Well, here is my entry for shop me stunning round 2!
Shop me stunning is a competition where an image of a bald sim and a sim with hair is given, and it's your job to choose which one (bald or with hair), or both (both bald and with hair), and edit! You can change your entry as many times as you want to until the deadline, you can enter every time, and it's a wonderful way for you to build up your editing skills!

Here is what she looked like before:


View the thread and try yourself!
HERE: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/240/355191.page

wow evie that is stunning, i love the way you got the shine on the hair, i might try this but not to post on the comp but maybe on here to show you

I can't wait to see what you come up with angie!
I just messaged rexy (the creator of shop me stunning) and asked if it would be alright if I created something similar here on cstyles!
This way everyone can have a comp that will help them improve their editing skills

I changed my entry!
What do you guys think?

Awesome job Evie !! Great edits !!
I especially like the hair in the new pic and the make up in the first pic.

awesome idea evie, i had a little go and her hair looked like a mop head, lol, nope not positing that one.......i love the hair even better in the 2nd pic is there no end to your talent ?? ever thought of doing hair for the sims like newsea or peggy does cos that style is definately one i would use

ok here goes....now no laughing at my mrs mop head .........

Wows!!! This looks like far too much fun!!!

Its coolios hun is this your first try at this?

yep well 2nd first one looked like a mop head lol, but yep done this on my 2nd go, and i also done the make-up too well eyes and lips

Well I think its coolios hun. Broomie is lovin the piccies

Oooh is everyone sharing their piccies for this comp? Well I'll share mine (I didnt edit the hat, I was being too lazy lol)

PS: Great jobs on the edits girls

nice pic Q, I havent entered the comp on TS3 just joining in the fun here

those pics are awesome guys!

not too bad for my 1st real attempt at hair drawing.........

Thanks Angie and Evie....I had another go at drawing last night (so much easier with me tablet gizmo thingy) and the first attempt was meh but the second one I'm pretty pleased with......

1ST...



2ND

very nice Q! I love the shine placement on the hair Just perfect

Thanks Evie...I've never actually added the shine on my sims hair but it turned out ok...I practised some more on the sim you made for your competition lol....it's a good picture to practise on as it's on a different angle than the normal head on shot and a little more difficult in my opinion lol

lol! Yeah, it probably wasn't the best choice for my first round of SMSC... oh well, someone will be able to do something with it.

You're really improving on your editing skills Q! How did you start drawing hair, any tutorials or anything? Just in case you're interested, I've linked Jillie's Hair drawing tutorial in my comp thread, it's really useful when things aren't really working out the way you want them to.

I started drawing hair from that tutorial and kind of developed my own drawing style, and it's still nothing special, but i'm improving.

Anyway, I'm glad someone can put my comp piccie to use lol.

Well I followed Pringles method of hair drawing found HERE and then like yourself just tweaked it to my own style. It took me ages to figure it out but now it's quite easy and I find this tutorial the easiest to follow

Oh wow, that is a great tutorial. I'm going to add it to the list of resources now. (How did I miss that one, that tutorial really would have been better for a first timer like me )

LOL I followed that one for over a month and it is a fab tutorial...I also followed Izzy's Beauty Secrets for make-up and there was another hair tutorial by Harry but I haven't tried it yet but the results they got looked fab you can find both here:

Izzy's Beauty Secrets

Harrys Hair Tutorial

Ah Q, you're like my all time favorite tutorial index

Thanks so much for sharing those, I'm going to add them to the list :D :D :D

Hehe me's a tutorial index yay! Well I needed mucho help when I first started out drawing hair and making clutter and found some brilliant tutorials and they were among my favourites...I also had tutorials for world making and such lol so I guess you're right I am a tutorial index ha! You think I'd be better at it though with all these tutorials under my belt lol mind you looking back at my first try these new piccies are a vast improvement but oh how hard was it to draw with a mouse? I'm so glad I dont do that any more

It sucks having to draw with a mouse Q, and seriously jealous that you don't have to. I often get cramps in my hand because I'm putting so much pressure hoping that it won't suddenly fly across the screen and mess up what I'm doing lol!

OMG Evie thats what used to happen to me, I'd get serious cramp and then my arrow would fly across the screen and my poor sim would end up with a black or blonde smudge across her face lol so frustrating. I picked up the graphics tablet really cheap it was like £ 39.99 and it's the best thing I've ever bought...but the fact you're doing it with a mouse is awesome I can only imagine how gorgeous they'd look with a tablet!

Q! what have you done to me!? I can't stop searching for a good tablet now lol!

Sorry Evie lol mine's not even a well known brand either ....oopsie I'm starting off the tablet addiction....in my own defence they are totally worth it!

I think I need to order one, they look like so much fun!

It's like drawing with a pen...well it is drawing with one lol...I loves it!

It sounds like QGirl has an addiction to the tablet thingy mcdoofer (tech term) hehehe

You'd be right hehehehe I had another go but using a new tutorial...I'm not sure about this one...I think I prefer Pringles..this is Harry's tutorial

Oooooh I like the style on this one hun its really girly. broomie loves it.

I'm so jealous that I don't have these skillz....I know...

aww cece, y'know, I didn't have any of these skills when I first started out either! All of my hair edits looked like the below image but on a sim!

They would still look better than my moptop playdough terror, lol, I will have to pluck up the courage and have a go

do it broomie, and you cece........if i can then anyone can, mine arent the best still a long way to go yet from mop to shiny sleek...............but with practice we will all get there.............

Broomie is scared of permanantly scarring a simmie with a moptop shop of horror hair do

cant be any worse tha my 1st attempt hun, you might surprise yourself