I have a 5 stars island but it doesn't look as good as other islands, it just look empty I wish they added more buildings or allow you to have more villagers
New buildings would be awesome. I really want to have a stand alone cafe or flower shop. Happy home had such a great way to make shops stand out and if they could bring that back it would be just amazing.
You can make some additional accounts on your switch, so you can get more homes in Animal Crossing. Those houses can be turned in to shops, hotels and so on :)
I have a 5 star island, too, but no place to put anything. The original island had some nice waterfalls and rivers going thru the island, but I would need to remove some to add more space. We shall see...
i’m at this point where my island is so confusing😂 i just don’t know where to put anything, i’m definitely going to try this though! edit: thanks for all the likes
I felt the same way and just decided to start a new island- felt bad at first because I had done so much work on my original island, but now I'm happy I started over
First off, alllllll islands are beautiful! DA-5078-3961-4847 is my dream code if you wanna check it out. It’s not perfect at all but I like sharing it cause it’s not too crazy or anything. Also don’t mind Marcel if you go cause his catchphrase is a Jojo reference I think 😂
honestly I’m just having fun with it. I don’t care if my island looks weird to other people, and I got it to 5 stars 😌 my tip is just plop things down until it feels right to you
To be honest, most of the back hills are from where they originally were. I tried working with the terrain first and then terraformed to clean it up or dig out space to make it more accessible! You can still have awesome looking islands with minimal terraforming.
I personally think they should add more buildings, such as: -barbershop (change up your hair) -greenhouse (grow rare flowers, hybrids, or anything you want) -flower shop, instead of having to wait for Lief -gym, since there’s a lot of workout gear (villagers can actually work out there)
I've seen someone use stalls to make a fake little greenhouse for decoration, then outside of it they had dirt patches in specific arrangements to help them make flower hybrids
I like to imagine what a town would need to provide for its populace; a place to buy food, do laundry etc. Then I'll take an area and use fencing or one tile-length cliff to use as 'walls' to enclose it. You can even modify simple panels to look like shelving or wallpaper!
I love this! Whenever an area has cute shopping or places that just make sense I'm always a huge fan. Same with "functional" houses with bathrooms, kitchens, etc.
@milkymxoon you just make a second account on your switch and open up new horizons :). The island is tied to your switch console, not your switch account. I have a spare for a cafe and honestly dont really touch the account unless I am redecorating the cafe, you can still just do your daily's on the main and then place money outside.of the spares 'house' for you to pick up and use to expand the spares 'house'
I love doing this, the extra cliffs just add a little something even if it's just a tree and a flower. I also like to add little waterfalls to mine because the aesthetic of a bunch of small waterfalls is just so pretty
what do i do if my ENTIRE island is wasted space and there is no decorations, i put decorations up but it always look not good or messy or i dont like it, so what do i do?
Planting patches of trees and garden is helpful. One thing I've been doing is also making little sectioned themed areas for any nooks in the cliffs. I have a reading area, instrument area, and a little drink stand to fill out spots. Sometimes making themed fenced in spots is suuuper helpful!
@@Lily-mt9dd Yeah I'm not a fan of Isabelle's rating system. That's why I never make it a requirement to have a 5 star island when I do island visits. Some of the best islands I've ever seen has been either 3 or 4 stars just because of the creativity and flow breaking out of Isabelle's rating box.
This video just uncorked my creative block when it comes to seeing other peoples terraforming (especially the really obnoxious ones), but thank you for doing what no other RUclipsr could!! My island is looking sharp thanks to you. Subscibed :)
This was super nice to read. Thanks for such a huge compliment. I'm truly honored and it totally made my night. If there are ever any tutorials or things you want to see or have questions on, please feel free to ask. :)
I’m so jealous of the look of your island. My island is so bad for the most part because I just don’t know how to execute all my ideas and terraform, etc. I’ve really struggled with creativity.
I always find breaking the island down into small areas to fill a lot easier. It can be overwhelming if you look at the island as a whole. Tucked in areas against cliffs for outdoor seating, book nooks, or mini stands for outdoor shops help fill out the map!
Kuriie definitely!! The area I’ve spent the most time on thus far is my entrance/resident services/shopping area. I’ve kept everything close and tied in together. I just get overwhelmed when I open my map because I wonder what more I can do to fill it out hahaha
Sounds like I need to make more wasted space ideas! :D You'll get there though. It definitely feels that way but after a while you'll end up being like "I want another island I'm out of room." lololol
this video was so helpful! my airport is super close to my left beach and i made a big entrance, and still had some left over space that i didnt know what to do with, so this inspired me to do some landscaping and add some cliffs ☺️
Finally someone with no cluttered island with custom designs everywhere! Ive been looking for this “style” but everyone has fairycore or cottagecore! Aah! Tysm!
So I had this problem after the rainy season. I ended up just spending a little time each day digging up flowers and selling them regardless of hybrids or not. After I put transparent paths on the ground around the ones I wanted to keep to prevent them from spreading! Helped a bunch.
