Portraits Update - Acts One & Two

As I promised in a now deleted post, here's the batch of updated character portraits.

A bit of background, when I put together the original portraits, I still had a Sims 3 install. One move later, nearly all my worldly possessions ended up in storage, including a number of my computer games. I did however manage to recover my Sims 2 disks and have since begun playing the older game with earnest. Even got myself some copies of all the expansions and fashion packs (all but one, Manor Life or some such.)

Secondly, I stumbled onto Cenor's Sinford Sims site. I have to give credit where it's due. His stuff is pretty remarkable, particularly his collection of "lady sims," from which many of these character portraits are derived.

Many of the others are from various sites around the web. There's still a good Sims 2 community out there and I owe a lot of them for helping me make these characters in my head come to life.

Michael Allens

I like this interpretation of our lead character much better than any other I've come up with. He's got a nice mix of youth, boy-band good looks, and bad boy charisma, which is really how I've always envisioned him.

James "Mitch" Mitchell

As I mentioned before, Mitch is based on a real life friend of mine and this is a decent facsimile. Different, but not too different, from the person he's based on.

Michael "Boar" Boorman

Boar is also based on a real person, but I decided somewhere along the way to make a change to his race.

Geoff Anders

 Again, the first of Michael's friend-turned-thralls in Blacksburg is based on a real person, and this one's a little too close to the mark. Not sure how I feel about that.

Corwin Morse

Corwin is the second of Michael's friends-turned-thralls in Blacksburg. I haven't created the third (Karl) in Sims 2 yet.

Deborah Means

Deborah was hard to do in Sims 2 for a variety of reasons. One is to find suitable clothing for her. While the punk tank top in the pic above is close, it's not quite there. I probably put the most work into this picture just trying to get the right look for her and I'm still not satisfied.

Rebecca Phillips

Michael's ex-girlfriend-turned-childe was easier than his sire. I like the mix of innocence and sin in this image.

Kris Keller

I really like this pic of Michael's doomed hippie chick blood doll.

Leigh Tyler

Leigh turned out better than I would have imagined. Too bad she's not long for the world either.