Great Construction Submission by: Squeezal

So, while browsing through the great constructions, I have seen many great buildings, ships, and even a giant sheep AT-AT. However, I'm sure everyone can remember a time when they were exploring and came upon a natural landscape which took their breath away in all its pristine, randomly generated glory. That is why, as a landscaper, I was disapointed not to see any landscaping. Oh sure, there were things here and there, but never without a large building of some sort in sight. You may not think my submissions are appropriate for a great construction thread, and indeed they go against the grain of several of the guidelines. However, I wish to take something minecrafters see everyday, grass and trees, and make them look again.
[1]: Squeezal
[2]: The Hill of Mystical Wisdom
[3]: While helping to mark plots in Caldera, I saw a hill which was ill-situated to use for town purposes. It was in an awkward spot and cut off by a ravine. I obtained permission to work on it, allowed my first impressions to inspire me, and set off to work.
[4]: Default
[5]: Screenshots

[6]: Caldera, x -711, z -2073
[7]: As a Mystic, I follow 4 guideleines in everything I build in
minecraft
1: Simplicity
2: Viewers mindset is changed or positively altered
3: Individual aspects have their own personalites seperate but adding
to the whole.
4: I stop when my gut tells me to stop; not before and not after.

When considering whether or not landscaping is approapriate for Great Construction threads keep in mind this guideline:
- The structure does not have to be large as long as you make the build appealing and you use your space well it can be considered "great"

 

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Holy moly! The landscaping is gorgeous! Good job man

 

Very pretty... this could cut the line for a great construction...maybe. Think. If a mod accepted this, then, every other guy would try to just make some pretty landscaping to get that rank up. But, what makes it great, in my opinion, is how unique it is. It looks amazing, but maybe something else? Maybe a man-made beautiful cave that stretches down with ores? I think something can be added, and it would definitely be called great.

 

Hmm, I just don't think I could add anything too it. My gut tells me it's finished. While I am hoping to get landscaping accepted as great constructions, I think it can be evident who puts work into it and who doesn't. I suppose it's up to the mods to decide. Thanks for the constructive feedback too! I designed the town wall behind it if that helps...

 

Although it may be too small for Great Construction...
Although it may be too cheap for Great Constructtion...
Although it may be too incospicuous for Great Construction...
...I still hope it will become one.

Landscaping consumes much more resources than buildings and nobody recognizes it because its just landscaping. But i believe nobody wants our server to turn into griefed wasteland. I am glad to see someone trying hard to keep it nice and cozy.

 

Hey dude i like it! Check out my creative plot, i did something very similar!

 

Nice job man.

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As a fellow landscaper, I agree with you that it would be nice if landscaping could be taken into account for the Great Construction requirement. That being said, I think the same kinds of things that make a great building construction should go for making a great landscape construction. As in, difficulty, materials, time consumption and so forth. I really think your garden is very lovely, but I'm not sure it quite passes for a great construction, taking all this into account.

Perhaps part of this might be because we don't know what the area looked like before you started. For instance, if it was a desert wasteland before you started, then this could be considered fairly impressive. As it is, you say there was already a hill there. You did shape it, and possibly also closed up a ravine to make it passable, which is very nice, and can be labour intensive, and you added the river and pool, as well as the yin yang decor and the bridge. You likely also placed the trees and grass and flowers and bushes and such ... It just seems to me that, while this is very nice, and no, scale isn't always the most important thing, I'm not sure if it's really in the vein of 'great' ...

But it opens a really interesting possibility for those of us who enjoy landscaping, and I want to say thanks for that. I think this could open some great opportunities, and I look forward to more from you!

 

I agree with you, Moiriana. I posted this, not so much as to get my design labeled as 'great', but to raise the question of landscaping being acceptable as being labeled great. I hope to collect the criticisms and judgements posted about this project and hopefully create a landscape which meets the requirements of 'great'. So far I see: labour intensive, drastically changes previous landscape, shows man made influences, and unique. I hope to gather more requirements. Keep them coming!

 

Squeezal created an artistic masterpiece with this landscape design. Believe me, I saw this area before he worked on it. The transformation is amazing! He put in a great amount of work and detail into this project and he built this area into a thing of beauty. His landscaping and design continues to add great value throughout Caldera. In fact, as he mentioned above, and he designed and directed the building of the Great Wall of Caldera, which was a massive undertaking and now surrounds our whole town. You can see a small part of the wall in these pictures. This epic wall should also be taken into consideration as well as his landscaping build.

 

It looks very natural, is very well designed, but it's lack's size, and the actual "Construction" part for me to say: " Yes" .

 

I think I have enough constructive criticism to plan the next project. I welcome more though!

 

wow that is amazing work nice!

 

I love the ying yang and the way the water surrounds is really cool. I like how you have a set of guidelines you create by too !

 

Good job, buddy. If there's one thing I have to say, it's definitely that you need to take a before picture so we can get an idea of how much work was put in.

 

thanks. I've taken a few pictures of the space my current project is in, but it takes up so much room, it's not feasible to take many. The amount of work put in will be evident though. It may be a month or more before I have it finished...

 

Woah! This think took a long time for me to find! Its very hidden I should say

 

This is very nice landscaping. Good job. -thinks to self if I was a landscaper I would be inspired to make something as cool as that!-