Tips for Paths?

[dissipvte]

I am looking for something really cute and adorable for my path, but I also want it to look pretty close to the natural grass in the town. Like a natural kawaii look. I am not sure where to look or even how to begin path making, I have the machine, I am just clueless on what colors to use.

Please Help if you Know Anything!

 

[fenris]

Personally, I think dirt paths are really cute, and you don't have to fuss with designs. That leaves your slots free for clothing and signs and stuff! Plus, if you don't like how part of your path turned out, just give it a few days and it'll grow over.

ellesanimalhaven on Tumblr has a series of posts explaining the creation and maintenance of dirt paths, and you can also see them in use by visiting the dream address for her town, Kokoro.

 

[mayor-of-ivyvale]

I've seen a lot of people use alternating clovers and a single mossy stone for their paths. It's cute and still natural-looking. Let me see if I can find the path they use, and I'll edit when I find it.

Here are a couple that might help you out:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/36310340723754868/ <-- that one is pink with grass surrounding it so it's probably the closest thing (that I can think of) to what you're looking for

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/36310340724449687/ <-- here's the mossy stone I was talking about. It has one for every season so you can easily change it up.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/36310340723939975/ <-- this one simulates a natural path but with pretty flower-like decorations on the grass part. So cute but still nature-y.

 

[radioloves]

Hmm, I got mine from tumblr and one of the animal crossing websites, it's grey with petals. I think ones with the brick flooring and a greenery boarder around would look nice for the natural grassy colour theme, anything earthy tone would be okey too

 

[Xolexiii]

This site here is actually amazing, it has heaps of path, natural looking ones and more!
http://sinreiinfinity.blog33.fc2.com/blog-category-0.html

 

[Chicha]

You can find tons of paths at acnlpaths on tumblr. They have every post tagged with the type of path so it's super handy. Keep in mind you'll probably need at least a second character to hold patterns since a good chunk of them can have more than 10 altogether.

But like others said, you can also not use any paths to get the natural dirt path look (and have more room to hold clothes patterns and stuff). Try placing flowers to create your path so you know exactly where to walk and eventually it'll turn to dirt.

I personally use no more than 2 patterns altogether for my path since I don't want to keep switching between characters in case I change my mind and it's just faster imo. I use 3 for water paths and then have free space for the rest. :3 But it all depends on whether you want to hold a detailed path or go simple, both are fine! Do what works for you and if you like it, that's all that matters.

As for tutorials, you can google around but here's some helpful ones:
- pastel path tutorial by cutearanecrossing
- path tutorials by Neva (her blog's in Spanish but I can translate if you're interested)
- rose tutorial by mayorstephi
- petal tutorial by rainiacrossing
- dirt path tutorial by mayorofstarell
- more path tutorials by petal-parasol
- brick path tutorial by bumburytown

Hope all of that helps!