Age of Aquarius - Entry for MsRedNotDead contest on the future

soocoolsim · October 2013

This is my entry for MsRed’s contest about the future. This song spoke to me since my hope for the future is for all nations to live in harmony and understanding. Where all life is respected, there are no prejudices, and love, compassion and generosity conquer all despair.

The Age of Aquarius is thought by some to be the upcoming astrological age of mental enlightenment. Aquarius is symbolized by the Water Bearer (visionary, wants to make the world a better place).

I learned during this contest to create my own wall murals, use the fog emitter animations and lighting to bring my ideas to life. The backdrop for this story is the awesome ‘Elven Central Park’ by Murfeel which I converted to a regular lot. I had great fun creating this entry and do hope you like my interpretation :-)

ENTRY FORM

NAME OF SIMMER: Soocoolsim

LINK TO SONG CHOSEN:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE

AGE OF AQUARIUS

When the moon is in the seventh house

and Jupiter aligns with Mars

Then peace will guide the planets

and love will steer the stars.

This is the dawning of the

age of Aquarius, the age of Aquarius

Aquarius, Aquarius

Harmony and understanding

Sympathy and trust abounding

No more falsehoods or derisions

Golden living dreams of visions

Mystic crystal revelation

and the minds true liberation

Aquarius, Aquarius

When the moon is in the seventh house

and Jupiter aligns with Mars

Then peace will guide the planets

And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the

age of Aquarius, the age of Aquarius

Aquarius, Aquarius

JACKIEMALEK2 · October 2013

i really like it i think you did a great job.I love the song and it really fits in with the pictures big hugs for a great job done

Alitoni · October 2013

I like how you incorporated the statue in all the photos. Nicely done!

soocoolsim · October 2013

Thanks Jackie. Hugs back :-)

soocoolsim · October 2013

Thanks Alitoni. I'm so glad you picked up on the statue. I used her as the symbol for the water bearer (Aquarius) and was wondering if it would be obvious.

anettesb · October 2013

WOW

I love this... so beautiful... doesn't hurt that I really like this song.....

anettesb · October 2013

how did you make the mural?

do you have link for a tutorial... and a link for the lot...

soocoolsim · October 2013

Thanks so much Annette. Creating the murals was surprising very easy using the TSR workshop. Just remember to start a new project for each piece of the mural... you don't have to exit the program - just save the project file when prompted. I tried getting around this and learnt the hard way, lol.

Tutorial link...
http://107.21.109.248/images/b/bc/Wall_Murals_101.pdf Edit… link broken. I need to find the new link for this file.... "Wall Murals 101, A tutorial for The Sims Resource using TSR Workshop" by @Rennara .

Elven Central Park by Murfeel...
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/murfeel/downloads/details/category/sims3-lots-community/title/elven-central-park/id/1207453/

Have fun :-)

anettesb · October 2013

ah so they cc... I was hopeing it was like making in game art that isn't cc... oh well

soocoolsim · October 2013

Yeah, a pity. Wish they had this functionality. The good thing is that you create it yourself so you know it's safe :-)

YellowJane · October 2013

WOW absolutely fantastic!! Beautiful pictures, and amazing models. The lot you have there in amazing, did you make it, or download it? It's stunning.

Also curious: which expansion do the wheelchairs come with??:o

Great pictures and great song! Well done and good luck for the contest

~YellowJane~

soocoolsim · October 2013

Thanks very much YellowJane. The lot (Elven Central Park) is by Murfeel. I changed it to a regular lot for this contest. You can download the original at TSR...
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/murfeel/downloads/details/category/sims3-lots-community/title/elven-central-park/id/1207453/

The wheelchair is CC from MTS. It is packaged with the poses for use with Pose Player...
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=479865

ciane · October 2013

I too love this sound. You did an excellent job with it. The symbolism is outstanding!

soocoolsim · November 2013

Thank you very much Ciane. It was fun :-)

soocoolsim · March 5

Edited to replace broken picture links.

MiataPlay · March 6

Nice Pictures! Very cool!

Sandraelle · March 6

@soocoolsim, Very cool pictures and the song lyrics go perfectly. I've never seen this thread before, so I'm glad you fixed the picture links and provided me with this link. Great presentation!

ZeeGee · March 6

This is amazing and thanks for the tutorial link. Hopefully the new posts will send this to the new forum.

ETA: Oops, tutorial link doesn't work

soocoolsim · March 8

Thank you very much @MiataPlay , @Sandraelle , @ZeeGee

@ZeeGee , Unfortunately I can't find the tutorial on TSR but I had saved the .pdf I used way, way back then so send me a PM if you want the file. It's titled "Wall Murals 101, A tutorial for The Sims Resource using TSR Workshop" by @Rennara .

The tutorial was created by @Rennara so I've linked here to the wall downloads referenced in her tutorial. It doesn't seem I can message her on TSR without signing up, so maybe when things are not so busy I'll look into that to see if she still is active and can provide the tutorial link.

ZeeGee · March 8

@soocoolsim Messaged you, thanks

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