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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby DiM on Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:39 pm

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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Seamus76 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:44 pm

I like 3 as well.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby isaiah40 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:07 pm

Diffidently #3!
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Victor Sullivan on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:30 pm

I like three, but it could still use the lighter water color as you did with 2.

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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Bruceswar on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:34 pm

I assume you mean like this...

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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Victor Sullivan on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:37 pm

Why, indeed, sah!

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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Bruceswar on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:42 pm

To all those who voted do you like the new one I just posted more?
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Seamus76 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:58 pm

Yes, I do like this most recent one better.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby koontz1973 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:44 pm

New one is better.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Bruceswar on Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:37 am

Poll now up.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby TaCktiX on Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:35 am

I like 3, but I think it'd look best with a partial desaturation instead of the full one you have right now. And I like the sea blue.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Victor Sullivan on Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:51 pm

TaCktiX wrote:I like 3, but I think it'd look best with a partial desaturation instead of the full one you have right now.

Yes, this would be good to at least try out. I think it would be better than the full desaturation.

TaCktiX wrote:And I like the sea blue.

No! Bad TaCktiX! You are not entitled to an opinion other than mine, you know that! :P (Just kidding, I respect your opinions...)

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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby natty dread on Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:05 pm

Ok, mostly graphical stuff this time...

I think the grey-ish sea colour works perfectly, creating a great contrast against the colourful land areas.

On your latest image, you could increase the saturation of the land a bit, to give even more contrast against the nonplayable areas, but not too much - just make them a little brighter. Also, West Estonia could be somehwat lighter - blue numbers will probably be hard to see on such dark blue.

Then some other things... The impassables can still use some work. They don't seem to fit the map... seem a bit too pasted on.

The outer border around the playable land area seems unnecessarily thick. Also it doesn't seem to be consistent - on some places it looks more brown and blurry, others it's more black and thinner. A sharp, consistent border would look better. Kinda like the territory borders, but maybe a bit darker.

Also, the grid shouldn't go over the border lines. Put the layer with the grid under all the border layers. You could also try some other layer mode for the grid, to make it follow the colours around it - try multiply mode or something similar.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby Gillipig on Thu Aug 18, 2011 2:12 am

Great job on all four alternatives! I would pick number 4 the Desat with Marble Sea. I prefer the marble sea and I think it's the contrast between it and Estonia that makes it look better. With a dark sea it sort of blends together with Estonia. The marble sea makes those regions look better.
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Re: Baltic States: [13 Aug 2011] v11 Pg 10 Which one?

Postby natty dread on Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:30 am

I'd do the trees something like this:

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ie. less of a mushroom shape, more bushy and irregular, with smooth shading instead of hard outline...

For the hills, I'd recommend something like this - simple style, smooth lines + land colour + some shading:

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