I moved all my hybrids to the beach, and am going to make a listing on Nookazon to sell them. You can also pay ppl on Nookazon or a discord server to come in and remove all the flowers. Selling them isn't really worth enough for the time, imo, and so it's more convenient to just throw them in a trash can.
I can't believe this method actually makes a section of my island look better! The wedding area in my island was decent, but with these awesome cliffs, the area now rocks! Thank you to whoever made the video, it really helped me a lot! ◕‿◕
Very nice. I'm theme-less.. wanted a western one.. its difficult, AC doesn't have a Sedona-red rock pattern. I'll have to design it myself. It's only for me because I don't own Nintendo Online. Unsure if its worth it.
It's been worth it for me but that's because I travel to friends island a lot. Also a Sedona town would be beautiful! That's my favorite city in Arizona 😍 If you participate in the bug-off, Flick gives termite mounds which would work really well because they look like tall rock structures and have a sandy yellowish-range tint to them instead of the grey rocks you can usually craft.
This was so cute to watch! It was not overwhelming and left a lot of room for creativity. Although I enjoy seeing people and these amazing and beautiful islands sometimes it’s nice to find something a bit more simple ❤️ Thank you for the inspiration!
I can’t believe you posted this a month ago and it’s still super relevant! I wish I saw it earlier but honestly it’s still gonna be helpful to me now. I have a 5 star island, I think I’ve terraformed well and decorated nicely so I’m like mostly happy with it, but this tip is hopefully gonna seal the deal! Until I need to redo my island out of boredom again haha.
Haha, yeah I typically make videos like this when I get a lot of questions on it, so chances are a lot of people are thinking the same thing. I'm glad it is still helpful to old and new players! I used this trick all over the place on my island and its one of the few things i haven't touched at all since I did it!
My Island looks really bad I just don’t know how to terraform I know what I want my island to be themed around but idk how to do it 😭 (it’s a story book theme)
In order to terraform, you need a 3 star rating on your island. Then you will get the island designer app as well as the options to buy the cliff construction tool, waterscaping tool, and a variety of different paths which are sold separately. All these things are bought with nook miles at the nook stop
I have some ideas for your island! Since it’s a story book theme there you could make a little library at the entrance that you have to pass through. Then you could give your different villagers characters for them that are from storybooks and decorate their houses like that (ie, Marina as a princess with a castle, Raymond as Peter Pan with a house near the woods, etc.) You could look at designs for storybook themes, etc. I hope that helped!
This is litterally what I do because I've gotten into the fairycore trend with waterfalls, and cliffs with flowers, etc. Amazing video's, new subscriber!
To be honest I actually didn't too too much terraforming to the original placement of the cliff sides! I only added or chipped away pathways to make it more easy to get around :-) So you can make islands super cute without over-terraforming the buns out of it!
It's refreshing to see new terraforming ideas, but idk why I don't like it at all. Lol I love my flat space! But that's ME and it looks amazing on your island
That's totally understandable. Having a flat island makes it SO much larger and I totally get why people have them that way. Plus the access to the back beach is so cool on flat islands!
I wanna say I made something yesterday where I filled out that one small grass area by the ocean that isn’t a beach by putting a small ramp up to a cliff to dive into the ocean off of, I decorated it using the cooler ck gives you at the fishing tourney and some surfboards :)
lol this video makes me want to move everything to the beach and redo my entire island! i want to completely terraform it and make it beautiful, maybe that will happen sometime😅thanks for the video!
i did this in all of my island because I found the spaces too large and I like making lil secrets passages and it makes everything so much better ! be sure to put transparent patterns where you dont put flowers or furniture so you wont have fossils spawning up there !
Very cute idea. Though I am sitting here wondering where the extra stuff in your phone (Nook Shopping) and Hardwood trees came from. I have only been playing since June so not sure if it is location based or I am just missing them.
Nook Shopping is given to you once you spend enough money at the ABD! It's a high amount (like 100k or something) but Nook will basically say "Yeah we like how much you spent hear is an app.) The hardwood trees are just plain full grown trees I dug up from the round by eating first!
