They're all beautiful, again! I think this was the hardest round to pick my favourites.
I really like the first island. It's both organised and pretty, and incorporates a lot of event items and dragons without feeling cluttered. Having dragons in the same habitats as dragons of the same species gives it a zoo sort of feel. The second island is a bit all over the place, but that makes it feel more realistic! Ah, the third island is the return of the fairy treehouse! I love how they've expanded on this design. I also love how the island feels symmetrical but isn't when you take a closer look. I adore the fourth island - I imagine the wizzlings would enjoy walking around there during their lunch break to see the dragons! I love the twilight tower theme for the fifth island - it works very well with the Olympus Island Theme. The island itself is a very good balance of having enough there to be interesting but not having so much it feels too cluttered. Again, I really like the school courtyard feel of the sixth island. It definitely looks like somewhere I would like to visit.
It is very difficult to choose the ones I want to vote for. In the end, I'm going for 1, 3, 4 and 6. I really wish I could vote for them all 😂
Wow, these are all so beautiful! It is indeed very difficult to choose. But in the end, here are my choices:
#1 - An island with a stunning 3D look. It includes many different habitats, with each type of new dragon in their own. I especially love the group of Professos in their earth habitat. #3 - The 3D look is exquisite. I like that there are 3 levels, from the bottom with a little playground, all the way up to the School. #5 - The zigzag staircase is marvelous! I can just imagine little wizzlings climbing all the way to the top to go to school, which is covered in fog. Oh wait, maybe they will use the Broom Broom..😀 #6 - This island looks so magical. Makes me want to walk up the lighted path from the portal to the School, and then opening the Garden Gates to visit explore the wooded area on the left, and the moon and light habitats on the right.
Post by jodragonvale on Jun 20, 2023 0:22:09 GMT -6
For the first time of this contest, I saw some little things beautiful WITHOUT the 3D! So I vote for islands 2,4 and 6 . And thanks a lot , all the participants!
Fabulous decorating all around, thanks to all the decorating contestants for sharing. So hard to choose, so I cross-compared as follow: My favourites of the 3D entries: #5 and #12; of the moon theme entries: #1 and #8; of the wizarding school entries: #9: and of other entries: #3
Busy-ness before surgical procedure left no time for comments when I sent Ney my votes …back home in time to leave them now. There was creativity and inspiration in all of them, so in voting it all comes down to reflecting my idiosyncrasies and biases. Some of my biases are; being able to put a story to a scene, liking symmetry and balance, and liking school campuses- I did diverge on that though. Comments only here as I voted earlier. 1, I like the overall symmetry with different yet balanced habitats from side to side 2. Love the school on the hill with trees to make it stand out from background. Also like the open campus, looks like dorm and dining halls in the corners! 3. Summer break at the beach …sand, surf, and sun! 4. Moonlight magi’s with good combining of habitats. 5. Like those different “levels” and the relaxing on the beach. 6. Has the look of a campus with it’s quad, summer camp is more fun than summer school! 7. More summer break funtime at an adventure park setting. 8. Having just watched my grandson’s graduation this one reminded me of the new grads marching up the aisle to the ceremony and back the aisle to take their new skills and knowledge into the world. 9. Tho I love symmetry, this one shows that symmetry in’t everything! Rambling character to a campus with rec facilities for student maintains interest. 10. This one looked like the town welcoming students home for a summer of fun things to do. 11. And this one of a school giving students a fun end of school year send off. 12. I am so liking the idea of summer break at the beach and the different levels created with color blocks …I have to do one in my park!
I started DragonVale as a collector, became a decorator, and then added being a Visual Storyteller. For co-op friending my ID is GKVale # 4024
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My post op instructions are to get up and walk around house or yard for 5 minutes every hour for the next two weeks. Remodeling Paradise into the beach scene with stepped levels. Thank you to the designers of those islands for their inspiration.
The Sun-Kissed Sands Beach Resort is now a reality! Hmm, maybe that is the wrong word to use when placing a virtual game. Anyway, it is now a open to digital vacationers.
