First topic message reminder :

MOST TEXT COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL COMPETITION BY REXY AND JILLIE ON THE SIMS 3 FORUM HERE. ALL CREDIT GOES TO THEM FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL COMPETITION IDEA!

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"Before fearing the dreadful word 'edit' please keep in mind this is a wonderful way to improve your editing skills, learn, and just have fun!"

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Hiii pretty (and hunky, if you’re of the male-type) simmies! This thread that you’ve wandered your way into is affiliate to the ‘Shop Me Stunning competition'. It completely steps out of the framework of the everyday, run-of-the-mill modeling competition, and steps into the realm of the awesome.

I’m sure you have a few questions:

Sooo...give me the deets! (Okay, not a question at all…)

Below I’ve posted two completely raw in-game screenshots of the same sim, one with hair and one without. What I want from YOU is to edit one of them (or 2-3 of each if you wish), your choice based off of whether or not you’re comfortable with hair drawing. Change what you wish: Shade/smooth the skin, draw on makeup, edit the eyes, edit the lighting, and ANYTHING else you can think of!

What in blazes is up with that name?

To ‘shop something is short for Photoshopping something. Simmies say “Photoshop me to the point that I am a stunning and conceited inhabitant of this Earth!!”, or for short, “’Shop Me Stunning.” Of course, ANY editing program is more than welcome; it was just a clever title.

Do I have to sign up in any way?

No you don’t! You don’t even have to post here telling me you’re editing one of the screenies if you don’t want to, you can just post it when it’s finished.

How do you win?

After one week since the screenies were posted, the lovely cece will pick her favorite from one category and I’ll pick my favorite from the other, and those two editors will be the winners! Their pictures will go permanently into this thread under the “Winning Edits” bar!! (possibility of poll voting to determine the winner)

Will you be giving us themes?

Sometimes, yes, but I’ll be throwing a fair amount of “free edits” into the mix for you guys to just go cah-razy on!

Are you limiting the number of people that can enter each round?

Nope! Whoever gets their edit in within the two weeks the screenshots are up is in the running for a win!

Can I come back for as many rounds as I want?

You bet! Edit screenies to your heart’s content.

Are the screenshots all going to be from your game?

No ma’am slash sir! We’ll be having guest contributors for screenshots for some of the sets.

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★Quite obviously, no negative comments toward other people’s work, your own work, or the judge’s picks at the end of the two week period.
★No use of text on the edit, unless the theme specifically asks for it.
★You can submit an entry for both categories if you'd like.
★You can redo your entry as many times as you'd like before the deadline, as long as there's no apparent copying of other people's entries.
★This is meant to be a fun, laid-back, no-strings-attached competition. Have a blast with it!

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Hair Editing ------ Non-Hair Editing
Coming Soon...
(Click the thumbnails to open full size image and save)

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Round 1: (Click the names of the winners to view the winning edits)
Cece's Pick: SweetBaby
Cece's Runner Up: Q Girl
Evie's Pick: DollieForeverxoxo
Evie's Runner Up: SweetBaby

(Click the images to view full scale)

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Resources: Jillie's Hair Drawing Tutorial | amazing1239's Hair Drawing Tutorial (Thanks Q!) | Harry's Hair Drawing Tutorial (Thanks Q!) | Izzy's Make Up Drawing Tutorial (Thanks Q!)

Brushes: (I know they say photoshop, but they work in gimp, these are all what I use in my gimp)
Hair Brushes 1 | Hair Brushes 2 | Hair Brushes 3 | Hair Brushes 4 | Eye Lashes 1 | Eye Lashes 2 | Eye Lashes 3 | Eye Lashes 4 | Eye Lashes 5 | Lip Gloss | Skin 1 | Skin 2 | Skin 3

oh wow dollie! That pic is just stunning!

I edited again ^^

Oh wow! That one is even better than the last! Just perfect. (That background fits perfectly!)

Thanks aha :D

wow those pics are stunning....hi dollie and welcome to cstyles..more seriously good talent for cstyles ......

I love the new siggy and avi Angie!

Evie me wuvs ya I just read we can submit a new piccie oh and Dollie thats an awesome edit!

Ok I suck a big huge one at this but hey I tried



Tried to put a fancy background but failed. So I just put love hearts instead
I added in some awful hair, some eyelashes, made her glow and made her lips a bit more pink.

I think it looks utterly faboo Miss L....I loves it!

Thankies Q-ball It took far too many layers

I can imagine but you did an awesome job!

thanks evie the pic is growing on me lol...ness that is an awesome job for your first go i am loving the lips

wow Miss L! that pic is fantastic! Did you want to enter it?

