November / December Lite Challenge: Redo an Old Map - VOTING

[Bogie]

This month's Lite Challenge was to redo an old map, either one of your own or a published map you downloaded.

We had 2 entries this month, please check them out at the Thumbnail Collector: CLICK HERE FOR THUMBS
Chick withdrew her entry as she didn't feel she had completed enough of it.

Voting will go for three days (ending on the 16th - Just before 2 am Early Tuesday East Coast Time).
The winner wins a silver compass, the admiration of his or her peers, and a genuine, authentic Huzzah!

Since there are only 2 entries, you can decide if you want to vote for one or both of them, and please don't forget to rep those you feel are worthy.

[Wingshaw]

Both great maps, and a very hard choice. In the end, I went with Fabiana because of those 'places of interest,' the national flags, and the town icons.

The winner wins a silver compass, the admiration of his or her peers, and a genuine, authentic Huzzah!

I offer my admiration and Huzzah to you both!

Sorry you didn't make it, chick. Next time, eh?

THW

[Eilathen]

Can i ask why chick's map was excluded from the vote? There are 3 threads in the forum and i think her last map looks quite good (not sure if she declared it as "finished" but still...).

[Corilliant]

Oh...she didn't mark it as a Latest WIP.

On a happier note: the colours and textures used in the three maps were quite impressive. JonPin's clean and realistic land texture looked fabulous, and the slight cardboard-like water edges of fabio's map I found pretty neat. Chick's map was definitely an improvement, which is wonderful considering she's only been here a few months.

Dayum. I need to make a map and stop yakking

Rep for everyone?

[Chick]

Thank you guys for liking my map, but I never found the time to finish it, so I removed the Latest WIP thingys deliberately. I didn't want to have people voting for me when the others did a great job of finishing theirs. I'll be back for the next time, and maybe one of these days I'll even get that map looking right

[foremost]

Both of these maps looked really good!

Fabio P:
-Really liked the color choices on this map. This gave the map a good, mellow, feel and kept everything legible.
-Also nice job on the rivers. There were one or two rivers that stopped about 1/2 a millimeter from the shore, but that's just me looking for something to nag about.
-Also liked the city and monument icons.

JonPin:
-Enjoyed your style of names : )
-The mountains look nice. Your shading here looks really convincing.
-Also a really unique and interesting coastline-shape. Kudos.

My only legitimate criticisms are that there could have been more things going on in each, and that the borders were a little disappointing.
-foremost

[Larb]

I voted for both. Both show a big improvement over the ones they are based on and I think both maps look good. They are also both in two very different styles so I find it too difficult to say which is best.

[Bogie]

Can i ask why chick's map was excluded from the vote? There are 3 threads in the forum and i think her last map looks quite good (not sure if she declared it as "finished" but still...).

It was her decision. I also thought her map is very good, but it was her request not to be included.

[fabio p]

Well it's been a difficult choice but, I'm voting for ... aemm ... ta da! Jon Pin's map.
Ok, I'm joking, I voted for JonPin's map not only because it's the only other map available to vote but because it's a great map, done in a style I'm not able to reproduce yet (jealousy!), it's neat, legible and also beatiful.
It's a pity Chick chose not to compete at last, her map was coming along nicely, but I know there will be other opportunities to compete with her and that in any case we will see over her new Galaurien Map.
Thanks for any vote, rep and criticism!

[JonPin]

I can make a tutorial about this style. It's really not that hard to do.