My First recolors: Some Mardi Gras Inspired Paintings

I know it isn't much but below are my very first attempts at recolor.

Thank you TJ for stepping me through the programs and being patient with me.
Thank you Lorry for helping me locate the frames.
Thank you Suzanne for your help in all things technical.

A special thanks to the Numbers Woman on TSR for providing the mesh for the frames on the girls.
You can find her work on TSR HERE




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These are beautiful..Melisa..I am very proud of you..and your first recolor..you should be proud of them as well..not much puffffff..that is a lot in your first attempt..and I promise you, you are hooked now hehe

Job well done..I love them.. :rose2:

Job well done, Melisa! I think they're so great for your first conversion. That's more then I have ever done.

Thank you, Sam :) I knew I would be hooked, lol... as I told TJ it doesn't matter what I am doing (plying sims, decorating, or creating) as long as I am happy doing it :p

For now I am going to focus on paintings because there are so little out there (wall hangings) that fits my style. Once I get comfortable I will branch out. In mean time I will be building my textures library.

I should also point out the artist that did the pencil drawings of the Mardi Gras girls... his name was James Russell (RIP) and was/is very famous in New Orleans. Up until his death he did a drawing every year to represent that Mardi Gras. His work now when printed is reversed so collectors can tell original prints from the ones printed after his death.

Above in the Marilyn Monroe you can see in the shadow of her hair a silhouette of JFK. Look to the left of her chin. He liked to hide little Easter Eggs in his work.


Alouette, thank you for your compliment even though I think you are selling yourself short, lol.

I congratulate you on your first recolors. They have become beautiful :bravo:

Well done Melisa, you did a great job. You're recolours are beautiful, I would never have guessed this was your first recolour! Thank you for sharing with us

ohh wow .. your first!!   .. wow there are wonderful darksyngr 

Thank you for sharing these beauties with us Melisa!! I am soo happy for you that you tried it and it came out so stunning! I really like the pictures you added!! Awesome job! Now we are looking forward to seeing more of these!

I see we are going to have quite a number of members joining in on our next B.A.C contest!!

Wow Melisa these are beautiful, great work.

Wow .. so beautiful first recolors .. you can be very proud!! Congratulations!! :Multistars:

Thank you so much everyone!
I'm really happy that everyone has liked them so far.  Good thing because ...

I continued playing around with Photoshop and recolored a base game hutch and a couple more paintings. I know I said I'd stick with paintings but I couldn't help myself I had to try, lol.



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Oh so beautiful!! Really!!
And that is how one learns, trying out new things and accepting the challenge to do it right!
I never attempted the EA hutches..... the maps are not always very user friendly....so you did absolutely fantastic with this one!!
The more you practice the more you are going to add beautiful stuff for the game!
Thank you for sharing these beauties as well.

Absolutely beautiful! And, I KNEW you'd take to it like a duck to water!! I could tell yesterday when we talking that you were already hooked and you were such a fast learner too!!!

And for you to take on an object recolor so soon after learning to recolor paintings is amazing!

The pictures you've chosen are fabulous too and just what I like to use! I can't wait to see what other goodies you come up with next!

Oh wow Melisa..great job.. your hooked..forget about the playing of the game now haha..can't wait to see what else you come up with :danceani:

WOW, Melisa!!!

These are amazing and wonderful and I love, love, love the choices you've made for your recolors.

The Hutch is so cool (and, oh my, you recolored an object, too???).

Your cc has now been added to my CBS creator files - I am so happy and proud of you <3 <3 <3

Anita, thank you so much for your compliments and the confidence you have in me. I only hope I will to live up to your words :)

TJ, thank you so much. You helped me so much. I know I was super distracted when we were talking. I do apologize. I get like that when I am trying to wrap my head around something, especially when there is so much information I have to learn.

Sam, You are right I am hooked, lol. I knew I would be, lol. I am an artist by nature and I live to create.

Suzanne, thank you :) I hope I will see some of my recolors in your amazing builds one day :p

The hutch was me just trying to see what would happen if I tried to recolor an object, lol. Came out better than expected. I am still going to have to learn to recolor objects that are in odd shapes. Otherwise I would have modded the cups and pitcher too, lol. I am looking forward to getting there. :) :) :)

You are off to an amazing start, Melisa!

:D :D :D

 your so talent darksyngr   


                               I think it always fun to see creators first creations ...

I love the paintings. Thank you!

Preciosos

Thank you so much, Suzanne, Anneke, and Hope Dream :)
Muchas gracias, Prinxesita

Melisa on your first recolours.........there's no stopping you now!

Absolutely fabulous

wow so beautiful, great job! :summerB7:

Thank you so much, Lorry and Mah55. :cutehug: