VENTISERI. Update 26 Mar.

[canyonjumper]

Very nice Ethan! Looking forward to these changes

               -Jordan

[ecoba]

Well, this is just sortof a filler update, nothing new. I got the nightlights to work, so this is an update showing the cities at night and I was also messing around in GIMP, so there's some new formatting for the whole shebang.





Hope you guys like it!



Geoff (calibanX): Thank you, Geoff. I really do love green spaces and I try to incorporate them as much as possible into my cities. 

Battlecat: Thank you, my friend. I really love how green the whole region looks, you also have made very green cities and they look wonderful as well. Thank you again, my friend. 

Jordan (canyonjumper): Thank you, Jordan. I really love the greenspace as well, and I'm glad that you're looking forward to those changes; I am too. 

Ethan

[RickD]

Great you got the lights working. Looks good. 

[canyonjumper]

With the nightlights, it looks even better, Ethan! Great work!

                 -Jordan

[kalvar]

You have an interesting style, I'll be passing by here more often.

you region i like.

[Battlecat]

Great looking night shots, glad you got the lights working! 

[art128]

very nice pictures there, Ethan ! I love the GIMPage you've made on them.
The third one is my favorite, I like how the big buildings (that tower and the long block) are mixed with the small row houses. The pictures with the train stations are also very nice.

Take care !

-Arthur.

[Tomas Neto]

I agree with Kalvar...:  You have an interesting style, very interesting!!! Awesome update again my friend!!!   

[ecoba]

Wow! Twelve days since an update...  Two pictures today, both of the farms south of Savannah, the city whose suburbs I've been showing you all recently.











Raphael (RickD): Thank you, my friend. I'm glad I got the nightlights working as well. 

Jordan (canyonjumper): Thank you so much, my friend. I agree that the nightlights make the city really come alive. 

kalvar: Thank you, my friend. I'm really glad that you are enjoying my MD, and you're always welcome here. I plan to show a region shot in the coming updates.

Battlecat: Thank you, my friend. I love the nightlights, too! 

Arthur (art128): Thank you so much, Arthur. I really love that photoshopping as well, and I plan to do it again. I really like that picture, too, the wide variety of elevation that is in this city really seems to add an extra demension, in my mind. Thank you for stopping by, my friend.

Tomas (Tomas Neto): Thank you so much, my friend. I'm glad to see you back around, and Vale Paulista is looking as great as ever, too!

Ethan

[sumwonyuno]

Excellent work as usual!  Heh, those troublemaking kids love covering those trees in toilet paper!   

[canyonjumper]

Great mosaic Ethan! Where did you get the house under construction? I've been looking everywhere and I cannot find it.

             -Jordan

[Nanami]

Great MD!

[RickD]

Nice pics. I like the athmosphere and the house under construction is a nice detail.
This "toilet paper over tree"-effect always puzzled me. How did Maxis get this strange idea? Do kids in the USA actually do this?

[Tomas Neto]

Great rural area, fantastic pics my friend!!! Awesome!!!

[ecoba]

Thank you for all the great repies my friends!













A recent overview of the CBD. This is actually a commuter town of a larger city to the northwest.

And a recent region view. Sorry for the small size, but Region Census won't take any larger pictures, and my apologies for the empty tile, that will be mostly farms, with only about 500 people living there.



sumwonyuno: Thank you so much, my friend. Good to see you back on the forums.

Jordan (canyonjumper): Thank you, Jordan. I've sent you a PM about those homes, for anyone else that would like them and doens't have them just send me a PM.

976: Thank you, my friend.

Raphael (RickD): Raphael, thank you so much. I really like the way this area is turning out as well, and to be honest, the homes under construction was just a lucky shot. Some people in the USA and other countries (I think) pull this as a prank on some people, however, those trees are from Jeroni's streetside mod.

Tomas (Tomas Neto): Thank you, Tomas. Your comments are always so nice, my friend.



I've been thinking, since the next few updates would mainly be farms anyway, if you'd like an 'interlude' of sorts. I have a region that's been on hold for a while, and it's quite interesting if I do say so myself. So, what I'd like to know is if you want me to continue showing you the farms, or if you want me to show you some other developments, finish the farms, and then show you the whole of the (currently) blank tile on the region view.



Also, my friend BlondeTwiggy from ST has kindly reviewed Queenstown for me, at my request.

A Story of Small-Town Beauty: Queenstown by Ecoba

Ecoba seamlessly merges nature and small-town civilization in his 12-page Mayor Diary, Queenstown.

Mosaics showcase the sleepy Queenstown best. One sprawling mosaic is hardly more than a smattering of houses and a stream weaving through pines. In others, houses are spaced generously—a relief from American vinyl-coated houses crammed a meter from each other—and citizens maintain trees and gardens. A short fence reigns in a waving corn field, while nearby, a sleek station services a train. Several Sims wait on the platform, unhurried.

The most crime we encounter is a TP'ed tree in a backyard. Next to a brick two-story, russet horses graze in a fenced area. Cows too often fleck the countryside.

Ecoba's mosaics somehow pack these cozy images into an 800-pixel-wide space.

At page 6, we see a "side project" of Ventiseri: square wall-to-wall amid leafy plazas. Ecoba shows his dexterity with a bit of custom lotting while giving a nod to upscale European cities.

After winning "Of Special Interest" award for March 2010, Ecoba transports us back to the harmony of small-town life. Trees again reign supreme, sometimes beaten back by a brook. Worrying if he is "boring us" with the mundane, he wonders why comments are sparse. And why so? He has kept pressing on and certainly deserves your accolades: visit it now.



Ethan

[Tomas Neto]

Great update again my friend, very nice!!! In my opinion I prefer that you keep showing us your farms, because I love the rural areas!!! 

[nedalezz]

Sorry I havent passed by in a while - I just got back from my business trip and doing my catching up now

Your MD is truly wonderful, and I loved the last couple of updates. Perhaps you can give us a bit of the farms and the other region in the next few updates?

Still waiting for your house to grow

[Nanami]

Well nice update!

[ecoba]

Long time since an update, sorry about that. I've been working on a lot of other things recently, and I have a small teaser update for you all today.   











This is just a taste of what might come from my other region that I've been working on for quite a while. Recently, Queenstown has been lacking in inspiration, and I've been working on this map, as well, a side project, to say.

This map is going to be mainly in the sense of American realism. I'll try to finish most of the areas that I'll be showing you before I update, and after a while I'll go back to Queenstown, as I feel that it will call to me, in a way, soon.



Tomas (Tomas Neto): Thanks, Tomas; your replies always make me smile.   There will still be some farm updates every once in a while, as I try to work on my rural realism.

nedalezz: Well, welcome back, my friend, its fine that RL has pulled you away for a while. Your comments really warm my heart, to have what I consider an SC4 legend like you say such nice things about my MD, well, it really does mean a lot to me. I think that's what I plan to do for the next couple of updates. Don't worry about the house, as I said in your wonderful MD, it'll grow when it grow, eh? 

976: Thank you, my friend.

Ethan

[Tomas Neto]

Wow, great teaser my friend!!! The vacant lots were given a wonderful treatment, with a representation of grass very interesting!!! Fantastic city!!!