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Welcome to Portrait. This is a whole new contest from me. I haven’t done anything like this one, but I often do portrait inspired pictures in applications and some rounds in previous contests of mine. But in portrait you will be making close up, candid, and shoulder up crops only. So there won’t be a high need for fancy backgrounds, or finding them. Since I know that’s half the work when you’re making a picture. At least we can concentrate on our Sims, and their beauty. This also means that your Sims clothing and accessories will not be highly accounted for in your pictures all, unless you want them for your own use to make your art beautiful.
This contest is purely a beauty contest. It's about being creative with your Sims and the overall appeal. There will be no eliminations whatsoever, you are free to stay through to the end for a cumulative winner. The winners will be announced every round, but cumulative scores will be posted right at the end when a winner is determined.
I'm your host, Jojo. Come and join in with all the fun!
♥ Follow Sims 4 Community Forum and Contest Rules.
♥ No more than 2 adult Female Sims per person.
♥ No fantasy models (no zombies, vampires, aliens, fairies etc.)
♥ All contestants must be of your own creation.
♥ Sims 3 and 4 all okay.
♥ Photo shopping/GIMP will be required for all rounds.
♥ Be sure to add your models names when posting your entries, it makes it easier for us judges to recognise who you are.
♥ BE NICE! Nasty people, or fighting will not be tolerated.
♥ You can use contestants that have appeared before in other contests.
♥ Rounds will be 5-7 days (depending on the number of pics required for the tasks).
♥ Judging usually takes 1-3 days.
♥ This contest is
PORTAITS ONLY, NO FULL BODY OR HALF SHOTS.
♥ No Face plastering and photo shopping clothes onto your sim unless i call for it in the duration of this competition.
♥ Any size Sim is welcome.
♥ This contest is judged by a judging panel, and you will receive small comments.
♥ Expect to receive comments that tell you how they see the picture. Honest, but constructive.
♥ PORTRAIT is judged by round, but there will not be any eliminations. All scores are cumulative and a final tally will be posted at the end.
♥ Extensions are available to anyone during the round. And each round will go for 5-7 days ...
♥ There will only be two judges, myself and one other person.
Here Is Our Judging Panel!
1. xjojox
2. Mamajanaynay
♥ Keep to the brief.
♥ Make your portraits interesting as possible.
♥ Vibrant and sharp pictures will make your pictures stand out.
♥ Eye contact is more engaging.
♥ Crop out unnecessary background, if it doesn’t have a purpose, crop it!
♥ Keep it tight, remember you can chop hair off to make your picture more candid.
♥ Choosing appropriate accessories will always get more attention
♥ Don’t add items in your crops to detract the beauty away from your sim.
♥ Don’t use harsh lighting, change your in game light colour to grey instead of yellow.
CROPS/INSPIRATION FOR A PERFECT PORTRAIT
Remember that it IS OK to cut hair away and body parts. If the shot shows exactly what it needs to, limbs, hair and other body parts are not important. Making a portrait more personal and candid can be a beautiful quality to capture. It can also intensity your sims beauty with perfect eye contact and expression.
Comments
Jendowoz0612
Myfavoritedesign
Kittymeow
Colormepink
TexasTwangTonya
Wbombje
Aussiekarima
Penguinwa101
Fauxevermore
Movotti
ROUND 6
Round End
Comments For Round Five
Myfavoritedesign with Lydia Weldon
Comment From Jojo: I like this a bunch. Her hair is an obvious stand out. Though it's lines on the fringe and some of its natural look of normal strands have been taken away. I like her makeup and the colour matching with the orange and purple. It's a very nice combination actually. The only thing i would change about this picture is to have her looking up a little more to engage with the camera. Other than that it turned out really nice.
Comment From Mamajanay: Love the rainbow hair, the vibrant gold/yellow eye shadow, bold purple lip gloss and that chunky necklace. Your pose is perfect for showing Lydia's Haute Couture.
