Candyland

[IDS2 3,344]

5th  Welcome to Candyland! Prepare youself. This CJ is high in saccharin and aspartame (better use Splenda next time) If you get a sugar rush, this just may be the CJ for you. I'll begin by saying that I don't want a long introduction but this journal is similar to many others in many ways. I hope this one succeeds more than my others. Just remember, if you have diabetes, you might want to stand back.

This journal is mainly mosaics but includes a few normal sized nature shots and as of July 2008 it includes panoramas too! All kinds of stuff here.

Title banner (picture taken in RCT3)

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Mosaics are in normal size font, panoramas are in boldface.

- Walking in the Woods

- Waterfront Development

- Cable Stays

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Megaspan

- Mountain Grade

- Small Town Life

- Through the Districts

- Across the Bay

- Ladybird Johnson (Flowers)

- Modern Industry

- The Port

- The Hillside

- The Hillside from the Other Side

- Solitude

- Through the Canopy

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Palms-a-Plenty!

- Where to Stay?

- Terraced Condos

- Lava Pools

- The Park

- University (damaged in site attack, have to fix it)

- Twin Towns

- Multicolor Glass

- Business on the Water

- Plowing the Fields (damaged in site attack, have to fix it)

- Getting Taller

- Modern Midrises

- Secluded Lakeside

- Monticule Herbeux

- Pearly Green

- Coastal Park

- Business Park

- Farming with a View

- Town by the Riverside

- Panorama: Port Biloxi

- In the Hood

- Wheeeeeeeeee!!!

- The High Life

- Hitting the Links

- Land O' Pomo

 

- Panorama: The High Life (downtown version)

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Regions I'm using: Some have been canceled, but just to show you what I've got.

(I'll get the links later)

Calioshire: Finished! A flat, fertile region with mountains and forests in the north. Current status: Complete; 2.35 million.

 Link to Calioshire terrain: Dont Dream by desz02091

Quintessa: Finished! A region with California-like terrain that I threw together in somewhat of a hurry. Not as good as Calioshire or Greenstone, but still another beautiful region. Current status: Complete, 3 million.

 

Greenstone: Finished! A beautiful mountainous region that is sparsely populated except for a few pockets in the south and west. Current status: Complete, 600,000.

Redcliff: A region based on Las Vegas and its suburbs. Current status: DELETED!!!

Bluemount: A region based off the Pacific Northwest. (Yes, me too.) Current status: Full force! (800,000)

Yellowrock: A region based off the area east of the Cascade Mountain Range in Washington. Current status: Side project.

 

 

Enjoy the wonderful world of Candyland!

 

[penguin007 27]

Great regions and can't wait for some more candy. So much eyecandy cjs at the moment

Will

[granto93 4]

OOOOOH! finally opened eh...nice regions there, should be interesting to develop on. i think im a little sugar high already *rolls around on floor* lol, i will be back for the mosaic!

[manman99 2]

those candy statues are from RCT3!!! nice regions by the way

manman99

[IDS2 3,344]

Well, I can't call this a cj without any city pictures, can I? Here is the first mosaic:

Walking in the Woods

Enjoy! Replies later.

[Abc987 3]

Very nice, love the green border around the mosaic! Just one suggestion, either go with maxis trees or other trees from the STEX. It looks kind of strange with both. Other than that great start I'm really looking forward to more!!

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull start my friend,i love the banner,beautifull region pics,very pretty mosaic great job with the trees.wonderfull work and pics

[IDS2 3,344]

Penguin (Will): Thank you very much! I agree, there are a lot right now. They're fun to make!

Granto: Yeah, finally lol! Plenty of development already actually, as you'll see in the next mosaic. Glad you got some sugar-high.

Manman99: They sure are! That's a fun game as well. Thanks, glad you enjoy.

jrhnemo: Thank you! Good suggestion, I'll look into a good tree controller. Thanks again!

jacky: Thank you! I'm glad you like the banner/ I was hoping you'd like the trees. Thanks again for coming!

Thanks everyone for your comments! Once a little more interest is set in I'll post the second mosaic.

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Yay, more eye candy.  I like the RCT3 pic haha!  Creative idea.  I thought those things looked familiar...

Anyway, good start! I like the regions, the Chengdu one is my favorite.  And I love the forest!  But may I suggest something, not to suppress your style or anything lol, I like to add a few rocks, logs, cow pats (haha ) and other random stuff when I do forests, just to make it interesting.  But hey, thats my opinion Otherwise, it looks good.  Hope to see more from you soon!

[GreekMan 246]

Great start!

I hate candy! jk

[SimRabbit 48]

Nice start, the mosaic is very good, but there is not much variation. Have you tried Jeronij's treesm they are awsome.

