Quirinburg - A piece of practice and 1st post

[ChickPea]

I think I like version 3 best, though 2 and 4 are good too.

Version 1 isn't bad but I'm having a weird disconnect between the red-coloured roofs and the abbey at the left. They don't seem to 'gel' together for me and feel very different in tone. Perhaps you wanted a startling difference, though? Version 4 has somewhat the same thing, though it isn't quite as pronounced. I also feel Version 1 looks very faded and washed out.

What sort of climate does the area have? I find Version 3 cold and snowy, whereas Version 2 looks hot and sultry.

I think I'd like to see Version 4 with the roof colours' saturation turned up a little bit, though not as much as version 2.

Hmmm, I'm not sure I've actually answered your question. Any but number one, basically.

[MstrWelf]

Taste will always be an individual thing. Still, thank you very much for your input and I tried to change what I thought would improve the map.
Yes, Vers.0 was too light, Vers.1 too dark but with the roofs too red, I like Vers.2 quite a lot but instead of green fields and woods I should have drawn barren trees and snow covered fields and finally Ver.3 would be more fitting a setting in an arid part of a country like Arizona or southern parts of Italy or Spain.
So here we go with a darker version than #0 but with roofs desaturated to resemble more regular roof-tile.

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PS.: The river is green because that was always my favorite color and I have seen enough "Blue Danube's" in various maps....and then there was the algae bloom

[J.Edward]

As long as you have a reason, it's okay with me.