South America [Quenched]

Solus · Post by **Solus** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:49 pm

I like it but I still say the colors need to be toned down a little. (It hurts my eyes a little if I stare too long) :oops:

thegeneralpublic · Post by **thegeneralpublic** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:53 pm

Rather than make a jumpy path between those pink and green countries you could just stop the mountains a little bit sooner.

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:52 pm

thegeneralpublic wrote:Rather than make a jumpy path between those pink and green countries you could just stop the mountains a little bit sooner.

I think that's a 1 way path actually? (Or a Pass perhaps!)

C.

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:59 pm

no it's 2-way

he's right. an opening like la paz - lima would work better

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:21 pm

edbeard wrote:no it's 2-way

he's right. an opening like la paz - lima would work better

Ah I see - the sea route... not a mountain thingy then.

BTW - your upload server is well slow (Or your image is massive!)

C.

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:15 pm

I think the only change I made was getting rid of the water path in the north changing it to the mountain opening.

About the colours, they are fine as they are. Too many maps on this site have drab or toned down colours. We need more bright maps and I want this to be one of them. It is especially fitting when you consider that the equator passes through this region.

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:47 am

moved a few borders to make text and circles fit better and just generally cleaned things up

AK_iceman · Post by **AK_iceman** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:25 am

Sorry to say, but those colors are WAY too bright. Especially the green and yellow.
I know I could just adjust the settings on my monitor, but I don't want to do that every time I have to take a turn. I would probably never play this map with these colors, and I'm sure others agree.

Just something to think about, other than that it looks good for just starting!

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:32 am

have you thought about applying a texture...

also I agree too bright of colors.

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:49 am

don't need textures. also, you guys are crazy. here you go. if that's still too bright, I don't know what to say

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:05 am

I think textures would help quite a bit, also I really don't like the yellow, if there was another color you could use it would be great.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:59 am

Apply a texture and at least tone down the sea. If teh sea is toned down it may calm teh map down enuff to allow teh other color to be bright.

Solus · Post by **Solus** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:01 am

gimil wrote:Apply a texture and at least tone down the sea. If teh sea is toned down it may calm teh map down enuff to allow teh other color to be bright.

That might work.

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:46 pm

I'm not going to apply a texture on the land, because it goes against the style I want for this map. Note the style I used on Caribbean Islands, and you'll see they are very similar.

Furthermore, when I do apply a texture to the land, it makes everything look way too busy. The skinny nature of the map itself enhances this effect and it looks bad.

Regarding the colours, it's supposed to be a rainbow-like effect, so the yellow is not going to go away.

I'd like to see Andy's thoughts on the colours and maybe he has a suggestion that will help this. Like I said it's a "hot" area and I want "hot" colours. Too many maps on here are dark, gloomy, and drab in terms of colour.

edit: I guess posting the latest version would help. I did change the sea.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:42 pm

Hm, perhaps if instead of using glaring 'bright' colors, you used 'light and soft' colors... I.E. basically the same colors you have now but with a touch more paleness to them. That could tone down the overall bright-eye headache while still keeping the map relatively 'bright and colorful'.

--Andy

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:59 pm

Is this what you meant Andy?

RjBeals · Post by **RjBeals** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:46 pm

Tone down the saturation on the colors... like....

thegeneralpublic · Post by **thegeneralpublic** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:48 pm

Oh god...no offense, but I prefer the hideously bright one over that. Looking at that second map looks like a horrifically rainy day. That said, I agree the colors should be toned down. Just not to that degree.

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:08 pm

edbeard wrote:

Is this what you meant Andy?

i like these colors the most (two posts up the quotes might make it hard to tell)

thegeneralpublic · Post by **thegeneralpublic** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:11 pm

I think you should use Europe as a guide for your colors; that map's colors are still bold and colorful, but not as bright.

edocsil · Post by **edocsil** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:15 pm

i duno those colors r kinda dready somewhere in between would be good tho...

Solus · Post by **Solus** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:55 am

edocsil wrote:i duno those colors r kinda dready somewhere in between would be good tho...

It's looking awfully difficult to find a balance between the two color schemes, if you could combine the two schemes then it would be fine. (1st ones too bright and the second is too gloomy)

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:18 pm

I think you guys are talking about my version, but I just want to make sure you are not confusing RjBeals' gloomy thing as mine?

no offense Rj, just way too greyed out for me

Solus · Post by **Solus** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:40 pm

edbeard wrote:I think you guys are talking about my version, but I just want to make sure you are not confusing RjBeals' gloomy thing as mine?

no offense Rj, just way too greyed out for me

I'm not confusing them I'm saying find a balance between them and it won't hurt my poor eyes so much. :shock:

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:52 pm

let me be more clear.

are you saying I should find a balance between my latest version and the thing RjBeals did?

Or, are you saying I should do the middle ground between my latest version and the "brighter" one I had before?

South America [Quenched]

It could be better but i LOVE it