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by **koontz1973** on Wed May 09, 2012 10:43 pm

chapcrap wrote:I think the spray paint look just doesn't work very well with the colors of the troop numbers.

Not our fault that you lot take our pretty art and bung these little numbers all over it.

by **chapcrap** on Thu May 10, 2012 1:43 am

koontz1973 wrote:
chapcrap wrote:I think the spray paint look just doesn't work very well with the colors of the troop numbers.

Not our fault that you lot take our pretty art and bung these little numbers all over it.

Yeah, I don't mind the way the map looks in general. It's those stupid numbers!!

by **RedBaron0** on Thu May 10, 2012 9:08 pm

It might be cool to get optional fonts to use for the numbers, BUT that won't likely happen for obvious reasons. I'll see if I can't tweek the hue on the green a little more and isaiah40 wants me to squeeze the bricks down some to give the illusion that the map is on a much larger wall.

by **Jippd** on Sat May 12, 2012 3:41 am

I also find the colors and numbers situation hard to read here. Unfortunately I have no solution or idea of how to fix it but I'll think about it

by **army of nobunaga** on Sat May 19, 2012 6:49 pm

oooooo I like this one.

you are seriously going to take maps up another step with this one.

that underdog bonus? friggin ingenious

by **RedBaron0** on Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:33 am

Click image to enlarge.

Image size: 900x800

Back with a lil time for Philly here.

Alterations:
Bricks scaled back to give the perception of being a mural on a much larger wall.
Green in South Philly further altered to better jive with army color green
signature cleanup
South Philly text color changed to black to read easier on the lighter green bonus color
minor details cleaned up(mostly with the inset)
some tinkering with the overall look of the brick background

Some territory names likely need a tiny bit of repositioning due to the scaled back bricks, for clarity, easy positional fix.

Color Blind test should be clear:

Click image to enlarge.

Further issues/problems/requests???

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:21 pm

Some territory names likely need a tiny bit of repositioning due to the scaled back bricks, for clarity, easy positional fix.

Is the only thing I was going to comment on really, but I see that you've got that in your mind already.

I'll see if anything else comes to mind.

--Andy

by **isaiah40** on Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:46 am

Bricks are a little better, though IMHO they could be a little bit smaller.

by **RedBaron0** on Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:04 pm

Further shrinking the wall will make the grout outlines affect more territory names. This something I want to avoid, for readability and clarity reasons.

by **RedBaron0** on Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:32 am

Click image to enlarge.

Image size: 900x800

Click image to enlarge.

color blindness test

There is still some general cleaning up to do, territory name positions, couple of border extensions, (although I may end up redrawing them entirely.) and maybe a minor change or two, but I wanted to get this up and clear the black box out...

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:40 am

Lookin' good. There are only a few region name placements that could use adjustment I think, for instance: Univ City (the abbrev), Juniata, and maybe a couple more.

--Andy

by **sannemanrobinson** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:09 am

The graffiti comes to life now.

Two minor points:
- Inset of Center City has streight lines at the right side that make it look unifinished and overlaps with the pipe/raingutter.
- Legend has the old colours.

by **Jippd** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:30 am

Looks good. Some of the arrow connections could be clearer like Holmesburg to Tacony for example.

I like the idea of underdog bonus

by **isaiah40** on Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:32 am

Ah yes, this is looking more like graffiti now!! As for the city center inset, yes the paint needs to on the pipes as well. I agree that the attack arrows between regions need to stand out more, maybe add an outer glow?

by **RjBeals** on Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:45 am

Well I think the graffiti look has really improved. However, i think there is no flow to this map. Probably because of all the outlining instructions and images and arrows. The map is unique, however I'm not a fan.