Thank you so much for this video! Up until yesterday I had this awkward space and didn’t what should I do with, I thought of adding some cliffs and a waterfall for aesthetics but waterfalls can be a bit noisy so I didn’t want add too many of them >< so thank you for this simple idea! ❤️
something small i did is add a post office. put the brown bricks on the floor, fenced it off, added a type writer and some other furniture and added all my characters mailboxes to it (i have three - my main, then the one for the diner and the one for the theatre) :)
I would get on animal crossing but I have lost my motivation to play. I’ve been looking at so many good islands but mine can’t seem to look as good as them. I just wish I could move resident services.
i understand that,,, but i’m sure your island is stunning!!! i never thought my island would be good and i’m so happy with how it is rn!!! ik u can do it :)
Exactly what they said! Just remember having a "5 star island" doesn't mean it's great. What makes it great is the love and care you put into each area! Find places for hobbies you like! And when you are done, if you have a dream suite code I would love to visit. 💙
I would recommend taking a break from looking at people's islands for a bit! It's really easy to put our own ideas down when we fixate what others have done with their islands. Looking for inspiration is great, but be careful once you are constantly comparing. It becomes toxic fast, that kind of thinking basically ruined my enjoyment of new leaf because I involved myself in the tumblr scene. All islands are good islands. Hang in there :)
sometimes i get these big surges where i want to terraform my entire island and make everything look amazing and then the other half of the time im sobbing because i dont know what to put in the space
i wish they could make a building for brewsters, so it could be it’s own little building. i also wish there was a flower shop so leif could always be there to sell the different flowers and shrubs. so that way the little town area could be filled up a bit more.
If I dug them up the game usually says I need my trusty shovel, but new plants I don't need one! I just have a habit of digging holes from old games too haha.
When you * had* so many flowers that the gifts attached to a balloon fall into the void of the flowers. I know this is unrelated but I got reminded of that from the beginning of the video. Rip Blossome, an island I reset for a toxic friend...
thank you for making this video! 💓 now i just need to find the motivation to start terraforming lol. i still have my remaining hills from the start of the game that i need to remove ughh 😫
So I have two parts to making my videos. One is using an capture card. I use an Elgato HD60S, but Avermedia and other cards work just as well. It plugs into my Switch dock, and then into the computer. Unfortunately that part costs money to buy. On the bright side: OBS Studio which I use to record the capture is totally free! I also use it for recording my other games as well as livestreaming. Hope this helps!
My islands so empty cause i wish we had more buildings. Like Leaf's Flower Shop or a cafe or Kicks Shoe Store or maybe even Labbelle's botique or salon so we make more custom designs or WAY more hairstyles
I have a lot of empty space in my island cause I cleaned it up and I don’t know what to do with it but whenever I want to see designs or visit and island *I DONT HAVE NINTENDO ONLINE* which hurts me a lot and I don’t terraform good, what should I do with it?
I'd say making little small "sections" of areas helps to decorate it. For me, I have a mini library book nook tucked by a cliff, an instrument area, flower gardens, and a vineyard. I try to think of my villagers and what they would like and make areas with them in mind!
You need to have 8 villagers, and get an approval rating of 3 stars. Isabelle will help you know what you are missing after you get the resident services and do all of Nooks chores.
This is gonna come in handy, thank you! 💖 Now i just gotta figure out what to do with my entrance! I don't have a set theme, i just like flowers and pink (hence my flower field). The symmetrical square cliffs i have with hybrid flowers surrounding a moon looks boring imo 😔 Any suggestions would be welcome!
The sea shell furniture that's craftable can be customized to be pink that goes super nice with the pink lillies and hyacinth. Also if you have the cherry blossom recipes there's great pink items for that as well! Maybe put things like that that go with the pink color? Also the terracotta ground is perfect with pink flowers and you can make beautiful path designs with it! Either way I am excited to see what you come up with and I hope you share pictures or a dream address when you are done!
I have 2 Switch consoles, my main one is a northern hemisphere I’ve been playing since day one. It’s okay, I started doing terraforming more to jazz it up. I recently started the Southern Hemisphere island... Let me tell you, you CAN make too many decorative cliffs because I think I’ve successfully done that on my newest island 🤣
Between this idea of adding cliffs, another video that talked about adding decor in 3s and that same creator talking about adding water/waterfalls everywhere- I'd say I've got my work cut out for me
The nice thing is with everyone's different ideas, you can pick and choose what works for you and your island theme. :D I bet it will come out awesome!
I have a 5 stars island but it doesn't look as good as other islands, it just look empty I wish they added more buildings or allow you to have more villagers
New buildings would be awesome. I really want to have a stand alone cafe or flower shop. Happy home had such a great way to make shops stand out and if they could bring that back it would be just amazing.
You can make some additional accounts on your switch, so you can get more homes in Animal Crossing. Those houses can be turned in to shops, hotels and so on :)
I did that! I made a house for my cat and he has his own restaurant!
@@Miamajah that's such a great idea!!! I was so focused on the outdoors that I forgot about houses, I'm gonna need to go furniture hunting!
I have a 5 star island, too, but no place to put anything. The original island had some nice waterfalls and rivers going thru the island, but I would need to remove some to add more space. We shall see...
I’m here to say and remind people that there is no shame in filling empty space with trees 🙃
It's true! I have a mini-forest to hide my secret beach and its a great filler as well!
My struggle is then I can’t find the money spot lol
Or palm tree lamps if I ever get the damn recipe!!!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@Editslovejazzy 😂 Thats how I feel: Panels would look great here... *If the game ever gives me the recipe!*
@@amitchell8054 the panels are able to get at able sisters
"It doesn't even need to make sense why it's there." = designing in animal crossing in a nutshell, at least for me.
