✒️ Inkwell ♤°•

[Nefarious]

[ Yup, this is a journal reboot. Bet no one saw this coming. I sure didn't! ]
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It's been years since I've landed on my island, years of going back and forth on themes, years of sloppily decorating; but it finally happened: I have the itch to jump back onto Inkwell and make it the crime paradise of my dreams. It only took us 5 years!

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Since I've been properly working at HHP, I've been thinking about how to redecorate resident homes on the island. Thinking about their possible roles and stories... it gave me that "eureka!" moment.

What better way to keep track of all those thoughts and ideas than a journal and board dedicated to such things.

I decided it was better to retire the old journal for good. It's but a time capsule of the early days, and it should stay that way (plus, I rather not see my clean-shaved face ever again). I'm hopeful this journal will see more use than that old one ever did. For archival purposes, here's the link to that short-lived journal.

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The goal here is not to update daily, but to note down any notable happenings, thoughts, and projects.
Will I finally finish my island before the next adventure?

I'll add more here once I finalize permanent residents.​

 

[Nefarious]

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First things first, I had begun toying with the idea of redesigning the interiors of the residents a week prior. Using the Room Sketch app I recently received from miss Lottie, useful little piece of software it is, I was able to begin a design idea and save it for later completion.

My first victim for this test was my old friend, Dobie.

For a while I was stumped with how to improve his home, but it suddenly hit me after taking a break: His home gives off the theme of a crime novelist, so wouldn't it make sense that, if living on a crime island, he would be a private investigator? Running with that idea, I looked for references and came up with something I truly loved!

My favorite part has to be the use of partition walls and columns to condense his huge book collection to it's own nook.

Safe to say he was a fan of the new home too!​

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Along with the updated house, I gifted him a bunch of clothing that fit his new occupation!

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That's one resident settled on!
Next one will play just as an important role, if not more so...

 

[Nefarious]

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To take a break with home remodeling, I started looking into maybe changing how the island's roads looked. I've stuck with the default wood pathing for so long due to never finding a custom design that suited me. I've been searching for a brick or wood pattern that was dark, but not too desaturated. It took way longer than I would have liked, but I finally found one!

The celebration was cut short though when I realized I ran into a new problem. I wanted to add a second pattern into the road design. Problem is though, those specific kind of designs are made to work with the default pathing only. The only way to get around this would be to recreate this brick design and draw the second path on top of it.

I struggled with this as I had to eyeball the colors used in the original and figure out what kind of accent path would even work well with it. After a bit of searching and trying some designs out next to the brick design, I found one that looked quite nice paired up to it.

So with that, I started what is essentially smashing two different designs together. It took many days. Truth be told, I probably went about it the dumbest way possible. But I slowly managed to throw something together...

It's not a one-to-one, and it really shouldn't be, but I like how it came out!

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[Nefarious]

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It has been about a month since my last update. Some might think it's because I ended up quitting too soon... quite the opposite actually..!

Soon after completing the path design from the last update, I quickly began changing parts of my island's entrance area, that then turned into the whole residence building area!

I got to work and ended up losing track of time and was too fixated to stop once I got going. Took quite a while but I'm really happy with the progress so far, so I wanted to share some video of the brand new look!

( Unfortunately I didn't think to take before pictures of every area I worked on, so I'm hoping some folks remembered how bare my island looked beforehand. )​

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This video showcases the library and postal area. Bones' house acts as the library with an outdoor sitting area located behind.

This one shows the area located east of the building, where a dino sitting spot is displayed behind a parking and flower square. Located south is the junkyard managed by Kyle, he'll be acting as the mechanic and muscle.

Lastly, this video shows the area behind the building and down to the shopping center. Dobie's agency can be seen across the street north of the building.​

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The only part I have yet to change is the fountain area in front of the residence building, but I'll get to it soon!

In the last couple of days I've been working on redoing the campsite area and the northern area between the museum and residence building. They're nearly complete so I'll post the before and afters in the coming days.​