The way I make borders (in photoshop) is I duplicate the layer, go to "Edit--> Stroke", select the width (I do 1 pixel) and color, and under "Location" select "Inside". I forget who taught me that, but was certainly helpful!

I agree that Societies doesn't offer half as much gameplay or difficutly as previous Sim City titles. I admit, though, that I'm the kind of person who does sometimes just want to build "pretty" cities XD So I feel I get some value out of the game, but I completely understand why others don't. If I feel like challenging myself in the slightest, though, and actually playing a game, I'll go to one of the earlier ones.

I think I've posted pictures of Ben's brother Nico before, but I can't remember if I've posted any of Ben. Which is funny, because he's one of my favorite males.







Ben smiles a lot more than most of my other males XD



I don't remember what he was doing when he made that face, but I thought it was funny

Thanks so much for the comments about Relm, you guys Everyone's ladies look so gorgeous! We need to post some ugly sims so the pretty level in this thread isn't overflowing XD

I've been playing my favorite fantasy neighborhood a lot lately, specifically this girl:

Relm Canon (note to self: must think of some first names for sims that do not come from Final Fantasy)
She has a very complicated story in my game involving a confusing relationship with the emperor, a missing soldier, a war, and trying to understand her own powers. I could probably go on for pages, but this is just a picture thread...
Yeah, my fantasy sims have much harder lives than my realistic ones XD

Her everyday look:


Relm all dressed up for the emperor's ball:


Just a picture I thought was pretty:


And Relm being all worried mopey before the ball. She's worried a lot; like I said before, her life is rather complicated

1. Play more. Like, actually play, not just get in game and stare at my sims for half an hour.
2. Don't cheat so much.
3. Stop downloading so much.
4. Have better time management when it comes to contests (that probably applies to the rest of my life, too...)
5. Take more pictures
6. I'd like to host a contest, maybe in the summer.
7. Stop jumping in holes and eat less popcorn.

*sigh* I miss seeing Jake at the top of InSim every day.

I don't have one, Summer... I did pretend to steal Ladyfae's on multple occasions, though! XD I would love one, but I'm not sure what else I would use it for besides a few sim pictures, so I'm not sure it's worth the money for me. I think it would be worth it if I ever became more involved in graphic editing, because there's only so much you can do with a mouse ( for me, at least!). I think if you were planning on using it regularly, it would be worth the investment.

I make up most of my sims' names, that's why they're all so strange. XD Either that, or I name them after characters from Harry Potter, Final Fantasy, or whatever musical I'm currently addicted to. It's resulted in quite an odd variety.

Yay, you uploaded Cadassi!!! She's so gorgeous, Cin! She's definately one of my favorite sims of yours

Exnem used to have a huge set of eyes on MTS2, I use those waayyy too much. I've also become addicted to all of Bruno's eyes lately.

Thanks for the comments, everyone! Hehe, an upload might be possible

I finally finished looking back to see all the hot guys I've missed over the past few days... let's just say I'm glad I did

Here are my twins Den and Wyatt:

Den is serious to a fault and somewhat anti-social. He does not have many people he close to, but he is very protective of the ones that are.


Wyatt is very different from his brother, being a reckless romantic who is happiest just having a good time.


The two of them:


Den with his girlfriend, Beed. They're even more different from each other than the twins; Beed is a perky, funky girl (with green hair). She helps Den lighten up.

Here are some pics of my odd little elf girl, Beed:





I'm not sure what she's so perky about XD

And here she is with her boyfriend, Den:

Another one of my redheads, Benji:









She's fun to take pictures of