Sims 2 paintings size

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Painting object. Edit source History Talk 5. Do you like this video? Play Sound. This article or section is being considered for merging with Decorations. I actually did discover this on my own along with everything else in this guide. The first thing you need is the cash to buy an art easel. After you find a place to put it down, you are ready to move on to the next step. Unfortunately, you can only paint if your mood not your aspiration meter is in green or better.

Try to make your sim as happy as possible before beginning to paint since it would be ideal to complete a painting without taking a break. Step 3: Paint! The Importance of Creativity Creativity has a huge impact on your ability to paint.

First of all, the more creativity points you have, the more money each painting you make is worth. You will gain money for each painting as your creativity skill goes up, and will continue to grow even after creativity is maxed out though that may be a glitch. If you wanted, you now have the ability to paint your own picture go to the section VII for details. The Advantages of Painting 1. Painting is a good way to increase your fun meter and improve your overall mood while making money It give a fun rating of 5.

Adds personal taste to any building especially if you use the bug in section VII 4. Easy Money and Aspiration This is an easy although boring way to rack up some cash and aspiration points.

This seems to work no matter what aspiration goals you have picked beforehand family aspiration, popularity aspiration, knowledge aspiration, etc. Must have 14, stored aspiration points. Must own an art easel. Take your sim and begin to paint. If not, you can increase the odds of the Want appearing by painting more or by completing other easy wants. Begin to paint your masterpiece. Note 1: Try to be in a good enough mood to finish the painting without stopping.

Note 2: To ensure you are in a good mood, I recommend using the Energizer to max out your mood only if your aspiration meter is gold or platinum. If not, follow step 2 again before proceeding to step 8. Note 1: You only get 5 uses out of the charger.

When they run out, buy a new one. You should be able to earn 30, Aspiration points per charger, so you should easily be able to spare the 14, Note 2: A picture editor is stongly advised in order to get the most benefit out of this exploit. I currently use Paint Shop Pro. Once the option becomes available, choose the "Paint Still Life" option after clicking on the art easel.

The game should automatically pause for you to take the sceenshot. Once the game pauses for the screenshot, press the letter 'c' to take the picture.

Make sure to still keep the game paused. Find the screenshot you are supposed to paint. It can be found in " Open this file with a picture-editing program of your choice.

Sketches made from the drafting table or sketchbook cannot be consigned, however. The painting skill is augmented by the Artistic trait, and the Extra Creative lifetime reward. They can also take a class at the school or college of art. With Ambitions , Sims can register as a self-employed Painter.

The value of the paintings varies, and it depends on many factors, including skill level, canvas size, painting quality, number of paintings Sims have made, and some other factors. The following bonus is added to the painting value addition. The painting value appreciates every day if the painting is made at level 5 skill or higher. The appreciation value is earned from the skill level s the painting was first started times the canvas size.

This bonus will not be given if the artist was already a ghost. Brilliant paintings and masterpieces are unlocked at level 6 and 9 of Painting skill, respectively.

The chance can be increased by having either of the following benefit:. Keep in mind that the preceding benefits do not stack. The priority is sorted in descending order, so the benefits will supersede the following. This means that having completed the Proficient Painter challenge will void the Extra Creative reward and Perfectionist trait.

In University Life , completing the Brilliance and Masterpiece opportunities allows Sims to paint brilliant paintings and masterpieces at will. See below. As Sims advance in the Painting skill, the quality of the paintings also get better. There are paintings available to paint from the base game, 13 from The Sims 3: Into the Future.

Each painting has minimum and maximum skill caps—Sims with low Painting skill cannot make a high-level painting, and vice versa.

This means that once the Sim has advanced in the skill, they will no longer be able to paint unique low-level paintings. This can be overcome in The Sims 3: University Life.

Sims who have reached level 6 in Art Appraiser career at either branch can receive the Advanced Art Training opportunity chain from the abandoned warehouse.

Once Sims complete the opportunity chain, they are given the ability to paint paintings at any skill level on the easel, which also unlocks Brilliance opportunity, which unlocks Masterpiece. Completing the respective opportunities will enable Sims to paint brilliant paintings and masterpieces at will. Each painting has 9 variations that depends on the Sim's traits. All variations of the painting are equally weighed if the Sim has one or more traits on the list. The variations of the painting generally use Photoshop filters to create the effect.

When choosing this painting type, the screen will display a camera interface. The players can position the camera to capture the still-life snapshot for the Sim to paint. The still-life painting has 2 basic effects. Either effect will be applied to the painting randomly. The players can take the snapshot of the other Sim or pet. They will pose while the Sim paints. At level 8, Sims can memorize scene using the cellphone.