Just messin around

[Ascension]

I've been thinking about mapping hell and after recent, uh, setbacks on another map I thought I'd whip up some sort of "thing" to get me started. Take my mind off the past and move forward so to speak. Anywhoo, I'm not totally happy with the lava but that'll be fixed in the future with some variation in technique. Yes we have no scale-nanas (we have no scale-nanas today) and I think that scale could be left up to the user. I might turn this into a small village map with a dock for Charon and cemeteries n such but it's more of a test piece so I thought I'd put it up.

[nolgroth]

Very nice. I like it a lot.

[torstan]

I like the colour scheme, but it's way too dark for me to make out any detail on either of my monitors.

[Steel General]

I like the colour scheme, but it's way too dark for me to make out any detail on either of my monitors.

Yeah I agree, look like it would be really cool if I could see more of it...

[Ascension]

I wonder why everything appears fine on my monitor and not others, I use the basic Adobe 1998 color profile in photoshop. Nevertheless, here's a light bright version (white layer on top of everything, set to soft light).

[RPMiller]

Heh, I was about to comment on how dark that first image was and scrolled down and noticed that others already beat me to it.

I really like the lettering and the colors are very evocative. Maybe you should have a gate on each side or a boat man or something.

[Midgardsormr]

Check the gamma set by your video card. Here's a test pattern:
http://www.pinch.com/tweak/colorbars.html

Of course, I find that if I set my gamma "properly," everything gets really washed out, so my monitors are usually a bit darker than optimal. Anyway, if you can see all six boxes in the lower right, you can probably afford to adjust the gamma or brightness downward, and then you'll be seeing your images the way the rest of us do.

[Steel General]

I wonder why everything appears fine on my monitor and not others, I use the basic Adobe 1998 color profile in photoshop. Nevertheless, here's a light bright version (white layer on top of everything, set to soft light).

Much better, and it is as 'cool' as I thought it would be. Nice job.