100%
i’m at this point where my island is so confusing😂 i just don’t know where to put anything, i’m definitely going to try this though!
edit: thanks for all the likes
I definitely find sectioning off areas for certain themed areas helps! then use these spots as filler haha.
I felt the same way and just decided to start a new island- felt bad at first because I had done so much work on my original island, but now I'm happy I started over
First off, alllllll islands are beautiful! DA-5078-3961-4847 is my dream code if you wanna check it out. It’s not perfect at all but I like sharing it cause it’s not too crazy or anything. Also don’t mind Marcel if you go cause his catchphrase is a Jojo reference I think 😂
honestly I’m just having fun with it. I don’t care if my island looks weird to other people, and I got it to 5 stars 😌 my tip is just plop things down until it feels right to you
now i just need to find the motivation to terraform 🥺
Yes me too.
I kinda gotten used to terraforming so it’s not much of a biggie anymore
To be honest, most of the back hills are from where they originally were. I tried working with the terrain first and then terraformed to clean it up or dig out space to make it more accessible! You can still have awesome looking islands with minimal terraforming.
Same ;-;
TERRAFORM TERRAFORM TERRAFORM is that good?
I personally think they should add more buildings, such as:
-barbershop (change up your hair)
-greenhouse (grow rare flowers, hybrids, or anything you want)
-flower shop, instead of having to wait for Lief
-gym, since there’s a lot of workout gear (villagers can actually work out there)
I miss Shampoodles hair salon! I would love for them to bring a ton of the "wig" styles as actual hair by making a salon haha.
I've seen someone use stalls to make a fake little greenhouse for decoration, then outside of it they had dirt patches in specific arrangements to help them make flower hybrids
Major updates could probably add new features including new buildings.
You can make a guest account on your switch and add them to your island to make a shop or gym for show, but it sadly doesnt functionally work :(
AND THE COFFEE SHOP! :)
I like to imagine what a town would need to provide for its populace; a place to buy food, do laundry etc. Then I'll take an area and use fencing or one tile-length cliff to use as 'walls' to enclose it. You can even modify simple panels to look like shelving or wallpaper!
I love this! Whenever an area has cute shopping or places that just make sense I'm always a huge fan. Same with "functional" houses with bathrooms, kitchens, etc.
@milkymxoon you just make a second account on your switch and open up new horizons :). The island is tied to your switch console, not your switch account. I have a spare for a cafe and honestly dont really touch the account unless I am redecorating the cafe, you can still just do your daily's on the main and then place money outside.of the spares 'house' for you to pick up and use to expand the spares 'house'
I love doing this, the extra cliffs just add a little something even if it's just a tree and a flower. I also like to add little waterfalls to mine because the aesthetic of a bunch of small waterfalls is just so pretty
I loooove the waterfalls but for some reason I don't like making them unless they have a proper pond to go into.
what do i do if my ENTIRE island is wasted space and there is no decorations, i put decorations up but it always look not good or messy or i dont like it, so what do i do?
Planting patches of trees and garden is helpful. One thing I've been doing is also making little sectioned themed areas for any nooks in the cliffs. I have a reading area, instrument area, and a little drink stand to fill out spots. Sometimes making themed fenced in spots is suuuper helpful!
@@Kuriie OK will take that into consideration! Thank you!
@@Kuriie it worked! Somehow my island is down to 2 stars even though it looks better.
BradQuality that happened to me. I went from 4 to 3 stars. It’s just because I took away a bunch of flowers and trees
@@Lily-mt9dd Yeah I'm not a fan of Isabelle's rating system. That's why I never make it a requirement to have a 5 star island when I do island visits. Some of the best islands I've ever seen has been either 3 or 4 stars just because of the creativity and flow breaking out of Isabelle's rating box.
Dang balloons always photo bombing in the beginning of videos (T-T)
Everytime!
@Stop the emos They all dream to be a POP star. HURPH.
Me: fills out the empty spot with flowers or trees
*problem solved*
Same lol
Flower forests are so cute tho.
I used to do that... It turned out more of a mess than it did a fixer- But there was no trees so thats probably why
This video just uncorked my creative block when it comes to seeing other peoples terraforming (especially the really obnoxious ones), but thank you for doing what no other RUclipsr could!! My island is looking sharp thanks to you. Subscibed :)
This was super nice to read. Thanks for such a huge compliment. I'm truly honored and it totally made my night. If there are ever any tutorials or things you want to see or have questions on, please feel free to ask. :)
I’m so jealous of the look of your island. My island is so bad for the most part because I just don’t know how to execute all my ideas and terraform, etc. I’ve really struggled with creativity.
I always find breaking the island down into small areas to fill a lot easier. It can be overwhelming if you look at the island as a whole.