Yay Q! yep, you can submit up to 3 in each category

So I decided that the winner of each round will get the opportunity to take the screenshot for the next round! They can even set a theme if they want to (of course it's not required, only if you want to)

i hate all your amazing talent. :141:

stevie try it, honestly you might amaze yourself, i am in no way good but i try ...its the only way to learn

na,i have no Patience for that kind of stuff. i get annoyed too easy. not good for my mental state haha

when and how did i become a vip member?

this morning, i did too,............woot woot...........

i dont know who did it but i sent a pm to cece and to evie and am just about to send one to eva to say thanks

cool

Evie wrote:

So I decided that the winner of each round will get the opportunity to take the screenshot for the next round! They can even set a theme if they want to (of course it's not required, only if you want to)

great idea evie.......................love it

Okies here's my 2nd edit and this one's a lil' better in my opinion than my last try lol



She's my elven moon princess and I'm sorry but I cant get the writing off the right bottom of the piccie without chopping some of her golden tresses off....

heres my latest attempt at this .hope you like it.

nice pic Q and nice avi too

Thankies Angie the avi is Connor and I loves him lol....he's gonna make great simmeh babies I can tell .....your edit is cool I love the background

wow! both of those look fantastic ladies.

Q I love how you went for something different and gave her elf ears, just stunning.

Angie, I seriously adore your models hair, It's all wavy and long and flowy, I want hair like that! :p (please tell me you're entering that one into the actual comp, because it's just stunning)

thanks evie for your lovely comments, i want hair like that too.....lol.....if i dont do a better one then yes this is my entry ...........

great new avi angie.
we r all so polite here

thanks stevie, its the only way to be is polite and show a little courtesy and respect each other

WOW, you guys are so such GIMP/Photoshop mastehs!

I will enter in my shot Evie

Yay Miss L is joining woop woop

I loves the piccies everyone you are all so talented thankies for sharing them with us. they are awesomeness saucemness!

I've already spoken to Ang, but Stevielee...you became a VIP because you are an important person on this site. To be fairly newb you have already contributed so much to Cstyles and I hate when things go unnoticed and def unappreciated.

I felt bad because something was just missing and realized I had not updated the tags in awhile. Continue on with the direction you are on and there are other badges following this already made and ready for use.

Just keep in mind though...you have to continue to earn this badge. And...you can ask to have it dropped back to member anytime you want to.

So it's a badge well earned ladies!!
And so deserved!

Hahahaha, oh mine looks so disastrous compared to everyone elses. Looks like a mop-head

It cant be as bad as mine MissL, after I had finished it was deleted as she looked like a wolverine, no Im not joking it looked like daughter of wolverine. and was very quickly deleted.

thanks so much i am so happy that you think that way cecesaun1. it makes me happy to see that i can help. i really like this site and the people on here r so nice

i love to help people out and will continue to do so

Yay for Ms Stevielee!! I'm so glad you enjoy it here...ME TOO!!

You know I thought for about 5 seconds on trying to do this but quickly gained my sense back and decided to just let it go...I am not a photoshop person... :510:

i agree with you about that cece. i am no good at it eather so i just give up already haha

Oh my WOW My Photoshop skills are crusty & rusty so I'll settle in and get comfy in the Lurker's Chair, but the entries so far are really dazzling -- excellent work everyone!


*and Cece! *hugs* I can't seem to get the Top Poster badge off my avi... ...I haven't posted enough to deserve/earn it...

Aww Celery...you have more than earned your top poster badge!! And stop the lying...you are seriously skilled in photoshop so get your booty out of the lurkers chair and get to work on an entry!! And what is wrong with your warning level??? I've not touched it but it's not showing up. Gotta check this out...can't have my Celery banned for nothing!!

And RD if you stumble on this...get your booty over here also with your mad skillz!! You both better not make me come find you!!

Q cant even use photoshop so will be sticking to trusty GIMP

well broomie cant use either of em so Im definately going to be just a lurker and see what you awesome people create and wait for the piccies (hinty hint hint)

*lurks*

Loving all the pictures I wish I could do stuff like hair drawing, but no matter how many times I try, it ALWAYS ends up embarrasingly bad I guess it's because I have absolutely no artistic ability whatsoever... beyond drawing stick people ;)

SweetBaby I am unartistic myself but with the tutorial I found it made it so much easier

Sweetbaby it couldnt be as bad as mine, it looked like she was wearing a fur hat. Oh the badness of the hair I made Broomie is still trying to forget it

Haha - my attempts at hair drawing are very very bad, but I'll try again in the next few days (maybe look at some different tuts)... but have to finish my picture for Vanity first.

Im sure that you will get better and better. Im not going to try again, that poor simmie will need counselling after the hair style I gave her. Broomie is banning herself from hairstyling lol.

I would find doing hair so much easier if I had a tablet

I agree with you dollie i would love to have one but just now i will muddle through with gimp........... :510: :510: