Arindelia - The Northern Continent

[Diamond]

I agree that the vibrant green of the forests on the first version was a bit much, but I think you took TOO much color out. To me, the forest just kind of blend in too much now with the rest of the landscape, color-wise. What about adding a slight darker olive wash to them?

I love those town icons - awesome.

[wally-d-feed]

srsly ... what is the treething?

This is a very nice map. Considering the coastlines though ... I think they should be a little rougher in the north where the coastlines are actually covered with mountains ... just a thought though

[Immolate]

Tree Thing

[Immolate]

Okay made a few changes in response to specific recommendations. For those of you who are having fun with suggestions on the forest, here's your chance to tinker as well. The forest is composed of five layers... outlines, shading, colors, shadows, and a layer I have added called "murk".

[Piscivorous]

I liked the original forests. Although a bit more colorful than the rest of the map, I thought the green was well subdued, yet completely recognizable from a distance. That being said, the text was a bit hard to read. I also like how the rivers cut through the tree line, leaving the viewer no doubt to their course.

My only remark outside the forests is that I think the city of Channip to the west of the Ehlminduran Forest has it's name snipped by the flow of the river, so you might want to move that text a bit to the left.

Other than that, all I can say is Dan should be really happy!

[tilt]

looks fantastic Imm - great work as usual

[Immolate]

One piece of advice I usually follow is advise on color since I can't sense it properly, but it looks as though as far as the forest issue is concerned on this map, opinions are quite varied and subjective. I'll probably give it another look with my wife looking over my shoulder and I'll go with whatever she decides looks the best. If I'm going to please one person, it is probably wise if it be her.

Thank you for the tip on the label and thanks for the kind words tilt!

[tilt]

you're very welcome - and I second you on the wife remark

[moutarde]

Just took a minute to check out your forests, and I think Redrobes mentioned this earlier in the thread too, they look great to me, just a little bit pixellated. I put a 0.2 gaussian blur (3 times) onto the tree shading layer and the tree mask layer. I think it softens it up pretty nicely, and looking kinda... smokey I guess you could say. It's fairly subtle, but I do think it makes a difference.

[Ascension]

Good work, Mou. I've been trying to think about what it is that has me off on the forests the whole time...they don't seem to match the mtns quite right. They're crisper and darker (the lines not the color) and your blur is very subtle. I might go more or maybe lower the opacity a tad.