First Nations of South America!

by **Industrial Helix** on Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:11 pm

Well, i would presume the Caribbean are part of the bonus they attach to... since there is that river there I think there's little room for doubt, even without colors.

As for central andies, what about making it even lighter?

Or swapping central and south Andies or swapping chilean and central andies.

by **jefjef** on Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:49 pm

MrBenn wrote:
Evil DIMwit wrote:It's a little hard to tell what continent Carib is part of. Not sure what's the best way to fix that.

You could artificially enlarge those islands?

Drift Igneri island and the Caribs to the right a little and enlarge one of the Caribs. Give it a little separation from the other bonus and put it more in the sphere of the bonus it belongs to.

A color swap from N. Andes and Meso-America would work well too...

Does Campa and Inca connect? I guess not but perhaps that valley look could be made more of a mountain.

by **jefjef** on Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:29 am

That big empty space on the left. If you don't have plans for it I think an Nazca image (only visible from the sky) or a GOD image or a warrior related image would be worth looking at inserting there.

by **ender516** on Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:57 pm

Whoa, that warrior is weird-looking, but seems familiar. Oh, I know, I bet he's "from France".

by **RedBaron0** on Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:25 am

Yeah... a guy Indiana Jones might be familiar with.

I dunno about the little islands, they could be a little bigger, but since they are just on territory I don't think it's a big big deal. Could you maybe add Puerto Rico to better show the color of the territory? You'd have to shift the burn mark over to the left, which will likely look better, since the top of the map from there to Central America is boringly straight. I like the spectrum effect you've got going with red to violet going from north to south so flipping colors will likely throw the balance off. I would lighten the Central Andes towards an indigo color.

by **gimil** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:50 am

Hi Tisha,

Love how your map is progressing. For the most part I would say the graphics are done except a few superficial things:

-Like others have said the dead space needs to be filled up. Someing subtle like a very transparent Image would go far to solve this problem. The pictures posted by jefjef would be an excellent place to start in my opinion.
-I think most of your rivers don't work very well when they just stop at the coast. I suggesting blending then into the ocean like you did with the river between Haurpe and Charrua.
-I also noticed that in Arara there seems to be black lines that just stop. Should those be there?

Excellent work Tisha, keep it up!

by **Tisha** on Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:33 pm

how much does this suck?

721px × 800px

by **Bruceswar** on Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:51 pm

FINAL FORGE THIS!!!

by **RedBaron0** on Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:44 am

Compass rose maybe for the space between the legend and central America?

Small map? And lets check the color blind filter again...

hmmmmmm, maybe a shade or 2 darker on the Eastern Forest.

by **CoolC** on Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:01 am

how much does this suck?

Not much, almost none at all in fact. I think it looks great

Only maybe, maybe smooth the ocean out into the paper background a bit more at the outer edges, but i dunno... i also like the watercolor look.

by **Industrial Helix** on Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:14 am

Looks great to me... though I think the tree should go.

How does the small map look?

by **RedBaron0** on Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:32 pm

I dunno, I like the tree.

by **natty dread** on Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:15 pm

I like the tree too but I still don't like the bridges.

by **Evil DIMwit** on Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:28 pm

The tree looks kind of tropical-islandish, like it belongs more in the north of the map than the south.

by **The Bison King** on Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:53 pm

The trees ok, I don't hate it, but I think some Aztec or Inca artwork would be better

by **RedBaron0** on Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:10 am

Inca ok, Aztec is Mexico... :roll:

Previous suggestions advocated for Nazca lines, and wouldn't be a bad idea either.

by **MrBenn** on Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:54 pm

What about some kind of Patagonian cave art?

by **Incandenza** on Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:35 pm

RedBaron0 wrote:Previous suggestions advocated for Nazca lines, and wouldn't be a bad idea either.

This seems at least worth trying, couldn't be worse than the palm tree (sorry, Tisha... rest of the map looks bitchin' tho).

by **the.killing.44** on Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:38 pm

2 quick things, both about the passables (because you seem to have the artwork in the lower right under control):

1. The legend: "Passable," with one icon under it, just kinda floats out there awkwardly…is it really necessary?
2. The bridges themselves: they need some more separation from the land, like a dark glow or shadow. Nothing too extreme, but something to stop them from blending into the water/background.

by **The Bison King** on Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:41 pm

Inca ok, Aztec is Mexico... Previous suggestions advocated for Nazca lines, and wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Ok you got me, but I think the eye roll was a little harsh

by **RedBaron0** on Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:30 am

The Bison King wrote:
Inca ok, Aztec is Mexico... Previous suggestions advocated for Nazca lines, and wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Ok you got me, but I think the eye roll was a little harsh

Well... Aztec is a territory on FNoNA after all.

the.killing.44 wrote:2 quick things, both about the passables (because you seem to have the artwork in the lower right under control):

1. The legend: "Passable," with one icon under it, just kinda floats out there awkwardly…is it really necessary?
2. The bridges themselves: they need some more separation from the land, like a dark glow or shadow. Nothing too extreme, but something to stop them from blending into the water/background.

You could add the dotted connectors to the passable section.... but I agree it might not be really necessary to word it "Passables" Could just put "Bridges" as a label next to it in the legend. I agree with killing, and I wouldn't mind if you stretched out the ends a little bit. Having the ropes stretched a little in opposite directions would give the appearance of taut rope straining against gravity.

by **jefjef** on Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:31 pm

In the legend the distance of the bridge below passable appears greater than the distance of mountains below impassable.

Would it look better with that bridge style if it was narrower? Darker?

by **Bruceswar** on Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:29 am

Can we move this along??

by **Tisha** on Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:49 am

Bruceswar wrote:Can we move this along??

no, we can't

because I don't like changing things I've worked on, and that I like... just because others don't like them :lol:

by **thenobodies80** on Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:29 am

Personally i think that the palm tree is wonderful.
In any case it's your map Tisha, so no one can force you to change something without a valid reason

I have only two suggestions/concerns:
1. Bridges, i know they are my obsession since you started this map, but i can't believe that someone with your graphic skill can't draw something better than that....(no offense but actually they look like wall bars)
2. In the legend, do you really need all that empty space between the passable and the impassable? I think you should try to move up all the legend.

Except for those two things the map is Forge-ready,imo.