Border city of Alnamestan (Cricism wanted!)

[eViLe_eAgLe]

The problem is when I first saw the red labels.. I thought they were buildings and it was strange for me.

Ways I think you could improve:
Maybe using the displacment filter for a slightly older look?
Turning down the fill on the hard lines or something similair?
Replacing that damned red text that I can't read. Maybe black and if you have to a outer glow of white? (Or you could list the places on the side with just black or something and have numbers to signify the area's it is in. And, have the numbers in the area's if that makes sense.)
Maybe a slightly more indication of pathways?

[kierun]

The problem is when I first saw the red labels.. I thought they were buildings and it was strange for me.

No one (not even me!) seem to like the red text... ;>

Ways I think you could improve:
Maybe using the displacment filter for a slightly older look?
Turning down the fill on the hard lines or something similair?

I shall have a look at gimp tutorials to see if anyone has done something similar. I am sure that a good combinations of filters should do the trick. Which ones thought remains to be seen.

Replacing that damned red text that I can't read. Maybe black and if you have to a outer glow of white? (Or you could list the places on the side with just black or something and have numbers to signify the area's it is in. And, have the numbers in the area's if that makes sense.)

Maybe... Something to think about.

Maybe a slightly more indication of pathways?

Now, that is an idea. Differentiating boulevards, streets, and sneak-a-ways by colour could be effective indeed. Thanks for that.

Overall, thank you for your comments. Just what I was looking for.

[kierun]

Thanks to the previous comments, here is the new version. There is no boarder because it did look naff. Plus in the world magic is done via circles and never straight lines... Thus, it would only make sense to have a round border and that just looks rubbish.

More criticism is welcome!