, but some people are having issues with the trellis. I intend to take a look at it, but I'm not entirely sure how to fix it. I've gotten a suggestion or 2, I'll just have to take a little time to mess with it.

If you're one of those that are having problems with this object, I sincerely apologize. It's not a game breaker but it's not working as advertised and that's frustrating to you as the downloader and me as the creator. I'll try to have a fix up soon, but it may take a day or 2 as I'm really busy atm.

Sorry about the issues, sorry about the wait. I'm learning a lot of this as I go, so I hope you can bear with me as I learn.

New and Improved!

2010-04-04T23:56:00.003-04:00

Today, I actually did quite a bit. I learned how to make patterns, so I have one of those for you in 2 sizes. My first completed pattern. YAY!

The New:It's based on the image from my Quartets sets, and comes in 2 sizes (large on the wall and small on the rug, though that should be fairly apparent lol).

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Also, you know that trellis? The one with the red-only blossoms? Not anymore! I wish I knew how to make default replacement, since this one is 3-colors re-CASt-able. This one was one of those things that I kept setting aside until I could decide how I wanted to approach it. I may revisit this later, as I simply moved EA's textures for the leaves and flowers from an overlay stamp onto the multiplier texture instead of creating my own...however, I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out.

The Improved:

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I also have a few sets of paintings sitting on my desktop that I'm going to be sharing shortly, I just am too tired to get all of the preview pics done tonight. Check back in a day or 2, I should have something new up, since they're completed but all need pics done.

TOU: Play nice, behave.

More Gradient Clothing

2010-04-02T21:48:00.005-04:00

Okay, so I said I would and I did.
I've got some more stuff, including some stuff for the guys.

First off, I have the Teen Female Gradient stuff, same as the adult versions, jeans and the pencil skirt.

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Then, for the teen guys, I imported the alpha layer of the "rock" career jeans to have some more options, then gave them a ragged and a regular jean with the gradient technique.

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Because they already had the rock jeans for Adults, I just added some more color regions and added gradients for the adult males in ragged and regular.

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Also, I'd like to thank Brian (aka Breanni) of WarcraftPets.com for allowing me to use his pet images for creation purposes here. I was a Warcraft player for about 5 years and while I don't play anymore, I rather miss my critter collection. I'll probably do some wall art or something with some of the pets as well, and I'm working on a tee set for the ladies, but haven't completed it yet.

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As usual, play nice, especially no Exchange with the tees, but feel free to use them. Thanks for stopping by.

Adult Female Gradient Bottoms

2010-04-01T23:55:00.004-04:00

Okay, I don't generally do so much with clothes, mostly because I don't do anything really all that different that can't be done by others better. However, I may be doing some now and then because I have some fun ideas. When Lemonleaf and Claeric did a few gradient shirts and stuff, I loved the idea and so I put a few together. My teen versions are acting screwy for some reason so I'll fix and upload those tomorrow if I can figure out what's going on. However, I have some adult female jeans and a pencil skirt for you today.

Thanks to Lemonleaf for the idea, Claeric for exploring it further and posting a how-to in MS3B's comments and you for looking.

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Hooray! New Stuff!

2010-03-30T02:16:00.006-04:00

I finally have a new update! Woo!
Today, I have a bunch of paintings on Beryl's "Leaves" mesh. Lots of cool stuff there, worth a peek. La Buhardilla de Beryl.
However, I must say, since most artists tend to release pairs of themed works instead of clusters of 4, this was a bit of a challenge finding 4 corresponding works by the same artist in a theme. Not impossible, and I certainly could go another round or 2 and manage, but initially it was a little complicated. Because of that, there are works by a fairly wide variety of artists here, and I do want to give them the credit for the beautiful pieces that they created. I don't know all of them because I couldn't find info for them (but liked them too much to pass up), but I'll give you what I know.

So, here goes. We're going to go top left clockwise around. ;o)
1) Swan Papel
2) Teri Jonas
3) Tandi Venter
4) ???
5) Qwerties?
6) Tandi Venter
7) Don Li-Leger
8) Kate Knight
9) Erica J Vess
10) Don Li-Leger
11) Katie Pertiet
12) ???

Sorry, I don't have all of the info.
Oh, and in case those weren't enough (because they aren't), I have some other previews a little closer.
Available as a package or sims3pack, all paintings are in the same file.
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Thanks for stopping by!
As usual, my TOU is pretty basic: play nice, be fair, etc. ;o)

I'm still here.

2010-03-23T03:16:00.003-04:00

Sorry I haven't posted lately. I got really really sick for almost a week, fevers and the whole nine yards. I was a mess and didn't get out of bed for 4 days. Then my kid deleted my entire folder of image files I've stashed and saved to make CC. SOOOO....I'm alive again, finally, and as long as I can replenish my stash relatively soon, I should be back on the creation train soon.

(I've been on an image bender lately and I've built up QUITE a collection already, I just haven't managed to get anything READY yet.)

Anyways, I'll be back with more soon!

Good News!

2010-02-18T16:39:00.004-05:00

Well, not that ANYONE has found this place yet, but I've been given a creator's space at Custom Sims 3, and so I'll probably be posting some stuff here some as I update.

We'll see how it goes and I'll decide how I'm going to do this as that comes up.

Spacerox's Escape

Lovely Flora Rug Pack 2

2010-02-16T13:15:00.001-05:00

More SAG 3x2 recolors. What can I say? I love the thing.

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Lovely Flora Rugs

2010-02-16T12:34:00.003-05:00

More recolors of the Sims Art Gallery 3x2 rug. (All in one file as usual.)

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3x5 Fresh and Fun Rugs

2010-02-16T06:29:00.002-05:00

Recolors of the Desdren Indie Dining room rug, I love Desdren. I love a lot at 6:30 am with no sleep lol.

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Just a quick note.

2010-02-16T05:48:00.003-05:00

I just wanted to make sure that I mentioned that I am indeed working on transferring some older collections and some other rugs here as well. I'm also in the process of upgrading my Disney prints and my Kush pieces as well. Soon enough I'll have new updated versions or whatever of all of those works as well as my boys' rugs and unisex rugs that I just haven't redone the pics for.

The 3x2 Neutral Rug

2010-02-16T04:20:00.003-05:00

Sims Art Gallery has some really cute rugs and a pretty remarkably open TOU to recoloring, so I'd like to thank her briefly. I just ADORE making rugs right now, I've made a TON so far, and I have another 400 or so image files waiting for me to decide if I want to use them, too.

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Rodney White, The "Celebrate" Collection

2010-02-16T04:17:00.004-05:00

I do love a good Rodney White. It's aged, but optimistic. I may not be all that aged, but the optimistic part I feel a kinship to lol.

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Keep Calm Gallery

2010-02-16T03:20:00.004-05:00

Okay, so I have another little update now from Keep Calm Gallery, LOVE their stuff.

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Bella Dos Santos, Meditation

2010-02-16T00:50:00.001-05:00

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2010-02-09T19:32:00.002-05:00