Drew Barrymore by Leonardo da Vinci
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Drew Barrymore by Leondardo da Vinci
(Well, sort of. This is the painting of the actress from the movie "Ever After.")
SimsHost subscribers can click on the image to download. (About 56K.)
Unzip the file and put pspainting_drew_barrymore_03.package in your Downloads folder a subfolder under Downloads.
The painting will show up as a color variation of the Rugby Jersey in your wall decorations catalog.
The painting I made of
Drew Barrymore Au Naturel inspired Lydia to ask Kaylynn to ask me (Are you following this? Well, take notes!) to make a version of this painting for The Sims 2. It's the portrait that Leonardo da Vinci (played by Patrick Godfrey) painted of Danielle De Barbarac (played by Drew Barrymore) in the 1998 movie, "Ever After."
In the movie the painting was displayed in ornate gilt frame similar to the one that frames the
Mona Lisa in The Louvre; however, I didn't even think to try to reproduce the frame. Among the paintings that come with the game, this one has the closest aspect ratio. (It's a perfect fit, in fact. No cropping was required at all.) So I settled for a nice, relatively plain wood frame.
Added a Variation with a Gilt Frame
Leonardo's Drew Barrymore in a Gilt Frame
SimsHost subscribers can click on the image to download. (About 56K.)
Unzip the file and put pspainting_drew_barrymore_04.package in your Downloads folder a subfolder under Downloads.
The painting will show up as a color variation of the Rugby Jersey in your wall decorations catalog.
The plain frame was bothering me enough that I took a shot at making a gilt frame for it. The texture for the frame came from the painting seen in the movie. Because of the way the mesh stretches the texture, this is probably the best I can do without making a custom mesh for the painting.
I also compared the in-game painting side-by-side to the Leonardo version from the movie stills. The one in the movie had more of a golden hue and had a bit more contrast, so I adjusted the main image again and got even closer to the original.
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Trivia: Did you know that Leonardo didn't name the Mona Lisa? After his death, a relative who was the curator of his estate gave it that name.