Hi everyone!
So I am not at all new to Animal Crossing. I am a long time player, going back to Wild World and I also have hundreds upon hundreds of hours in New Leaf. I am incredibly late to the party on playing New Horizons, I got myself a secondhand Isabelle Aloha Switch Lite (of which I feel very lucky for, hah) and the game off Ebay a few weeks ago. We'll be coming up to 3 weeks of gameplay on Sunday. I almost have all of my dreamies living in the town, I have a few more Amiibo move ins to do (Marshal moves in on Saturday, then I have to move in Fang, Pashmina and Shino). However, I unlocked terraforming a few days ago aaaaand I just find myself completely and utterly overwhelmed by the whole process. I have no idea where to even begin designing my island and instead of feeling inspired, I just feel a bit over my head.
I've looked at countless dream addresses for inspiration but it hasn't helped much. I'm trying to work around the natural layout of my town and not change things too heavily, but then I see some designs that are just gorgeous but I feel like if I try to flatten or take out my natural cliffs, I'll become even more overwhelmed and discouraged.
All I know right now is I want some foresty areas, a lot of magical and fairycore/whimsigoth vibes, glowing moss, vines, etc. I really want an organised neighbourhood for my villagers, but I don't know where to place it. I want to place my own house further back and I want to put the museum in an elevated area. I know I want an amusement park too, I cleared out an area of trees today and placed the items down to try and get an idea but then felt like it was too close to my cliffs and looked bad. People keep saying to start with small sections and projects, but I'm honestly not even sure where to start at all!
Thank you so much if you actually read all of this, I guess I'm just looking for any advice and suggestions
Animal Crossing has always been a comfort series of mine but for some reason I just feel so lost when it comes to making my island look nice compared to previous entries.
Here is my natural layout with only a few tiny tiny tweaks I've done to practice using the tools:
Thank you again to anyone who offers advice and/or ideas :')
So I am not at all new to Animal Crossing. I am a long time player, going back to Wild World and I also have hundreds upon hundreds of hours in New Leaf. I am incredibly late to the party on playing New Horizons, I got myself a secondhand Isabelle Aloha Switch Lite (of which I feel very lucky for, hah) and the game off Ebay a few weeks ago. We'll be coming up to 3 weeks of gameplay on Sunday. I almost have all of my dreamies living in the town, I have a few more Amiibo move ins to do (Marshal moves in on Saturday, then I have to move in Fang, Pashmina and Shino). However, I unlocked terraforming a few days ago aaaaand I just find myself completely and utterly overwhelmed by the whole process. I have no idea where to even begin designing my island and instead of feeling inspired, I just feel a bit over my head.
I've looked at countless dream addresses for inspiration but it hasn't helped much. I'm trying to work around the natural layout of my town and not change things too heavily, but then I see some designs that are just gorgeous but I feel like if I try to flatten or take out my natural cliffs, I'll become even more overwhelmed and discouraged.
All I know right now is I want some foresty areas, a lot of magical and fairycore/whimsigoth vibes, glowing moss, vines, etc. I really want an organised neighbourhood for my villagers, but I don't know where to place it. I want to place my own house further back and I want to put the museum in an elevated area. I know I want an amusement park too, I cleared out an area of trees today and placed the items down to try and get an idea but then felt like it was too close to my cliffs and looked bad. People keep saying to start with small sections and projects, but I'm honestly not even sure where to start at all!
Thank you so much if you actually read all of this, I guess I'm just looking for any advice and suggestions

Here is my natural layout with only a few tiny tiny tweaks I've done to practice using the tools:
Thank you again to anyone who offers advice and/or ideas :')