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IDInstReviews!
Unlike Tiki and Jokers, my reviews won't count towards you actual score, but rather having been observing in you PMs all week and now reading your projects, I'll give my feedback on how you guys did and what areas I think that you can work on to get even more points! Think of me as your motivational adviser judge
Anyways, let's begin!:
Team Mystic!:
Fantastic work! Honestly, this was a really great concept, and not only that, but it was engaging and interesting which is important in a good project. While I'm on this note, I'll just jump into talking about your presentstion- This, IMO, is how you perfect the forum post! Telling the story of the bar rather than just summarizing it and pointing out random tidbits along the way of how it connects to the backstory really added to your work. As usual, the art was fantastic, another great part of your presentation
Likewise, in the detail, creativity, and group work categories, I wouldn't rate you poorly at all- it was really shining all over the place. Honestly, I only have one complaint, which would fall more under realism. While I understand that the theming of the Timber Peaks Saloon is supposed to tie in with both the resort and the place from your backstory, but for me, the way it looked in the pictures just didn't work. It felt too Wild-West-ey, which again makes sense for your project, it just clashed with the hotel because the Wilderness Lodge is
not a Wild West resort. Overall though, you guys really worked well together and created an awesome project, keep up the amazing work
Team Gracey!:
Nice concept for your bar! This project definitely has some good and bad parts. On the positive side, I thought having a bar in DAK was a great place for it, as the park starts to become more mature and grow into exploring nightlife options. In addition, the bar itself looks amazing, as the piece of concept art is beautiful! However, there's quite a few problems here. First, of the three projects, both your backstory and presentstion feels the most just thrown together to me. While I like a bar being in DAK, the actual placement was poor. The aerial image you have for your map doesn't show the completed work of the extended Harambe marketplace, so if that bar went where it is shown right now, it would feel just thrown in the middle of the area, while DAK is supposed to have a feel of open space and natural land. Lastly, from a theme standpoint, it sounds like this would fit better in Discovery Island, or maybe even Asia, with its jungle feel rather than rundown Harambe. I know it sounds like I'm being awfully negative, but honestly I think the root of your problem was simply faulty team work. With better work on it as a group, I think a lot of these problems would be solved and the project would feel overall just a lot better
Team Hightower!:
Nice work guys! For staters, I actually really liked your backstory, and I thought it was very creative! It was short, simple, and sweet, and it just had that indescribable Disney charm about it (with the name "Bitter End"). Your menu looked delicious, it's clearly very well thought out and well written. If anything, though, it feels too restaurant-ey; I wish you focused a bit more on the drinks. The only other issue I had was with detail again- I would have liked to see more on how the characters will interact with guests and how they help create the experience of going to the Bitter End Boardinghouse. Speaking of which, fantastic job on the characters! This art knocked it out of the park presentstion wise! All in all, great work! Perhaps the main thing I would recommend to you guys is working more to expand your concept and ideas to develop it more and explore what other fun potential it has!