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While there is a degree of randomness to how much your painting will sell for, there are a few basic rules. The basic things that affect a painting's value are canvas size, skill level, number of paintings the Sim has made, appreciation over time (starting at level five), brilliant/masterpiece status, portrait, or the painter's death.
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Revision as of 03:03, 18 July 2009

Contents

Varieties

There are several paintings available for Sims to paint per level.

Level # Paintings Available
0 7
1 7
2 8
3 15
4 15
5 20
6 17
7 16
8 15
9 13
10 11
Brilliant 9
Masterpiece 10
TOTAL 158


Each painting has nine variations, which are influenced by a Sims personality or mood. That makes a total of 1580 paintings available for your Sims to create on the easel!

Skill Levels

Sims can be anywhere from painting level zero to ten. Paintings come in levels zero to ten, plus two bonus levels of Brilliant or Masterpiece.

Level Abilities
0 "Practice Painting" interaction with easel; can select small, medium, or large canvas*
1
2
3
4 "Practice Painting" interaction changes to "Paint"
5 Still Life painting unlocked; paintings not sold now appreciate in value; highest level child-Sims can achieve
6 Can paint Brilliant paintings; more still life styles unlocked (depending on traits)
7 Portrait painting unlocked
8 Can "Memorize Scene" with cell phone to later "Paint from Memory"
9 Can paint Masterpieces; "Somber" style unlocked for still lifes
10


Note: The Prima Guide states that Sims with no painting skill (0) will "Dabble" with the easel and be unable to select a canvas size; this has not been observed by players surveyed thus far. The interaction is noted in the easel parameters, however.

Brilliant & Masterpiece

At level six Sims will be able to randomly paint a Brilliant paintings; level nine for Masterpiece paintings.

There are two ways for a painting to receive one of these labels: (1) a Sim paints above their level--for example, a Sim with a painting skill of six paints a level nine painting; (2) in addition, the game also has nine paintings exclusive to the Brilliant category, and 10 paintings exclusive to the Masterpiece category.

Brilliant Painting - Value of paintings is increased by 25%

Variable  % Chance
Base 20%
Perfectionist trait +20%
Proficient Painter achievement +20%
Extra Creative Lifetime Happiness Reward +25%


Masterpiece Painting - Value of paintings is increased by 50%

Variable  % Chance
Base 10%
Perfectionist trait +15%
Proficient Painter achievement +25%
Extra Creative Lifetime Happiness Reward +15%

Speed

This is only the basic information on painting speed; in theory there is more to it perhaps?

Note that skill level and number of paintings completed have no effect on painting speed. Mood supposedly does, though specific effects are yet unknown.

  • Large paintings take 480 Sim minutes.
  • Medium paintings take 300 Sim minutes.
  • Small paintings take 180 Sim minutes.
  • Painting a portrait takes 50% longer.
  • The fabled "Dabble" interaction is supposed to take 50% longer.

Styles

There are 158 basic paintings. Each painting has nine variations, which can be triggered by a Sim's mood or personality. Basically, EA ran each of the 158 paintings through some Photoshop filters (name included under "Description" where applicable) or added a color layer.

Classification Description Example Triggering Moodlets Triggering Traits
Basic Not influenced by any moodlet or trait Painting basic.jpg
Artistic Painting is somewhat blurry, losing much detail (Paint Daubs filter) Painting artistic.jpg Artistic
Can't Stand Art Strokes become thicker and darker (Dark Strokes filter) Painting Cantstand.jpg Can't Stand Art
Computer Whiz Painting turns into a bunch of tiles (Patchwork filter} Painting Computer.jpg Computer Whiz
Evil Everything gets tinted with red Painting Evil.jpg Evil
Genius Painting becomes a bunch of single-colored polygons (Stained Glass filter} Painting Genius.jpg buzzed, divine meal, intrigued, honor student, learning quickly, tranquil Artistic, Genius
Gloomy/Somber Everything gets tinted with blue Painting Gloomy.jpg desolate, disappointed, heartbroken, lost a friend, mourning, bored, embarrassed, feeling unlucky, humiliated, lonely, rejected proposal, upset, buzz crashed Can't Stand Art, Grumpy
Insane Painting loses a lot of detail (Cutout filter) Painting Insane.jpg Artistic, Insane, Over Emotional, Neurotic, Never Nude
Neurotic Everything gets all neon (Glowing Edges filter} Painting Neurotic.jpg Neurotic
Virtuoso A slight glow is added (? filter) Painting Virtuoso.jpg Virtuoso

Value

While there is a degree of randomness to how much your painting will sell for, there are a few basic rules. The basic things that affect a painting's value are canvas size, skill level, number of paintings the Sim has made, appreciation over time (starting at level five), brilliant/masterpiece status, portrait, or the painter's death.

Base Values by Canvas Size

Level Small Medium Large
0 1 10 30
1 3 15 50
2 8 25 80
3 12 40 110
4 21 75 150
5 30 110 220
6 55 150 300
7 100 225 425
8 145 310 600
9 200 400 750
10 280 525 1000
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