Tucked in areas against cliffs for outdoor seating, book nooks, or mini stands for outdoor shops help fill out the map!
Kuriie definitely!! The area I’ve spent the most time on thus far is my entrance/resident services/shopping area. I’ve kept everything close and tied in together. I just get overwhelmed when I open my map because I wonder what more I can do to fill it out hahaha
"How to fill out wasted space"
MY ISLAND IS EVERYTHING BUT WASTED SPACE I LITERALLY HAVE NO ROOM
Sounds like I need to make more wasted space ideas! :D You'll get there though. It definitely feels that way but after a while you'll end up being like "I want another island I'm out of room." lololol
Sorry but her saying "BAH!" while popping the balloon made me laugh
I don't know how I started doing that but I think it's been a thing since New Leaf. Haha
I just put a picnic there.
PICNICS ARE EVERYWHER ON MY ISLAND
I love picnic blankets! I think I have about 4 around my town haha
@@Kuriie heh yea the Picnic Blankets are one of the best parts-
Also that you can catch your villagers kinda having picnics-
Tip:
Put Dark Dirt paths underneath manmade Flowers
I love doing that for mini gardens in my villagers yards. It looks so so cute.
@@Kuriie Yeah I have it on my island too!
*How to fill up wasted space.*
Me:
*"LEEEEEEEEEEEEIF!!!!"*
As someone who has over 100 bushes planted in town I feel this on a spiritual level
YESS YESS YESSSSS
I love how your rivers look 😭 this makes me want to change mine lol
I have so many mini "islands" in my river. some have picnic spots!
Kuriie awe that sounds so cool!
this video was so helpful! my airport is super close to my left beach and i made a big entrance, and still had some left over space that i didnt know what to do with, so this inspired me to do some landscaping and add some cliffs ☺️
Awww yay! Did you love how it turned out? I've put them around my campsite and it just made it feel so much better 💙
Finally someone with no cluttered island with custom designs everywhere! Ive been looking for this “style” but everyone has fairycore or cottagecore! Aah! Tysm!
Haha I love the look of clutter but when playing I hate the lag and the "scooting" around you have to do.
We’re gonna need those empty spaces for winter time
Someone else pointed this out and it's definitely a motivator to leave some room for snowballs! :-)
So, uh, I have a problem with flowers. There are flowers everywhere. Ever square available has a flower and I don’t know what to do.
So I had this problem after the rainy season. I ended up just spending a little time each day digging up flowers and selling them regardless of hybrids or not.
After I put transparent paths on the ground around the ones I wanted to keep to prevent them from spreading! Helped a bunch.
If you use Nookazon you can actually pay someone Nook Mile Tickets to dig them all up for you lol
I moved all my hybrids to the beach, and am going to make a listing on Nookazon to sell them. You can also pay ppl on Nookazon or a discord server to come in and remove all the flowers. Selling them isn't really worth enough for the time, imo, and so it's more convenient to just throw them in a trash can.
ughhh i’m waaay to lazy to terraform but this was v helpful
I'm such a lazy terraformer too. Most of my back cliffs were the ones I've had since the beginning of the game 😂
0:07 I have no idea what that was but it made me laugh so much..
BAP!
I can't believe this method actually makes a section of my island look better! The wedding area in my island was decent, but with these awesome cliffs, the area now rocks!
Thank you to whoever made the video, it really helped me a lot! ◕‿◕
That's awesome! I'm so happy it helped! If you have screen shot's on Twitter I'd love to see them! Just tag me!
Very nice. I'm theme-less.. wanted a western one.. its difficult, AC doesn't have a Sedona-red rock pattern. I'll have to design it myself. It's only for me because I don't own Nintendo Online. Unsure if its worth it.
It's been worth it for me but that's because I travel to friends island a lot. Also a Sedona town would be beautiful! That's my favorite city in Arizona 😍
If you participate in the bug-off, Flick gives termite mounds which would work really well because they look like tall rock structures and have a sandy yellowish-range tint to them instead of the grey rocks you can usually craft.
This was so cute to watch! It was not overwhelming and left a lot of room for creativity. Although I enjoy seeing people and these amazing and beautiful islands sometimes it’s nice to find something a bit more simple ❤️ Thank you for the inspiration!
For sure! It's easy to get overloaded with information. Part of the reason I love making shorter videos so it keeps it more simple!
Loved the furniture against the cliff action! Great idea that Im going to steal. I mean borrow! LOL TFS
Steal away! It's such a good way to make unatural edges look natural!
4:39 placing green, brown, metallic, or earthy red Gyroids peeping from above looks cool too!
I can’t believe you posted this a month ago and it’s still super relevant! I wish I saw it earlier but honestly it’s still gonna be helpful to me now. I have a 5 star island, I think I’ve terraformed well and decorated nicely so I’m like mostly happy with it, but this tip is hopefully gonna seal the deal! Until I need to redo my island out of boredom again haha.
