Tierra de la Oscuridad

[Ace_F15 16]

How do you saturate the colors?

[ky72x 13]

Excellent update, my friend. Yes, I do need to visit CJ's more often!

I love the newspaper. Awesome work there and I can't wait for the next update!

[crazychickensc12 84]

awesome update once again!! you work quite fast !! beautiful river flowing through there and wonderful newspaper!! keep it up

[nycsc4 5,251]

this looks great Blondetwiggy!!! i really like the downtown and the newspaper, which reminds me i have a version of the Chesterfield Journal i have to get out!!

the airport kind of small but still good, would you like to schedule a flight to SCA?? lol

keep up the great work, i will be back!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

-Jason

[Kippis05 2]

Lookin' good twiggs

The newspaper effect is quite creative, I hope I can do that for my CJ *as Kippis writes down notes*
I'm totally gonna steal that technique, lol j/k

Naw, but your doing a great job, especially with the downtown. Keep up the awesome work

Signed
Good Ol' Kippis

[Fallon144 1]

lol, I like the newspaper mate!

keep up this amazing CJ man, it is definately going the right way!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

asturianu:  Thank you for your comments mi amigo, lol

RushHourFreak: Thanks, hope to see you again !

luker91: aw thankies lol, I know a few people have that water mod, I love it!!

cityhawk: yes I added rail lol, it is my favorite I think because it makes a city pretty(imo).  lol I have a habit of making a weird avenue thing in the middle of my cities where I put all the school/hospital stuff.  hehe those trillions of dollars were from a lot I got off the stex, I was seriously needing money(to build my downtown cos I had blown all my §§ on the highway )

pickled_pig: lol thats cool, well I never played sc2000 or any other simcity besides sc4 for that matter.  lol!! Idk what they type

raul39: no way is that what your newspaper is actually called??? lol I had no idea when I named it, I was originally going to name it "Santa Maria Chronicle" or something like that but it didn't fit in the banner (at the top)

cowcorn: Thank you, im glad you like the avenue lol, stop by again

football_fever: oh you have been lurking have you lol, yes luke has that water mod too, I think its very pretty! Im glad you like the lack of grids.

salut221: thank you, it is coming soon lol

Simen: hehe thankies

patriots_1228: Thank you for commenting!! Im glad you like my cities

Ace_F15: I don't saturate the colors lol, I have touched up a total of.... two (I think) pics in Photoshop...Besides the ones with text in them obviously. If you have PS you use sth like Image/Adjust and then go to Hue/Saturation, but actually I used Brightness/Contrast, usually lowering the brightness and heightening the contrast. 

ky72x: hehe yes you do and I see you updated your CJ too.

crazychickensc12: lol looks who's talking, you used to update yours faster than I could type   but it was great stuff !! Im glad you commented! hope to see you again

nycsc4: Hey thanks for commenting!! lol im glad you like the newspaper! Yeah the airport is small, I might make a larger one (when I figure out how to make good airports... lol) I hope you had a good thanksgiving as well, hope to see you again.

Kippis05: lol are you, well if I see a newspaper in Rochelle that looks suspiciously like the times I will know nah j/k your cj is great!! Im glad you like the downtown!

Fallon144: Thank you for commenting in Tierra, im glad you like the newspaper

Everyone: (real) update on downtown tomorrow lol, hope to see you then.

[salut221 10]

I'll be there of course !

[masochist 111]

Hey, Twiggy!  Haven't commented in a little while, but I've been lurking for every update (I'm sorry... ).  Anyways, love the progress this journal's making, and the pace that it's making it in!  Three updates on the same page and a newspaper, yes !  I must say, I love that covered bridge!  Nice touch, especially along that river.  It wouldn't work going across any of my rivers (okay...my river...), but it looks very natural in yours!  I also like that region shot...it looks so seemless, you know?  Everything flows very well!  And that downtown looks amazing!  I love how there's actually space between the buildings as opposed to just a million skyscrapers jumbled together, and also that there's a wide variety of buildings used .  And it's so green!  And of course, that newspaper is hilarious!  I really can't believe that they'd try and blame you for something like that!  Isn't that just like the media?  Try and besmirch the name of prominant politicians just because they happen to come across a free couple trillion dollars or so somehow?  Geez... Anyways, very nice work you've been doing so far!  I can't wait for the next update...keep it up!

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend you are doing some really great work here,and your pics are awesome,the detail and planning is excellent

[owenluby 1]

Perfect stuff! It seems as though you are also "suffering" from the "Accidentally-place-trees-on-the-soccer-pitch-syndrome"... I do aswell, but I can never be bothered to replace the soccer ground becasue of my extremely large parks menu...

Great work!

[Ded 30]

Hey BT, I am loving the beautiful bold, bright colours this CJ has! It makes it stand out!

Awesome work!!!!

