Sims 3: Artistry Redux - Replacements for All 1,580 Paintings

One of the first things I did when The Sims 3 came out was make an artistic Sim--you know, a starving artist. It started out okay. I mean, when they don't have any painting skill, you expect them to paint crap.

When my little Sim got to level five and was still painting crap, I started to feel a little disheartened. Level eight showed a few decent things, but also... crap. A couple of these pieces of crap even earned the title of "masterpiece."

I wanted variety, and brush strokes, and... less crap. So, rather than just whine about it, I started replacing all of the paintings in the game. It wasn't until after I started that I realized there were 1,580 of them, but whatever. It's really just the same 158 paintings each run through nine Photoshop filters.

Anyway, I did it. All 1,580 paintings have been replaced. Sixteen of the paintings are originals from the game, just moved to what I considered a more appropriate level/category, and most of the rest are from browsing the web and deviantART. A list of artists can be found at the bottom, and, if you see a particular image you'd like to know the artist for, leave a comment and I'll get you that information.

And so I bring you...
Plum's Painting Replacement Mod

original	A painting that has no trait influence can be basically anything that doesn't fit into another category. Basically, it doesn't fit in any of the other categories.	replacement
	Artistic Sims add a bit of dramatic flair to their paintings. Their portraits contain more interesting subjects, colors, and angles than the basic artist.
	Sims who can't stand art don't like anything to fancy or abstract; they are likely to stick to portraits and still lifes. Nothing open to interpretation here!
	If a Sim is a computer whiz they are probably also a geek, and so their artwork is often fanart and/or anime style. If your Sim is a computer geek you can expect Mario isn't far behind!
	Evil Sims tend to paint macabre, dark, and sometimes disturbing images. Also cupcakes.
	Bright colors, heavy brush strokes, floral still-lifes, and kitties regularly grace the canvas of a genius Sim. They are also well studied, picking up such styles as impressionism and cubism early in their art careers, and using those techniques often.
	Grumpy Sims' art can be notably depressing. You'll rarely ever see them pant a smile on anyone.
	Insane Sims are more likely to paint stuff that'll hopefully make your face go o_O. They often have to do with eating something that is not food.
	Neurotic Sims often paint the things they obsess about, including bugs, sinks, cleanliness, and other abstract still-lifes.
	Virtuosos paint in a refined style, especially art nouveau and Alphonse Mucha replicas. Their art also often relates to music.

Want to see all of it? Download the gallery to compare the originals and replacements side-by-side. Originals are in GIF format, and replacements are in PNG format in order to retain original file names.
part 1 (190MB)
part 2 (169MB)
part 3 (44MB)
full gallery (422MB)

The file is a little big for a mod (110MB), but that's not very big at all considering it contains 1,580 images, now is it? I ran at super speed for a good long time with the rest of my CC loaded and found no problems or game slowing or any such thing.

Anyway...

download it already

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You can find the works of over 1,000 artists in this mod! If you are interested in the name of an artist, let me know and I'll get that information to you.