Haha, yeah I typically make videos like this when I get a lot of questions on it, so chances are a lot of people are thinking the same thing. I'm glad it is still helpful to old and new players! I used this trick all over the place on my island and its one of the few things i haven't touched at all since I did it!
My Island looks really bad I just don’t know how to terraform I know what I want my island to be themed around but idk how to do it 😭 (it’s a story book theme)
In order to terraform, you need a 3 star rating on your island. Then you will get the island designer app as well as the options to buy the cliff construction tool, waterscaping tool, and a variety of different paths which are sold separately. All these things are bought with nook miles at the nook stop
I have some ideas for your island! Since it’s a story book theme there you could make a little library at the entrance that you have to pass through. Then you could give your different villagers characters for them that are from storybooks and decorate their houses like that (ie, Marina as a princess with a castle, Raymond as Peter Pan with a house near the woods, etc.) You could look at designs for storybook themes, etc. I hope that helped!
Ryan Harris yh i already have that just when I teraform it looks really bad
Cookie Monster Productions omg thank you that’s genius
Cookie Monster hit the nail on the head with amazing idea!
Also, panels along cliffsides to make castle walls I've seen done and it looks SO cute.
You had me at "BAP" when shooting down the first balloon 💗
I love it when you find someone who understands you. 💙
Love your island!
Awww thank youu! Forever a work in progress haha
This is litterally what I do because I've gotten into the fairycore trend with waterfalls, and cliffs with flowers, etc. Amazing video's, new subscriber!
Omigosh I love fairycore! Do you have pics because I would love to see them!
@@Kuriie Omg kuriie I have no idea how I never saw your reply 😭 😭 😭
@@sofiamorales5215 Haha no worries Sofia! Still waiting on those pics ;)
@@Kuriie Lol, if I can find pics ill @ you on your server, because I have a different island theme now :)
My favorite thing in this game is filling up these kinds of empty spaces in my island. I love terraforming!
Terraforming almost has a therapeutic feel to it when you get in the groove!
I've been doing this for my island without realizing it
You just have a creative eye which is perfect for AC!
Thank you! I needed motivation to terraform more to make my dream cottage core island.
You can do it! Cottage cores are always SOOOOOO cute!
Kuriie) Thank you! ❤️
I could certainly use your opinion and advice on my island
Of course! Just lemme know what you are suck on and I'm always happy to take suggestions for videos that may help!
me, who has new leaf trying to fill in space and cant terraform: :(
You'll get there! Trees and furniture nooks work super well too! It's not bad to plan ahead though!
Kuriie aw thanks!!
my island is 5 stars and i developing a cottage core theme and these little cliff are extremely cute
Omigosh congrats on 5 stars! Cottage cores are some of the prettiest AC towns for sure!
Kuriie ahhh tysm
I would LOVE to visit your island!! I am SOO in love with the way you decorated! You a SOO friggin creative! Beautiful work hun!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾😍😍
Thank you so much! I will be sure to post the dream code soon! I'm finally getting close to finishing up a lot of areas!
I'm not even sure if I wanna terraform my island but this is super helpful because I have so many gaps in my planned areas.
To be honest I actually didn't too too much terraforming to the original placement of the cliff sides! I only added or chipped away pathways to make it more easy to get around :-) So you can make islands super cute without over-terraforming the buns out of it!
It's refreshing to see new terraforming ideas, but idk why I don't like it at all. Lol I love my flat space! But that's ME and it looks amazing on your island
That's totally understandable. Having a flat island makes it SO much larger and I totally get why people have them that way. Plus the access to the back beach is so cool on flat islands!
I like how this is creative and cute but not complicated! Definitely doable for me ^_^
Thank you! 😊 That's what I was going for! Something cute but flexible for everyone :D
I wanna say I made something yesterday where I filled out that one small grass area by the ocean that isn’t a beach by putting a small ramp up to a cliff to dive into the ocean off of, I decorated it using the cooler ck gives you at the fishing tourney and some surfboards :)
OMG SAME?!
lol this video makes me want to move everything to the beach and redo my entire island! i want to completely terraform it and make it beautiful, maybe that will happen sometime😅thanks for the video!
If you have the vision I say go for it! I bet it would turn out awesome. :D Be sure to share pictures!
i did this in all of my island because I found the spaces too large and I like making lil secrets passages and it makes everything so much better ! be sure to put transparent patterns where you dont put flowers or furniture so you wont have fossils spawning up there !
For sure! Also patterns behind cliff backings if you want to be able to spot them! haha.
Very cute idea. Though I am sitting here wondering where the extra stuff in your phone (Nook Shopping) and Hardwood trees came from. I have only been playing since June so not sure if it is location based or I am just missing them.
Nook Shopping is given to you once you spend enough money at the ABD! It's a high amount (like 100k or something) but Nook will basically say "Yeah we like how much you spent hear is an app.)
