Almeria (commission)

[Chick]

This map was done for an RPG game to be published as part of the RPG booklet. The author is Jonathan Covalt.

Almeria by Cornelia Yoder.jpg

Ratings and comments always welcome!

[Diamond]

Can't rep you again just yet, but that is lovely work. The colors especially are appealing.

[Tom]

Nice one, i like the warm colors!

[snodsy]

Love the colors, the white might be a little hot, the box could be a little bigger around the scale to give it a little breathing room, but nice job overall, legend a little smaller.

[Chick]

Can't rep you again just yet, but that is lovely work. The colors especially are appealing.

Nice one, i like the warm colors!

Love the colors, the white might be a little hot, the box could be a little bigger around the scale to give it a little breathing room, but nice job overall, legend a little smaller.

Thank you all very much! It's gratifying to have such nice compliments from so many people I really respect!

[ChickPea]

Love that border!

[arsheesh]

Beautiful colors! The typeface you've chosen works well for this piece too. Couple things that I observed that might be improved upon.

First, with regard to your border, there is an inconsistency in the clarity of the patterns that make up the interior of the border. the repeating ring pattern is somewhat blurred, as if the image had been resized, whereas the symbols in the four corners of the map are sharp. When zoomed out this isn't an issue but it looks a little funny up close.

Second, I'm not so sure that the simple black contoured geographic features (i.e. mountains, hills and deserts) was a good fit for this piece. For one thing, you've chose to represent forests with patterns so there is a lack of consistency in geographic representation. For another, the the vivid colors and textures of the map seem to me to compete for attention with the more simple black geographic outlines. I think it probably would have painted in the contours for the hills mountains and deserts as you have done in some of your other work.

That said, it is an attractive map.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Chick]

.... I'm not so sure that the simple black contoured geographic features (i.e. mountains, hills and deserts) was a good fit for this piece. For one thing, you've chose to represent forests with patterns so there is a lack of consistency in geographic representation. For another, the the vivid colors and textures of the map seem to me to compete for attention with the more simple black geographic outlines....

Is this anything like what you meant?
Almeria Detail.jpg

[tainotim]

Lovely map Chick. I agree what other said about the colors, they are very appealing. The more you fill the maps with your own designs the better they become

Cheers,
Tainotim

[Chick]

Love that border!

Beautiful colors! The typeface you've chosen works well for this piece too. Couple things that I observed that might be improved upon.

First, with regard to your border, there is an inconsistency in the clarity of the patterns that make up the interior of the border. the repeating ring pattern is somewhat blurred, as if the image had been resized, whereas the symbols in the four corners of the map are sharp. When zoomed out this isn't an issue but it looks a little funny up close.

Second, I'm not so sure that the simple black contoured geographic features (i.e. mountains, hills and deserts) was a good fit for this piece. For one thing, you've chose to represent forests with patterns so there is a lack of consistency in geographic representation. For another, the the vivid colors and textures of the map seem to me to compete for attention with the more simple black geographic outlines. I think it probably would have painted in the contours for the hills mountains and deserts as you have done in some of your other work.

That said, it is an attractive map.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

Lovely map Chick. I agree what other said about the colors, they are very appealing. The more you fill the maps with your own designs the better they become

Cheers,
Tainotim

Thank you all very much, for the compliments, and for the insightful suggestions! I really appreciate the kind words