Do sculptures get a higher starting value the more you do? I read somewhere that they get better at a specific type of sculpture - eg: if they keep making a toilet, then each sculpture has a higher value than the previous one? Or do they have more chance of creating brilliant/masterpieces?
If this is the case, where they get more valuable for the type of sculpture they create, do ice-sims get more valuable no matter what sim they sculpt, or does it go by who they've scultped?
So a sculpture of Jo Bloggs is worth say $100 simoles, then the next $105 then the next $110 and so forth, but then the first sculpture of Jenny Bloggs is worth $100 simoles, or is it worth $115? [subject probably to a variable as well] (the numbers are just to give an idea, I'm not sure of the specifics of the calculations. There is an equation for the value of paintings on another site and I'm wondering is sculptures work in a similar fashion).
Edit: I finally found a thread on the game mechanics of sculpting here (for anyone else interested)
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=4526.msg89767#msg89767
So the question remains, does it have to be the same ice-sim? If anyone has done trials with this, please let me know As for photography, is the first photo ever the most valuable of all, or just the first photo for the day, but getting more valuable each separate day that you photograph it? Or even staying the same value each day after you reach lvl 10 and get the 75 subjects to increase photo value?
Also, to be clear, (I've read some discussion on the topic, but haven't read the whole thread, so can't be sure I haven't missed something) can the photo of a target sim be anything, so long as they are the focus of the camera? eg: sim running, sim fishing, top chef etc; or do they have to be 'my spouse'; 'my main squeeze'; my child and so forth? If the first is the case, does anyone know what the most valuable shots are?
Edit: There is a list of the base value of each photo on another website, which I'm not sure if I'm allowed to mention here, but it came up when I googled 'sims 3 photo value equation' So now I just need to know which ones count
Oh, and if they get better after taking one of each photo each day.