[Abandoned] - Switzerland

by **BrianHoef** on Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:54 am

I love it, not that I'm biased or anything. I think that's three to two in favor.

by **Kaplowitz** on Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:17 pm

bryguy wrote:
mibi wrote:
ZeakCytho wrote:
Ruben Cassar wrote:
Kaplowitz wrote:v24

Can we all agree on this BG?

I like this one Kap!

I like it very much!

I don't. It kinda looks like a quilt.

sadly kap i have to agree with mibi. But it looks like one of my grannies quilts

Is it the colors?

by **pamoa** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:19 am

Sorry kap, :cry:

but that's awful.
Color are too sad and that glowing effect around switzerland is cheap.
Go for less greyish colors, lighter but less grey.
And put some very light transparent background of something like a google earth image, very light 10 - 15 % opacity!

by **Ruben Cassar** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:03 am

pamoa wrote:Sorry kap, but that's awful.
Color are too sad and that glowing effect around switzerland is cheap.
Go for less greyish colors, lighter but less grey.
And put some very light transparent background of something like a google earth image, very light 10 - 15 % opacity!

Haha. Pamoa you're fixated with google earth images aren't you? :p

Seriously the adjacent countries are not bad. I would just keep them. It's impossible to please everyone. They are much much better than the flag you had as a background before.

by **pamoa** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:33 am

Ruben Cassar wrote:... They are much much better than the flag you had as a background before.

Better, for sure they are, but still ugly, sorry if you don't see them!

by **Ruben Cassar** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:47 am

pamoa wrote:
Ruben Cassar wrote:... They are much much better than the flag you had as a background before.

Better, for sure they are, but still ugly, sorry if you don't see them!

Isn't that subjective?

More people seem to like them than hate them.

by **pamoa** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:46 am

Ruben Cassar wrote:
pamoa wrote:
Ruben Cassar wrote:... They are much much better than the flag you had as a background before.

Better, for sure they are, but still ugly, sorry if you don't see them!

Isn't that subjective? More people seem to like them than hate them.

Totally subjective like any point of view about liking or not any graphic!

by **Kaplowitz** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:40 pm

If i desaturate the colors of the adjacent countries, would that be better? and not as rainbow?

by **Kaplowitz** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:20 pm

any better:

OLD

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NEW

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by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:23 pm

Hm, I think the image may work.

On a side note, are you going to do anything with the bridges? They look a little out of place, considering the style of graphics for the map (look at the mountains, the border lines, etc).

--Andy

by **rocky mountain** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:57 pm

are they different at all????
i just can't see the difference. i like the background a lot though. much better than the ones before.

by **pamoa** on Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:17 am

This is my last input on this background issue as it lasted too long.
I prefer v22 or v21a they are more alive.
If you want to see what I ment by using some google earth image as texture for your background just watch this

I hope you can get rid of this issue and go forward.

by **mibi** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:02 am

the brooding darkness looks more Transylvania than Switzerland.

by **RjBeals** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:22 am

mibi wrote:the brooding darkness looks more Transylvania than Switzerland.

I hate to admit but I agree. This RED image is still my fav that you've posted so far.

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RjBeals wrote:This red version has my vote. The colors blend very well together. I think you seriously need to start work on the title and the bonus region names.

Why not try adding some more white to the background. Maybe a 20px soft stroke around the entire country? It may look good since you have white region borders.

...And Andy is correct about the bridges. You need to have them blend into the maps style more. The hard black lines look out of place.

by **Kaplowitz** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:59 am

With the red BG, if i put the country names in it, would that look good?

And ill play with the bridges.

by **bryguy** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:08 am

i agree with rj, red bg.

by **Ruben Cassar** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:38 am

Kaplowitz wrote:With the red BG, if i put the country names in it, would that look good?

And ill play with the bridges.

I prefer a different colour for the backgrounds of the other states.

If the problem is that the grey you used was dull try using some different colour tones.