The Civilized World and Known Parts of the Wild

[Ilanthar]

Wow, I really like the way the moutains rise in the forests. Impressive work !

[Diamond]

THAT is gorgeous. The one tiny little thing I don't like is your city/site icons - they're blurry, drab, and IMO don't work well at all with the other awesome 99%.

[Lingon]

@Ilanthar:
Thank you very much!

@Diamond:
Thanks, glad you like it Now that you point it out, I agree about the blurriness. I always blur things too much! I have sharpened them and made them a little smaller now, and I think that made them fit better, but if you have an idea for something less drab to replace them with I'd love to hear it! (I was planning to make some pretty elaborate icons to begin with, but I don't think it'd work so well anymore as the houses would have to be bigger than the trees to even be visible, and that'd work against my goal with the forests.)

KändaVärlden15.jpg

[Diamond]

That's better. I guess to me, the symbols kind of blend too much with the text; what about giving the symbols a very light/irregular outline/stroke of a pinkish or maroon color, just enough to give them some oomph to stand out from the lettering?

Just noticed the jawbones in the lower left too. Awesome.

[arsheesh]

Looking fantastic Lingon! Really lovely work.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Lingon]

@Diamond:
Great idea! That was what this map needed to become finished! The jawbones where Chashio's idea, and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out Thanks!

@Arsheesh:
Thank you!

So, here's (probably) the final version, though I'm still open to suggestions!
KändaVärlden16.jpg

[Diamond]

Yep, I think you got a winner there. Repped.

[Freodin]

That is just lovely.

[ravells]

That's odd, can't see the map because I'm getting a message that it contains errors. Anyone else getting this?

[lostatsea]

ravells Seems to be working now but earlier I couldn't get the attachment manager to accept a PNG for upload and my type was converting from uppercase to lowercase ? Seems there may be a transient gremlin hanging around !