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Realistic African Skin 2.

by Sheyza Posted 24th Jul 2007 at 3:08 AM
 
23 Comments / Replies (Who?) - 22 Feedback Posts
Test Subject
#2 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 1:30 AM
well done. thanks
Test Subject
#3 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 2:06 AM
Wow, that is amazing. Looks like all of your hard work was definitely worth it. Thank you for sharing!
Test Subject
#4 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 2:22 AM
This skin is wonderful. You've got the facial detals down to a T. (And oddly enough, me and the male have the same eyebrows.)

I always wondered how these sims's faces were so detailed. How did you get the lips and nose to look so realistic?
Field Researcher
#5 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 3:19 AM
Just beautiful. I'm also looking for African clothing (contemporary African prints and such, not traditional ethnic costume.) When I find it I'll have the skin all ready!
Inventor
#6 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 4:11 AM
Awsome thanx! A real dark version would be great ^_^ An keep up the awsome work :P
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Lab Assistant
Original Poster
#7 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 9:22 AM
Quote: Originally posted by WingedEgo
This skin is wonderful. You've got the facial detals down to a T. (And oddly enough, me and the male have the same eyebrows.)

I always wondered how these sims's faces were so detailed. How did you get the lips and nose to look so realistic?


The realism of the skins has to do mainly with your source pics, and how defined your highlights on the face are. Just lightening up a small area can entirely change the appearance of a skin. It also has to do with your brushes. I made custom brushes for making the pores and wrinkles in my Photoshop CS3 Ex. Makes my skinning life alot easier. I made this skin in less than a day.

Also, if you want to give your male's face the natural appearance of stubble, you can take the lighten/darken tool, set the size down to 1 or 2, and make a series of small dots around the jaw area. Then, go back on top of that and set your lighten/darken tool's size up to 100px, and darken the area in whole.

If you are having issues with your skin having lines in it, this may help you:

Export the original Maxis skin that is closest to your desired skin color. Make sure to edit everything on a new layer. It is much easier to copy and paste floating parts overtop of the other skin textures and edit them than it is to copy and paste the whole pic and edit all of it. And, when you are making your skin, make sure to use the eraser set on a hardness of 0, and erase around the seams of the skin to make sure that all of those areas are the same tone, thus, you will have no lines.

It is also easier to make your texture tones match up with your skins properly by using the color balance and brightness/contrast tools on each separate body part, to ensure you have the best color match possible. The color balance allows you to edit the colors on an RGB level (red, green, blue) so you have a more controlled tweaking of the colors.

I hope these tips helped.

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Thanks to all of you for your comments!
Lab Assistant
#8 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 9:51 AM
These are stunning - that's all I can say. Absolutely stunning. I love the facial detail especially! Wonderful job done here.

P.S. I noticed your censors right away lol That's a clever and eye catching way to disguise
Lab Assistant
Original Poster
#9 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 3:00 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Smooch
These are stunning - that's all I can say. Absolutely stunning. I love the facial detail especially! Wonderful job done here.

P.S. I noticed your censors right away lol That's a clever and eye catching way to disguise


lol. I used to use little hands making peace and rock on signs.

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Test Subject
#10 Old 25th Jul 2007 at 5:03 PM
Ooo, very nice. Big thank you. I would love a darker version as well.
Lab Assistant
#11 Old 26th Jul 2007 at 7:35 PM
They are beautiful!!!
Lab Assistant
#12 Old 3rd Sep 2007 at 2:13 AM
Eee!! They're really pretty (=
If I ever need a model for anything, I'll be sure to use this skin for them!

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Test Subject
#13 Old 3rd Sep 2007 at 7:41 AM
Greate, very realistic! And censors are nice But what are they coering? Are there adult non-barbie skins and if not - can u make them?
Lab Assistant
Original Poster
#14 Old 6th Sep 2007 at 12:06 PM
Quote: Originally posted by Morchaint
Greate, very realistic! And censors are nice But what are they coering? Are there adult non-barbie skins and if not - can u make them?


They are definately non-barbie. I'm pretty much done with making barbie skintones. Unless someone specifically requests one that I think is worthy, then I won't bother making any more barbified skins. I'm slowly working on a new skin as I write this, which it's going to be very impressive once it's finished. This makes my third week on it, so, keep an eye peeled for it here soon.

And thank all of you for the comments.

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Test Subject
#15 Old 8th Sep 2007 at 5:27 PM
Perfect! But, damn, it doesn`t download.. Some error: demaged archive, it says..
Field Researcher
#16 Old 9th Sep 2007 at 6:46 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Morchaint
Perfect! But, damn, it doesn`t download.. Some error: demaged archive, it says..


Just downloaded it and the archive was fine. The skintone worked fine. Try it again.
Test Subject
#17 Old 13th Sep 2007 at 8:31 PM
All right, all is workin`, thanks. Just some troubles with my browser, sorry.
Test Subject
#18 Old 27th Sep 2007 at 10:15 PM
I like the skin tones well done, but the facial expressions I don't care for, many African Americans don't look like that. Good work though.

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#19 Old 19th Oct 2007 at 2:15 AM
thank you

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Test Subject
#20 Old 12th Nov 2007 at 9:35 PM
Hmm. Its a nice start! But the skin depth and texture looks more indonesian then african to me...

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Test Subject
#21 Old 17th Jan 2008 at 2:38 AM
I dont like it... Why did you make african american face have white spots?. you mess up on the lips as well as the nose. TRY AGAIN.
Instructor
#23 Old 29th Nov 2008 at 12:43 AM
Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

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#24 Old 29th Nov 2008 at 1:18 AM
Is this skin genetic?

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