You earned it Rach. I definitely made sure to point out that your other islands had a lot of thought and time in them. I could tell you've spent many late nights trying different ideas until you were finally satisfied, not done, just satisfied for now
I never thought people would get excited to get a mention from little ol me. I'm happy y'all approve what I had to say.
As I said earlier, I plan to do another episode. If there's anyone who wants an opportunity to be included, send me a friend request. I don't have an opportunity to see your work if you're not on my friends list. You'll find my GCID below.
Your tour gave me a few ideas and I revamped my shrine island. I don't think I'll ever stop redecorating and switching things around. Lol! It's fun. But just wanted to say thanks for the ideas which gave me the inspiration for changing one of my islands.
That's awesome Maid. I'll definitely have I swing by a take a look. This was definitely at the core of why I did this. Sounds like you're like me - I'll never be done. I hope they add another island at some point so I can have a new template.
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So while doing my trip around the parks, I really liked how Steam and Cyber had their eggs organized. I just shoved mine in an area that already existed which was obviously an after thought. I had mine grouped together by pattern with no thought towards the pedestal element. Steam and Cyber had theirs organized by both which had a much cleaner appearance.
So after several changes trying to get balance without having to lose any earth habitats, I present the newly renovated Drakon Park:
As you'll see, I have my gem eggs located in the top right. I originally had them centered around a Tolaz Portal but changed it to the new Cryptocrystalline Talisman (long enough word?). I've decided that I'm going to change it out each month with the appropriate gem decoration.
I hope you guys like the changes. As always, I welcome any recommendations.
PS. As you'll see I'm still missing quite a bit if eggs from the basic elements. I haven't made any attempt to gather these yet. What I do have is purely from failed attempts to get new dragons
Here is a picture of Drakon Park before the renovation for those if the who didn't see my tour.
Oh boy, you aren't going to like what I have to say.....I like the first version better. I like the arrangement of the flower gardens around the earth boost, it was a focal point from the paths. I could picture myself walking around that area and admiring the flowers and the common orange color shared between the flower beds and the boost.
Maybe there was no rhyme or reason to your eggs before, but having them gathered messily around the pagoda had a certain charm to it. I liked the paper lanterns anchoring the corners.
I liked the use of negative space around the limited eggs and your use of welcoming luminous crystals along the path from the entrance portal. My eye was led around your park, pausing at each interesting spot. I don't see that in the new version. It's "heavy" and crowded on the egg side, maybe if they were separated more it would make me happier....but then your park isn't decorated to make me happy. Sorry if you aren't happy with me.
Oh boy, you aren't going to like what I have to say.....I like the first version better. I like the arrangement of the flower gardens around the earth boost, it was a focal point from the paths. I could picture myself walking around that area and admiring the flowers and the common orange color shared between the flower beds and the boost.
Maybe there was no rhyme or reason to your eggs before, but having them gathered messily around the pagoda had a certain charm to it. I liked the paper lanterns anchoring the corners.
I liked the use of negative space around the limited eggs and your use of welcoming luminous crystals along the path from the entrance portal. My eye was led around your park, pausing at each interesting spot. I don't see that in the new version. It's "heavy" and crowded on the egg side, maybe if they were separated more it would make me happier....but then your park isn't decorated to make me happy. Sorry if you aren't happy with me.
You have nothing to apologize for. I posted because I wanted feedback. I appreciate what you said and will definitely look at it again. The good thing is, it's nothing but time to swap it back and time I have
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Oh boy, you aren't going to like what I have to say.....I like the first version better. I like the arrangement of the flower gardens around the earth boost, it was a focal point from the paths. I could picture myself walking around that area and admiring the flowers and the common orange color shared between the flower beds and the boost.
Maybe there was no rhyme or reason to your eggs before, but having them gathered messily around the pagoda had a certain charm to it. I liked the paper lanterns anchoring the corners.
I liked the use of negative space around the limited eggs and your use of welcoming luminous crystals along the path from the entrance portal. My eye was led around your park, pausing at each interesting spot. I don't see that in the new version. It's "heavy" and crowded on the egg side, maybe if they were separated more it would make me happier....but then your park isn't decorated to make me happy. Sorry if you aren't happy with me.
You have nothing to apologize for. I posted because I wanted feedback. I appreciate what you said and will definitely look at it again. The good thing is, it's nothing but time to swap it back and time I have
I liked the first version better for most aspects, too. Though, I do like the little garden around the turquoise thingie in the new layout.
Yeah I had the flowers in the original too except it was around the topaz portal. I just updated the center piece for the new month. The flower beds are just place holders for the gem stone eggs. 12 spots and 12 months.
Taking the feedback into consideration ill probably change it back pending any other opinions. The new setup makes it easier for me to easily identify which eggs I'm missing. So, I'm going to keep it as is until I feel in the voids then swap it back to the original as much as possible. Ill obviously have more eggs to cram in so it'll have to be a little different. Thanks again for the feedback.
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When I first made the change, I actually had the eggs closer together but still had some crystals coming from the portal.
I added the gap splitting the eggs to make heir pathway box line up with the paths around the pagoda. Do you like this still having the crystals better or no?
I wanted to put space between each egg but just didn't have the room without losing earth habitats
Ok I made some changes to account for the aspects liked that I took away. Let me know what you think? If its not there yet, am I going in the right direction?
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Definitely going in the right direction! This would be a good compromise between the original and still organizing your egg display. I miss the paths around the garden/earth boost, it had such charm, but I'll adjust. The original is still #1 with me.
Well I'm glad you're mostly happy with it . I think it looks better now than when I first changed it. So see, the feedback was beneficial. I could figure out a way to get your path back but I'd have to take away the room between the eggs haha. I'm happy with it for now
Well I'm glad you're mostly happy with it . I think it looks better now than when I first changed it. So see, the feedback was beneficial. I could figure out a way to get your path back but I'd have to take away the room between the eggs haha. I'm happy with it for now
I'll try not to pout too much over the missing paths, I can always visit the original in this thread. Glad you found the comments helpful and that you are happy with the result.
Ok I made some changes to account for the aspects liked that I took away. Let me know what you think? If its not there yet, am I going in the right direction?
Love the Island of Elements - if I ever get another island I am going to steal borrow your idea!
Very nice use of sidewalks, you have so much space! Wonderful park, thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much! I am a little crazy when it comes to organization, lol. I had a vistor come to my home once and remarked on the portraits that I had hanging on my wall, it was a "clusterfck" and though I concealed my tears carefully it has stayed with me ever since. It takes me forever to organize my parks, the way they are designed there is no exact center and it drives me batty!!! I would like to do something different with my home and Panlong island because they seem to lack something but until I figure out what that is they will just stay there.
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