Sim Tinkerings by Tinkle: June 2015

Thursday, June 18, 2015

It's gone...

I haven't been creating because I've lost the mojo. I haven't found any inspiration for something new, in fact I haven't even found the mojo to complete a couple of sets for other game versions. It's just gone.

I'm not quite sure where the mojo went, I'm having trouble finding inspiration. I'm not sure if it's because it's hotter than hades here in AZ, the kids are home for the summer and driving me insane, I have too many projects going on in life...

I'd really like to have the mojo back, I am missing the creation process, however lately it doesn't satisfy me. Too much snark within the community, too many "creators" that are just converting and half of which don't even credit the original creators, as soon as I have a project idea another has already posted something similar. I guess my frustration is not helping the situation at all.

I just need that little bit of inspiration, that inspiration that tugs at my creative side, something that hasn't been done yet, something I know no other will be working on because of course I am known for the unique and unusual...

I guess I'll go back to searching for inspiration while my daughter continues to sleep...once she wakes I should go and try to finish painting her room and scratch that off my list.

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Any & All of My Files - Conversions by Other Creators

I have a pretty liberal TOU…I just really wish the creators converting my items, those that I’ve seen lately being converted from S2 to S4, would send me a note letting me know they did a conversion. I am still an active creator and easily found in several places.

I don’t bite, my written word may sound harsh or whatever it is that seems to make you all think I bite…however if you’ve ever asked those I appear close to then you would have heard that I’m really quite nice and even sometimes too soft for my own good.

Really…is it too much to ask that you let me know your intentions or where I might find the object you converted? Perhaps I’d like to have the file for my own game or be able to offer the info to those that ask me about my S2 items (sometimes even my S3 items). Perhaps I wanted to convert it myself, well most likely not - but still there is that chance I did.

I have a few pieces from a large S2 set that I’ve been slowly working on for S4 as far as conversions go because I’m making a few changes while at it, think of it as improvement. So if someone is/or has converted it I’m just wasting my time.

What happened to respect and communication? Geez, no wonder my desire to continue creating has been waning lately. Not to mention there are plenty of tutorials and creators willing to help, sometimes I just wish you’d all learn to mesh yourself then you’d understand why those of us that do mesh feel the way we do. Yes I’m frustrated, just get over it - I will eventually and then perhaps I’ll feel like opening the programs to create you something new, something unique and not something done a gazillion times, a gazillion different ways.