Personally I think riding the whale is easier to see whats going on faster. I think the tail needs to be looked at as the whale looks a bit Jumbo-esque to me.
I never really figured this out but there is a whole thing about "friday squid blogging". Do a google search and you get several hundred thousand entries for it. People seem to blog about squids on Friday. Yes - literally...Should be no shortage of squid pics. Its another LOL CATS and Epic Fails and so on...
The idea of the sea feel to it is pretty unique tho. Should create interest.
I like the simplification...trying to cram in too many things jumbles it all up and requires the ISO view just to understand it, sort of like if ya have to explain a joke then it's not worth it. I like the ISO one but obviously it could not be used unless you were doing the whole thing in ISO style.
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Not that I wouldn't love to try another completely ISO map - that's another project down the road! I think to try and fit the contest requirements without reaching to far out in style, would be best and that means, to me, a top down map view at I.C.E. scale.
With a hex grid placed atop. I'm going to try a subtle hex grid with transparency and changes color over different regions as appropriate.
Thanks for the comments! I'll have to think about the whale tail down the road, I've got lots more to consider in this map design.
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Hmm
Hmm first of all something completly irrelevant
@RR
Aint a dolphin a whale as well?
@GP
Anyways, I might be the minority here but I actually dont like Sargos riding on the whale. Maybe simply because I imagine a god being bigger than a whale. Why not let him hold the whale in one hand (and ofc resize it, so its a bit smaller than it is atm) and the trident in the other and use the trident to point the way (or whatever you wanted to do with his arm pointing forward)?
Would simplify it and you could still add something to his foot for more details like your crab. In addition I would consider to differ the texture between Sargos and the other objects, just using one color for the dolphin and the trident. I think this would add to the importance to the god himself?
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I decided on using the simpler version and used it on my Sea God Map WIP, here... http://forums.cartographersguild.com...8604#post38604
In fact, I'm almost completed with the design!
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