Wow, this turned out very appealing ChickPea! I like the color palette and the overall layout a lot. The tales about the water spirits are fantstic, and thanks for the useful tips on how to deal with them!Looking at the thumbnail, the area behind the mountain range seems a bit too red compared to the foreground in my view. Keep up the great work!
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Could it be that your general dissatisfaction arise from the mismatch between the map and the tales? The map looks very good and the selected folklore is awesome, but I can't see how they connect. For instance, Seonaidh legend mentions the Isle of Lewis, but no island appears on the map, another legend mentions a strait, but there's none drawn..
Yes, this is certainly part of it. It was my intention to add little pictorial icons relating to each of the legends, but I find that I'm losing interest .... :/Originally Posted by Pixie
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The new mountains really help and I think it looks great. But if you are feeling it needs more, then there is a lot of blank sky to play with. Clouds, an illustration, perhaps a large title shield.
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Thanks, Bogie.
I'm going to stick a big title in the top centre area and call it done. I did a bad thing and started working on a new map instead....!
"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"
Yeah, I definitely feel you on that.
...and that.I did a bad thing and started working on a new map instead....!
But I like it! Since you fixed that left-side river the perspective looks great.
For the sake of completeness, I'm posting my final update on this, though all I've really done is add a title. I might go back to this one of these days and redo it, but I'm done for now.
Note to self: think things through and plan a little before you dive in feet first!
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Now it looks complete, Nice!
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Well, except for one thing
It's a very pretty picture, but it needs a compass. A cartography professor once said, "It's not a map unless it has a compass. Without a compass, it's just a pretty picture".
Personally I'd love to see some connection between the stories and the picture, too. Without any connection, it's just a set of nice tales printed on the edges of a pretty picture.
It's a very nice job, Chickpea, and I know you have other interests, but those two things could be very simple and quick to do, and together they would turn a very pretty picture into a very nice map!
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