I personally love it when aliens with human features have embossed face markings.
It adds to the uncanny valley effect, which is the kind of uneasy you want people to feel around your alien.
This skin set by rachirdsims combines an unusual skin color with embossed face markings and celestial-y body spots. When used together, the effect is deliciously creepy.
This is the alien/occult skin set I personally use — and it’s all because of the pretty cluster facepaints.
They’re stark white and sparkly, and when you place them atop dark skin colors (like the Eclipse skintones), it looks like a freaking galaxy on your Sim.
This “butt-ton of alien stuff” pack from pyxis (who will remain one of my favorite occult/supernatural CC creators) contains alien face + body blushes, reptilian scale overlays (which you can find in Tattoos), and clusters of face and body spots.
Plus some bonus star earrings, because pyxis is cute like that.
The popular alien hairstyle seems to be hair that merges seamlessly with the skin, so that it’s impossible to tell where the face ends and the hair begins.
Take this Jupiter Island hair by pyxis.
It’s a cute mini-mohawk for aliens, but I have no idea where the hairline is.
Speaking of seamlessly merging hair, here’s another one. Still by pyxis.
It reminds of Ahsoka Tano (from Star Wars), what with the low front pigtails. I like this one a little more just because it actually works with hats, so there are more options to style and accessorize!
Third eyes on the forehead will always be ever-so-slightly disturbing. We typically equate them with monsters and demons but, hey. Aliens can have them, too.
Gerbithats’ third eye accessory can be worn as either a Hat or a Ring, seamlessly follows your Sim’s skintone, and works with both default and non-default eye mask overlays!
As is the usual with The Plumbob Tea Society, this custom stuff pack – Stellar Stuff – is crammed. I’m not kidding.
It offers 127 new original meshes for CAS and Build & Buy, and they’re all distinctly space-themed.
From two-tone hairstyles to futuristic jumpsuits and hanging lamps in the form of celestial bodies, this stuff pack can put official EA stuff packs to shame.
The era of pitch-black alien eyes has come and gone.
It’s a classic look, for sure. But why limit our intergalactic friends to just one eye color when they could have literal nebulas as their sclera and iris?
In the case of pseudosims’ Holo pack, they have eighteen mesmerizing holographic options.
These Vorta Like ears are strange, ribbed, and oddly amphibious.
I’m not sure who or what a “vorta” is (since that’s apparently the design inspo for these appendages), but I do know that the ears look sufficiently alien enough to belong on this list.
One thing we all seem to collectively agree on is that aliens probably have a better grasp of technology than we puny humans do.
Which is why we often depict aliens as beings that have merged seamlessly with technology beyond our understanding. This face tattoo allows for a subtle hint of artificial intelligence hidden beneath human skin.
But in the off-chance that they do keep up with the latest Terran beauty trends, squeamishsims’ recolor of simulationcowboy’s Flushed Blush adds a splash of color to their cheeks and nose area.
We’ve got plenty of amphibious features on this list for our semi-aquatic intergalactic pals, but where are the hexapod-inspired beings?
If your alien build is feeling a little bland, add a couple buggy elements to help them stand out. There are four antennae variations in this set (and I’m particularly fond of the Angel design).
Seriously speaking, I do like how starkly these tattoos stand out on green skin (as evidenced by the preview photos). They’re not particularly geometrical, but they do remind me of crop circles.
Which I guess is still on-brand with this article, given the theories around that particular phenomenon.
31. SimplyHexagons Futuristic Face Tatoo by Xyliax
If Subject 17’s tattoos didn’t feel alien enough for you, I guarantee Xyliax’s SimplyHexagons face art will do the trick.
These markings look like they have some sort of hidden, high-tech, cybernetic function because of how neat and geometric they are. I can easily see them paired with pyxis’ Android Overlays for the full “advanced artificial technology” effect.
32. Eyebrow Dump – The Witching Hour by rachirdsims
Fragmented Brows by lunnarise, and Teru Brows by suspiciouslypinklady.
These two have such an unconventional shape to them, they can’t possibly be of this earth. All the other brows on this list look cool, but they’re still within the realm of “possibly Terran.”
I mean, the Sim model is definitely not of this earth. But the hair?
Doesn’t look particularly tentacle-y, element-y, or otherwise inorganic.
Nonetheless, it’s very pretty. And since it can be colored ombre (check the description for the download link), I guess it could technically work for multicolored alien concepts.
Friendly reminder that aliens, although probably generally peaceable, are still an unknown race.
Ergo, they can be intimidating—and rightfully feared.
These solid-colored eyes by voidfeathersims look suitably otherworldly… and kind of scary. Imagine being in a dark room and then seeing these electric yellow eyes staring at you.
We have no actual reference of what aliens look like, right? There are some features that we’ve all collectively accepted – like different-colored skin and different eyes. Other than that, all other elements are fair game.
So who’s to say they don’t have ears the size of Dumbo with tips that glow in the dark?
Everything you need to create a Twi’lek Sim, you can find here.
Recreate Jedi Knight Aayla Secura in-game or make your own Ryloth native with hexmcchina’s incredibly customizable lekku options. You can choose the patterns, the accessories, the length… they even included new mesh for kids!
Even if you aren’t a Star Wars fan, you can still use these twin hair-tails for any fictional space-based species.