Con mucho amor,

"ded"

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

My first plopped downtown...I hope you like...

there was nothing but random streets..

i still have 3 cities (besides santa maria of course) to finish, near the bottom, here they are:

I know its not much atm but it's a work in progress

salut221: thanks for your support I really appreciate it !

masochist:  oh i love long comments, lol its ok, sometimes i lurk too (but not often..) lol i thot the covered bridge was cool, i had never seen that option before, (maybe cos I usually only make avenue bridges...? I don't know if there's one for the avenue bridge) Anyway, I was like "ooo a covered bridge, thats quaint" so yeah.  Im sure it looks fine in yours lol!! you always say stuff doesnt fit in your cities (red roofed houses anyone... lol) well I dont consider my region seamless (yet) lol, you saw more of it in this update, lol.  but when I am done it (should) be pretty good.  Yeah for the downtown I had to download alot of buildings.  But I think it was worth it.  Im glad you like the newspaper, I had alot of fun writing it! lol well i needed some big bucks (Simoleans?) to build all those buildings, hehe... Had to get it somehow.  Ok I think I shall wrap up this epistle by saying thanks! so thanks for commenting!  

jacqulina: thank you ! im glad you like

owenluby: hehe yes, I accidentally do that sometimes, I forgot to watch for soccer fields/baseball fields/whatever lol, I dont usually replace them either, takes up too much time

Ded: Hey!! nice to see you stopped by... Im glad you like my cities...

[RushHourFreak 1]

Great pics. I'm just loving them. Please keep them coming. Can imagine living there and seeing that skyline. Very pretty arrangement. Looking for more

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend and what a great beginning it was,thats an excellent job on the highway,and roads,a fantastic start to the building,i love how you sprinkle them trees just the right amount it looks quite pretty,i love the pics especially the night pics.excellent overviews,and the region is wonderfull

[football_fever 6]

What an interesting downtown...it looks bunched up and compact from some angles, but other times it looks spread out with parks between buildings. Very nice!

Plus, I love how crowded your suburbs look from the region shot. That's going to be one amazing looking region when it's finished.

[Schulmanator 5,815]

This is looking great! A nice and distinctive town design

[salut221 10]

Very nice downtown ! Can't wait for more Twiggy !

[seemurray2 21]

Great job on that downtown, Twigster - the buildings all fit together very nicely... bothe the size/shapes of them and the colors.  It looks really good - and so do the region pics! 

[pickled_pig 7]

Very nice modern, plopped downtown. Personally, I like to both grow and plop my downtowns, but the plopped downtowns I've seen (yours included) seem to be geometrically pleasing.

Good selection of buildings as well.

[crazychickensc12 84]

wow twiggy!! I'm Amazed that looks gorgeous!!! I have a feeling the Goober Hospital is one of your favorite BATs ..awesome work keep it up!!

[emilin 2]

That is really, REALLY good looking. It's going to be amazing when the suburbs and downtown are grown together.

[cityhawk 12]

Wow! I'm loving that downtown with its great variety of buildings and all its lushly green trees! That night pic is especially beautiful! The region is looking great as well! I look forward to more!

[jacqulina 162]

looking forward to more updates my friend

[SkyTearer 10]

You have a very original building style, I love your use of detatched home suburbs and your w2w downtowns. Keep up the great work

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Hey guys, thanks for the bump lol, just wanted to tell you, that I will try to update tomorrow. Ive been really busy this week lol. Thanks for all your wonderful comments, I will reply tomorrow as well. Hope to see you then

[owenluby 1]

Awesome work! You are doing a great job for your first cj!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

RushHourFreak: Thanks for your comments, my friend

Jacqulina(2):  Thank you !! Im glad you like the trees in my downtown, and the building in general

football_fever: Yes I don't know how that happened lol, but it really is spread out I think, sometimes the pictures just make it look weird.  Yes I hope my region looks good at the end lol, but right now it does not look very complete. 

Schulmanator: Thank you for all your comments, I'm glad you like it

salut221: lol thank you, I appreciate all your comments here!

seemurray2: Thanks again, I use alot of skyscraper's work, and some tonks buildings.  (well one that I can think of lol)

pickled_pig: my grown downtowns are always too repetitive lol so I decided to try to make this one pretty. 

crazychickensc12: lol!! Yeah it is... well actually that's cos there for a while it was basically the only custom hospital i had, but now I have alot!! lol

emilin: thank you, I have been to your cj as well , lurking mostly I think, and it is amazing!! so thanks for the comments!!

cityhawk: lol thank you, Im glad you stopped by

SkyTearer: Thanks for taking time to comment, Im glad you like my (original) style

owenluby: aww thanks lol, I try, but there are alot better first ones i know lol. 

Well apparently I forgot to make a banner ... lol but this city is called Signeria.  It is very near Santa Maria:

The Hospital

^^Heehee

[Mikeaut1 261]

Wow!! This is one excellent journal!! I can't believe I haven't spotted this one! Nice sprawl, I like your trees and your European custom content!! Awesome work, Twiggy!

[jacqulina 162]

hi my friend,wow i love the region pic,that river is very well done,you are doing so well with the terraforming,your city looks amazing at night you have layed out evrything so beautifully,wonderfull residential fantastic job with that,love the hospital pic at dusk,great road system you have done,nice looking stadium you have and well placed,beautifull pics the night ones are fantastic,wonderfull work,the last pic is a very nice overview