Suzhou Garden Island Build Tutorial with Pattern Sheets for Tomodachi Life

The tutorial is finally done! Thank you all for the love 🫶 The house style and glowing effect concept are from @比比拉布 — truly genius There are quite a few pattern sheets, but basically you only need to use the straight line tool to fill in the grid, and most patterns can be reused. Once you draw one base form, you can make everything else with small adjustments! Preview image is pinned on my profile 🔝 1️⃣ Glowing facilities The main house and side rooms themselves are not set to glow — instead, the glow effect is achieved through the surrounding eaves, so one face of the eaves needs to have windows drawn on it. This part needs to align with the window structure of the main body, so be patient and adjust carefully. The various covered walkways and decorative gate have lanterns drawn on them and can be set to glow directly. 2️⃣ Transparent lattice windows Draw the white wall ➡️ create new object ➡️ cube ➡️ base it on a crafted item ➡️ select the white wall ➡️ use the rectangle tool on both the front and back faces to mark out the window opening (must be the same size and aligned) ➡️ fill with transparent background ➡️ draw the lattice window pattern on the front face only, not the back! This way the lattice windows are very crisp and actually let you see the scenery behind the wall. This method also works for the main house, side rooms, left and right eaves, large covered walkway, and other parts that only need minor changes or resizing. When making parts with bigger changes, making flexible use of the stamp tool can also save a lot of work. 3️⃣ Placement The placement work after finishing the pattern sheets is actually quite simple — just follow the floor plan to recreate it easily. I recorded the process using the main building as an example, posted in the comments! My layout sacrifices some Mii foot traffic for the sake of aesthetics. If you need Miis to move around, feel free to adjust the placement of parts to create a complete path w 4️⃣ Mii move-in The scenic main house position can be swapped for a functional main house to allow Mii move-in, but setting it as a house means one side cannot have eaves placed, and the surrounding area can't be packed too full — you'll need to plan out a path for Miis to go outside. Adjust as needed! That's about everything worth noting. If you have other questions, feel free to ask in the comments! The pattern sheets for the grass and pathways didn't fit here — also posted in the comments!