Jendowoz0612 with Alyssa Tongol
Comment From Jojo: I like your finale efforts. The hair and makeup are all nicely pair and do come off a little vintage. I;m not 100% sure I'm feeling the haute couture part. It does come off a little more glam with the jewellery selection and the colourless dress. I think a picture with a different background may have perked your picture up some more too.When i think of haute couture, it has to look expensive and runway ready. This borderlines old fashioned..
Comment From Mamajanay: I would of loved to have seen a bit more bold, bright and crazy Haute Couture on Alyssa.
Wbombje With Madalyn Chen
Comment From Jojo: In this picture, I loved the colours. The colours between background and greenery … I didn't even notice at first it was a sim background. So you actually picked a nice set for your model. The hair piece is ready for a runaway that’s for sure. Her makeup was a nice little touch to the rest of your portrait. Very mice looking flower girl this round.
Comment From Mamajanay: Well now. Madalyn makes a stunning fairy tale creature.
Colormepink with Brittney Mattel
Comment From Jojo: Well she definitely pulled out the crazy card in the finale. Who would have thought to put a carousel in a hat like that? Oh you did. How creative. I can see that you have definitely gone for a circus like vibe for your inspiration, and she has the hair and makeup to go walking on the runway for sure. You could have possibly cropped her a little tighter. But still great creativity this round
Comment From Mamajanay: I absolutely love this photo of Brittney! The only thing different I would of done was to add a bit of bold or vibrant eye shadow colour.
Aussiekarima with Anika Savalani
Comment From Jojo: This beautiful lady belongs in a magazine. I don't even mind that shes not looking in the camera because it showcases her hair and hair pieces. Her mixed bunch of accessories and hair pieces mesh well together, and if she was looking at the camera you just know this lady would be fierce, i like your creativity this round ... great picture.
Comment From Mamajanay: Anika looks lovely in this. The colour of her hair, the accessories and makeup blend beautifully. I think a bit more care in making sure anything that is photo-shopped in the hair is blended well.
Penguinwa101 with Giselle Pansino
Comment From Jojo: A very angelic picture. I don't get the haute couture part to the picture … because I cant really see an outfit. Usually haute couture means expensive … and shes definitely got some expensive head wear. But it doesn’t exactly look designer or a bit strange. But she definitely pulls off the beauty ice queen and thats probably why i still like it alot
Comment From Mamajanay: Giselle makes a gorgeous Ice Queen. I love the added little snowflakes. I would of loved to have seen a bit more bright, bold and crazy Haute Couture.
Fauxevermore with Paola Bentes
Comment From Jojo: This reminded me something out of a Tim Burton movie. Actually it does look a lot like Helena Bonham carter is a take a second look at it. I like the eclectic bunch of creativity in your final shot. It's like you put the rounds all into one picture and boom this is what happened. It's a creative idea and i absolutely love it. Very nice way to finish up!
Comment From Mamajanay: I love the idea you went with by incorporating the previous round entries of Paola along with the different accessories. However I wasn't sure what was going on around her lips, if that was part of her makeup, if "smoke" or "mist" was suppose to be there or if it had something to do with lighting.
Round Six Winners
AND FINALLY THE MOMENT YOU BEEN WAITING FOR!!!
YOUR OVERALL WINNER OF PORTRAIT THIS SEASON IS ...
PAOLA FENTES!! Well Done FauxEverMore (Previously Jpikman).
AND IN SECOND PLACE
AND IN THIRD PLACE
Round 6 Scores
Final Cumulative Scores
And any newbies, or people floating about everyone is welcome to join.
This contest is to be considered for a NEW to MODERATE PS/GIMP user.
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I skip applications, to save time and effort... and get straight into it leaving the first round open longer than the rest.
I don't suppose you know how to move the sims onto another drive? If I can do that I can use cc as I have a lot more space on the D drive. Reserve me anyway.
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