The hardwood trees are just plain full grown trees I dug up from the round by eating first!
Thank you so much for this video! Up until yesterday I had this awkward space and didn’t what should I do with, I thought of adding some cliffs and a waterfall for aesthetics but waterfalls can be a bit noisy so I didn’t want add too many of them >< so thank you for this simple idea! ❤️
Glad it was helpful! I love the waterfalls but I agree they can be too loud sometimes haha. This is a nice compromise :D
something small i did is add a post office. put the brown bricks on the floor, fenced it off, added a type writer and some other furniture and added all my characters mailboxes to it (i have three - my main, then the one for the diner and the one for the theatre) :)
That's so cute! Do you have pictures because I would love to see it!
@@Kuriie i do have photos! or the dream address is 85652-1834-8949 :)
I would get on animal crossing but I have lost my motivation to play. I’ve been looking at so many good islands but mine can’t seem to look as good as them. I just wish I could move resident services.
i understand that,,, but i’m sure your island is stunning!!! i never thought my island would be good and i’m so happy with how it is rn!!! ik u can do it :)
Exactly what they said! Just remember having a "5 star island" doesn't mean it's great. What makes it great is the love and care you put into each area! Find places for hobbies you like! And when you are done, if you have a dream suite code I would love to visit. 💙
I would recommend taking a break from looking at people's islands for a bit! It's really easy to put our own ideas down when we fixate what others have done with their islands.
Looking for inspiration is great, but be careful once you are constantly comparing. It becomes toxic fast, that kind of thinking basically ruined my enjoyment of new leaf because I involved myself in the tumblr scene.
All islands are good islands. Hang in there :)
sometimes i get these big surges where i want to terraform my entire island and make everything look amazing and then the other half of the time im sobbing because i dont know what to put in the space
This is the biggest truth dropped in these comments and I feel for it.
"I was gonna start this video but... There's a balloon up there." "BANG!"
POP!
This really helps because the pathway up to my campsite only has trees and more pathways to villager houses
I actually first used this trick around my campsite and it definitely makes it feel more naturey!
Amazing I always struggle to fill in empty spaces 😂but love your Island 🏝
How to fill out wasted space! First step: MAKE MORE OF IT
I'm finally running into the issue of running OUT of space. haha.
so true tho!!!:))
I love your island! What do you use to screen record?
I have an Elgato Capture card (HD60S) and use OBS to record it! :D
Whaaaaat are those cakes??????? Btw AWESOME video!
Yep! I actually have a video where I made them if you wanted to follow along and see how it's made! :-)
Kuriie I’m looking for it rn!! Thank youuu you’re amazing!
I love the balloon - attacking sound
PAP!
i wish they could make a building for brewsters, so it could be it’s own little building. i also wish there was a flower shop so leif could always be there to sell the different flowers and shrubs. so that way the little town area could be filled up a bit more.
I'm hoping the next Animal crossing (in a another billion years) will have a town builder haha
you dont have to dig a hole to plant trees and bushes btw! this video helped a lot, thanks!❤
If I dug them up the game usually says I need my trusty shovel, but new plants I don't need one! I just have a habit of digging holes from old games too haha.
Abso love watching your videos never stop :)
Thanks this helped me decorate my beach, it looks so tropical :)
Ohh I bet with the palm trees and stuff it looks super nice!
The entire time you were digging up stuff to make space, all that was going through my mind is how is her shovel not broken
I've learned to always buy a new shovel at the start of every video!
Don't you hate it when a balloon interrupts your recording
EVERY. TIME.
Wow I would of never thought of this thank u for this idea
Happy to help!
This was so so helpful! Wow! My island is going to be complete now
Glad to hear it, Rob! :D
When you * had* so many flowers that the gifts attached to a balloon fall into the void of the flowers. I know this is unrelated but I got reminded of that from the beginning of the video. Rip Blossome, an island I reset for a toxic friend...
Omg the worst. That rainy season just duped so many flowers.
thank you for making this video! 💓
now i just need to find the motivation to start terraforming lol. i still have my remaining hills from the start of the game that i need to remove ughh 😫
I'm glad it could help! Terraforming takes a while. I still have most of my original back hills too, just because I liked them too much!
How do you record? I wanna do lets plays and timelapses too but idk what Equipment to uuuuse
So I have two parts to making my videos. One is using an capture card. I use an Elgato HD60S, but Avermedia and other cards work just as well. It plugs into my Switch dock, and then into the computer. Unfortunately that part costs money to buy.
On the bright side: OBS Studio which I use to record the capture is totally free! I also use it for recording my other games as well as livestreaming.
Hope this helps!
@@Kuriie that really helps thank u very much! But how much costs a capture card? Oh deaaar
How did you rotate the bridge on an angle like the very beginning of your video?? 😲
As long as its 4 wide and smooth (even on an angle) they will be place-able!
What’s the name of the bench behind you in 5:49?
It a customized version of the wedding bench from the wedding season event!