Once again, such difficult decisions. i really do admire them all very much. After much internal debate i placed my votes: #4 A realistic open school campus with a lofty perch for an awesome dragon to oversee a busy campus with a business area, gathering places, areas for both study and play, summer camping and a swimming hole with plenty of room for many dragons, witches, and wizards to fly! #6 i envision new wide-eyed students walking/flying the awesome entry to the school, pausing to check out the gated areas to each side. To me, the left looks colorful and busy while the right looks calm and peaceful. A magical school! #1 Beautiful 3D arrangement of stairways creating leveled areas around the school for study and play, 3 Broom Broom stations to quickly go from place to place, and a lovely grotto in between. A wonderfully magical place to study the stars, constellations, and galaxies above! #3 3D stairs create multiple levels and areas for fun and education leading up to the Admin. building above the beautiful Fairy Tree Grotto. The bottom center reminds me of a cascading waterfall!
THEME : Decorate an entire island to fit the « Summerthing Magical »event
As all the islands are so magical and so beautiful, the work of all the participants is so incredible and magnificent, and you yourself could not decide between them, the two winners of the Architect level will therefore be the two islands tied by your votes! I couldn't have made a better choice!
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From my first scan of the entries there is a lot of creativity in this group and good use of color. One of the difficult things about design was choice of habitats that held the variety of dragons to be included, while still being compatible visually ..and everyone succeeded in blending habitats and decorations. It is clear from the wine grottos, that 3 of these Wizarding Schools are not elementary schools. Love a school with a wine grotto …after a grueling day of potion making with Professor Potinious …one gets to enjoy some liquid refreshment. The rest of my comments are about the first thought I had in looking at each entry.
1. That omnitat was a great choice of habitats to fit into the stairway niche in front of the school! 2. Love the star walk and display of pedestals. I can imagine strolling down the walkway admiring the display, my thought was that the students created the statuary in art classes. 3. A lovely use of stair niches, love the fairy tree, and the pedestal display is very creative! 4. Here in, is a story waiting to be told and it shall be! 5. Love that stair arrangement. 6 A school with the grand entrance for ceremonial events.
My votes are for …#1; #3; and #5
I started DragonVale as a collector, became a decorator, and then added being a Visual Storyteller. For co-op friending my ID is GKVale # 4024
THEME : decorate an entire island to fit the « SUMMERTHINGS MAGICAL » event which integrates a maximum of new dragons , pedestals , decorations , and others miscellaneous elements as island theme released in DragonVale for the first time
The voting session for Wizard level is closed
thanks to all members for their votes and their relevant comments 🙏🤩
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THEME : decorate an entire island to fit the « SUMMERTHINGS MAGICAL » event which integrates a maximum of new dragons , pedestals , decorations , and others miscellaneous elements as island theme released in DragonVale for the first time
I would like to congratulate all our participants for the quality of their submission both from a design point of view and additional points for the event.
I would like to thanks all members for their votes. Until the last moment, the fate of our players was uncertain and there were many turnarounds! A magnificent battle at the height of the splendid islands presented!
In each ranking : the first has rank 1, the second rank 2, etc.
The final wizard level ranking is calculate as follow: “design rank”+ (“event rank” * 2)
The winners of the Wizard level are those who have the lowest final rank, of course!
As the contest is finished , the name of the players can be revealed . So as we have a tie on the first winner, the top 3 of the Wizard level is following :
THEME : decorate an entire island to fit the « SUMMERTHINGS MAGICAL » event which integrates a maximum of new dragons , pedestals , decorations , and others miscellaneous elements as island theme released in DragonVale for the first time
I participated in this level to encourage our participants and show what we could obtain in additional points with a lot of luck! let's not forget that I have a family of koalas who call my park home. If I am very proud to be part of the top 3, I cannot, on such a level, receive a reward which goes right to our deserving participants who have worked hard to obtain the coveted additional points and offer us the most beautiful of magical summer islands
The two final winners of the Wizard level are therefore:
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Wow, Jodragonvale is on fire! Look at how many they won! Congrats! Teach me your ways.
Congratulations to Ney, Gardenian, and Gkvale too! What loveliness. I have to admit, I am very inspired by many of your entries!
I want to say thanks to Ney for hosting such a fun contest and being so awesome about making sure we're all kept up-to-date. It was really fun to participate!
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