Nordic Countries [Quenched]

[Gillipig]

Cramming "lots of colours" into something does not necessarily make it awesome. In fact, I would argue it will often do exactly the opposite...

I trust your taste in colors is better than whoever made that paint job natty ! I think a rainbow colored compass could be a hit if done with taste. I'm firmly against a 1 or 2 colored compass! Needs to be more than 2 colors!!
Edit: The whole point is for it to stand out and it's hard to do that with few colors!

[natty dread]

Edit: The whole point is for it to stand out and it's hard to do that with few colors!

Totally untrue. Using lots of colours is no guarantee for visual intensity. Conversely, using few colours doesn't mean that something is necessarily bland.

Anyway, there's another alternative... I could just integrate the compass with the title:

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[koontz1973]

Looks better there.

Is the compass pointing north though?

[natty dread]

Looks better there.

Is the compass pointing north though?

Does it matter?

[RjBeals]

work on the mountain ranges - so they are less blurry

would be cool to include lots of scandinavian fjords - more true to real life

I say lose the texture in the lands - if you want to shoot for something cool - the Westeros map over at the guild would be inspiration for a cold feeling.

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[natty dread]

I'll work on the mountains. I've never seen a fjord, and I don't think I have the skills to pull of something like the westeros map in your guild.

[natty dread]

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[natty dread]

More mountains

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[sannemanrobinson]

This last mountain version is definitely more icey than the first post. Some shade could help make them keep the depth and contrast? Talking about shade, Does the light ever come from the northwest?

The dotted line behind the compass could be bent to the left.

[natty dread]

I accidentally deleted those mountains... I'll have to start over...

[natty dread]

...and then, gimp crashed on me... sigh...

I'll try this mountain business again tomorrow... hopefully with better luck...

[natty dread]

These, I think, are the best mountains so far.

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[koontz1973]

These, I think, are the best mountains so far.

By a long way yes, but the tops look a little flat in the top line.

[natty dread]

That's ok I think. It looks more snowy that way.

[natty dread]

But what of the new sea routes? Better/worse?