I was worried that she wouldnt pop the ballon👍
Wouldn't that have been the worst?
I Make these Little Cliffs and plant palm trees and colorful plants and It Looks Awesome
Omigosh cute! I love the palm tree idea!
Kuriie: You should fill wasted space like this...
Me, whose half of island is my brother's garden, and rest is my garden: 😭
The gardens take up so much room. I've been debating on just yeeting mine haha.
I relate to this because my parents have additional accounts so they can play acnh with me ;-;
here’s a tip!, you don’t need to fill in your holes after you dig them, when you save your game it automatically fills them!
Awww yiss! Easy hole fills!
My islands so empty cause i wish we had more buildings. Like Leaf's Flower Shop or a cafe or Kicks Shoe Store or maybe even Labbelle's botique or salon so we make more custom designs or WAY more hairstyles
Strawberry have you been reading my mind because I'm 100% on board and wish for the same!
How to fill wasted space... Just make it into a fishing spot.
I do love fishing areas. I have so many ponds in my town!
Love this idea! So simple to do
I was super surprised and really happy with how it turned out!
What was in the gift from the balloon tho-
Clay
This is a huge problem that I'm having now. I have at least 3-4 areas in my island, that I have no sweet clue or idea what to do with them.
Yeah filling out little areas with either cafe's or fountains or cliffs is my go to!
right now i have some 'wasted space ' used for growing pumpkins (lol )
Perfect!
Just two words.
THANK. YOU.
Happy to help! ^.^
I have a lot of empty space in my island cause I cleaned it up and I don’t know what to do with it but whenever I want to see designs or visit and island *I DONT HAVE NINTENDO ONLINE* which hurts me a lot and I don’t terraform good, what should I do with it?
I'd say making little small "sections" of areas helps to decorate it. For me, I have a mini library book nook tucked by a cliff, an instrument area, flower gardens, and a vineyard. I try to think of my villagers and what they would like and make areas with them in mind!
Usually when I have empty space on my island, I just think about what my villagers would like.
This is such a nice way to go about it. I've been rearranging my Islanders to have more space for flushed out yards!
hol up... how did you get the nook shopping app on the nook phone?
By spending way too much money in the Nook ABD shopping area.
How did you pull the shell lamp?!
Hold down the button as if you are turning it on and drag it in the direction you want to go! :D
My daughters been stuck on a big bit of land for ages so she just put a house there 😂 wish I’d shown her this vid
Thank you so much!! I have this spot on my island and it was driving me crazy I’m going to do this.
Glad it helped! :D
The first part (the start if the vid) was very funny ✨😂✌️
where do you get that blue fence
It's an iron fence recipe you can buy with Nook Miles!
Wait how are y'all getting that island expanding app thingy??
You need to have 8 villagers, and get an approval rating of 3 stars. Isabelle will help you know what you are missing after you get the resident services and do all of Nooks chores.
Okay, thank you! This really helps me know what I still need to do, and what I have done.
Thanks!!
but please tell me what was in the balloon in the beginning 🥺
LOL I think it was iron ore.
I wish you could choose your island size like small medium or large..
That would be so cool! Then the villager amount could be bigger or smaller too!
I love this idea but it doesn’t match my island mix of as many aesthetics as I can on one island theme I got going on
Yeah it's not a necessity by any means but it's nice as a back up if you are unsure what to do haha.
This is gonna come in handy, thank you! 💖 Now i just gotta figure out what to do with my entrance! I don't have a set theme, i just like flowers and pink (hence my flower field). The symmetrical square cliffs i have with hybrid flowers surrounding a moon looks boring imo 😔 Any suggestions would be welcome!
The sea shell furniture that's craftable can be customized to be pink that goes super nice with the pink lillies and hyacinth. Also if you have the cherry blossom recipes there's great pink items for that as well! Maybe put things like that that go with the pink color? Also the terracotta ground is perfect with pink flowers and you can make beautiful path designs with it!
Either way I am excited to see what you come up with and I hope you share pictures or a dream address when you are done!
I have 2 Switch consoles, my main one is a northern hemisphere I’ve been playing since day one. It’s okay, I started doing terraforming more to jazz it up. I recently started the Southern Hemisphere island... Let me tell you, you CAN make too many decorative cliffs because I think I’ve successfully done that on my newest island 🤣
LOL. Good to know! I'm tempted to make our second Island a more flat one with lighter tiers.
Between this idea of adding cliffs, another video that talked about adding decor in 3s and that same creator talking about adding water/waterfalls everywhere- I'd say I've got my work cut out for me
The nice thing is with everyone's different ideas, you can pick and choose what works for you and your island theme. :D I bet it will come out awesome!
@@Kuriie Thank you! I'm excited to see how it all turns out.
Kuriie: *How to fill up wasted space!*
Me: l o w b u d g e t c a f e a n d s o m e f l o w e r s -
Also this.