AntarcticaV10 [Abandoned]

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:27 pm

i can touch up the mountains a bit and ya the title was something i just threw in in the begining. there isnt a overlay tho thats just the colors i chose whats wrong with them, do the need to be brighter, more saturated?

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:09 pm

V7.5

this one is only a half stem because i am not satisfied with the what the name looks like.

- darkened the mountains and that looks better
- the title "Antarctica" is iffy in my opinion. Its the coloring. If people could drop ideas for making a good title that would be nice along with ur opinions or even a completed title (greatly apreciated )

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:53 am

the mountains look excellent. as you know the title stil needs work i think teh bright blue would work better if you tone in down so in similar to teh rest of the map.

RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:38 am

This map has improved a lot - the mountains look pretty good but the title needs something done about it. Perhaps blend it in to the background more but that is just a thought.

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:23 am

gimil wrote:the mountains look excellent. as you know the title stil needs work i think teh bright blue would work better if you tone in down so in similar to teh rest of the map.

Do u meen the origonal cyan but a litle less bright? and is the 3D good or no without the lightning I mean

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:48 am

yes that is what i mean. The problem with it was it stood out to much. The rest of your map had this blue overlay thing gonig on. you need to do this with the title as well.

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:20 am

V8

found a calculator that finds the bonus values for maps it said East Antarctica should be 5 and i agree. also changed the title looks better now i think

also increased the saturation does that look better?

d.gishman · Post by **d.gishman** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:49 am

one mistake on the map: it should be "Shackleton Ice Shelf" instead of Shockleton. Also, is the area called Queen Maud's Land geographically correct? i didn't think that it was that big. also, it would have been interesting if the continents were divided by political claims, like new zealand's ross dependency, but i guess it's too late for that now

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:15 pm

i jsut realised looknig at teh bonuses that i cant establish which bonuses are which. i think teh map need a like less of that blue overlay to help the colors for the legends and continents match better.

Now i want to bring up a point with teh boarders. there position is fine bit id like them to seem alot less bold. make them softer and a little transparent and maby a color change so there related more to teh continent there on.

i think we also need to get a texture for the water to liven it up a bit, its looking flat and kind of maknig teh map a little boarign to look at.

As for the new title i love it

keep up the good work id like to see this map further developed

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:31 pm

D thanks for the correct spelling

Queen Mauds land is what that area is called on several of the maps i was using for reference but for its exact size i am not sure antarctica isnt layied out in countries like europe

Gimil i see what i can do with the water and the contry colors

thanks for the imput

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:34 pm

dont do to much to teh colors thought i like the theme here i just need more clarfication for the legends maby jsut increase the coors a little to show them.

Sargeant_Pepper · Post by **Sargeant_Pepper** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:31 am

Apologies in advance if my suggestion has been already -- uh -- suggested.

What about including parts of australia or argentina on the map? This would make it more of a total South Pole map, and could include naval routes as well as land routes. Seems a tad . . . . . circular, flat . . . . .

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:29 am

it could work but this map is ment to be specificaly about antarctica if i were to expand farther i would have to redo my entire map if your idea gets some support i will consider it

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:32 am

i dont support it keep it to what you have

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:39 am

V9 - terit lines and textures

playing around with the textures trying to find the one i like here are some others

also colored the terit lines within a country and hopefully made the bounses easier co connect to their countries

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:11 am

the boarder line are a little to strong. take the eraser and put it opacity down to about 20 percent and take it over the boarders and see how that looks. also the legends are better but still not great.

dull the yellow in the legends, make queen land more green that blue and peninsula need to have its color more distinct both on hte legends and the map itself.

As for the texture i have no complaints at teh moment :wink:

RobinJ · Post by **RobinJ** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:08 pm

gimil wrote:the boarder line are a little to strong. take the eraser and put it opacity down to about 20 percent and take it over the boarders and see how that looks. also the legends are better but still not great.

dull the yellow in the legends, make queen land more green that blue and peninsula need to have its color more distinct both on hte legends and the map itself.

As for the texture i have no complaints at teh moment

Completely agree.

But, now that the main graphical issues have been solved, I am now a bit worried about a few of the bonuses. Here's what I suggest:

East Antarctica: 6

West Antarctica: 2 (perhaps 3 but I think 2 is best)

Antarctic Peninsula: Again I'm torn between 2 and 3 - 5 territories is quite a lot for a bonus of 2 but, then again, there are only 2 borders

Polar Plateau: 7

Queen Maud's Land: 5

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:33 pm

i would agree with u robin my only concern is that weast antarctica and an the peninsula should stay the same bounus wise

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:39 pm

How about you make some colors then just very fade colors, like put some blue or red. Just add some color, then see how it looks and how everybody else thinks.

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:18 pm

Unit_2 wrote:How about you make some colors then just very fade colors, like put some blue or red. Just add some color, then see how it looks and how everybody else thinks.

like this?

i dont like it to much it ruins the ice and water theme of antarctica

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:17 pm

V10 - more line and color changes, also bonus change

blurred the lines tried to make the key more clear if this isnt good enogh i might put a emblem in say east ant. and put a corasponding one in the key
how are the bonuses i upped them a little due to robin's sugestions

also should i add more impassible borders?

OnlyAmbrose · Post by **OnlyAmbrose** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:46 pm

I really like the colors in the most recent version, they just look colder.

One thing I have a problem with though- the impassable borders (the mountain things) just don't look to good. Kinda cartooney and different from the rest of the map, if you know what I mean. I think it would be better to make them com[lement the rest of the map a bit more.

spiesr · Post by **spiesr** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:09 am

seperate domion range from chalers mts with unpassable...

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:28 am

sry guys im going on a week long vacation so there wont be any updates for a bit

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:50 pm

im back and i know u all missed me due to the massive amounts of posting in my absence. For anyone who cares i was having a great time sailing on Lake
Superior (northern USA).

besides that if some1 could remind me how to take down that old poll at the top

Thanks

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