[IDS2 3,344]

BlondeTwiggy: Thank you! I like it too, I was thinking, I need a picture of candy...and then I thought of those statues! I'm glad you like Chengdu, I think I'll build that one next. And thank you for the advice on the forests, they do look a bit sparse without logs and rocks, thanks for the input. By the way i was thinking about putting that Chengdu map onn the STEX (I made it myself)

GreekMan: hehe thanks! Oh you hate candy, eh? We'll see about that! *dumps jolly ranchers down throat* I notice you started a new cj too! very nice. Thanks again for commenting!

SimRabbit: Thanks! Glad you like the mosaic. You're right, I should add more variation. I'll look for jeronij's trees. Thanks again!

Time for another update! To keep everyone satisfied.

Waterfront Development

This mosaic was taken in Leavenworth City, the capital and largest city (big surprise there) of Leavenworth. With a population of 33,616, this semi-rural city is a trading center for the region.

I hope you enjoy! The region is slowly growing...not as fast as Khantayka but it's rural...so it's best served small. Really quite the place to make yourself at home. In recent years, hydroponic farming has moved in and has grown into a large part of the economy. The next few updates will be in Leavenworth as well. Then we're off to Khantayka!

[granto93 4]

Whoa! nice mosaics, especially the second one. gotta love the waterfront, always the signature parts of cities for me. lets hope those houses near the waterline dont get flooded though

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

hey!! I think that map would make a great addition to the stex. Lovely new mosaic!! I like nighttime pics lol, the waterfront is pretty and the cranes are a nice touch. Good work!!

[patriots_1228 51]

the bottom waterfront needs covering, but the top is great. awesome start IDS2

[GingerBlokey 30]

Great update, Im glad to see it got more exciting than trees because when you start to get comments like "Very nice, love the green border around the mosaic!" you know you need to start posting more than trees

J/k of course, great work and brilliant regions

[Cockatoo 2,256]

It's a nice start, you have some real nice regions and you have made some cool graphics. However I'm sorry but I really don't like you're forest mosaic, it's just heaps of those ugly Maxis trees and that green border doesn't help either. The second one's a little better but I think you need some work on that waterfront, I'd scrap the bright coloured border thing. Also it looks a little bumpy, maybe you could smooth you're terrain next time.

Hope to see more updates.

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

heheheh Leavenworth... thats the name of the first settlement in Kansas lol nice town... but great mosaics! but i agree with atoo try and smooth out the terrain and try using seawalls but otherwise looks great

[Zelgadis 638]

Wow. Lotsa regions! Good luck! Your first mosaics are good though, so I'm expecting lots from this.

ISF

[scififan68 23]

ooh! I love the way the waterfront looks. Nice update!

[IDS2 3,344]

Granto: Thanks! I like it too, but you're right about the coastline, needs  a seawall.

BlondeTwiggy: Thanks! I just have to find the file for it and hopefully I can upload it. Glad you like the cranes, thanks again!

patriots: You're right about that. me being forgetful Thanks for visiting!

GingerBlokey: Thanks! That's what I was thinking, looking back now that wasn't one of my better mosaics. But hopefully they'll improve (and I have to find a tree controller!)

C0ckatoo: Wow thanks! You are absolutely right about the first mosaic, I should modify it quite a bit. Like I said once I find a tree controller hopefully it won't happen again. From now on I'll dim the border too. And the bumpiness I can fix rather easily. Thanks again!

seahawk: Yes it is indeed! I should use seawalls more often you're right, thanks again!

Zelgadis: You betcha! I'll need lots of room to spread out. Thanks again!

scififan: Thank you! plenty more where that came from!

Time for another update!

Cable Stays

There's no better time to be crossing this bridge from Leavenworth city to Baycross directly across the river than on a cool, windy day in early spring, as in this picture. I'm sorry about the Maxis trees again, they are really starting to get annoying. There's only a couple more mosaics with them though, so please bear with me. As always, please feel free to comment and tell me how I can improve these!

Enjoy!

[Amerikaner 42]

OMG this is really good, mosaic number 2 was TO DIE FOR...i loved all the constructions in the pics that is a nice bridge...BUT what is that water mod it is AMAZING and it looks very good in your cj...ohh im man i missed the first updates lol but i will be paying attention now to see if i see any more CAndy by IDS2

[jacqulina 162]

excellent mosaics great waterfront,and awesome mosaic of the bridge my friend,and yes i loved what you done with the trees

[Abc987 3]

The bridge looks like its diagonal! Did you tilt the picture a little or something? It looks fantastic!

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

I love bridges! the water mod is nice, maybe put rocks or sth on the shore? idk.  But still Good work

[penguin007 27]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought the first mosaic was good but Im even more amazed by the 2nd and 3rd especially the second. From the docks to a CBD

Im eagerly waiting for more

Will

[AceofSpades 1]

Wow this is truly amazing keep it up!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

I gotta say... pass the Sweet-n-lo... cause I like what I see!

[gshmails 534]

Wonderful mosaics!  I like the natural ones quite a bit.  Great work so far.

[SimRabbit 48]

Nice shots, i like how you blend industrial areas with commercial areas, the latest mosaisc is pretty good.