Pangea new thread - Triassic New Version!

[Marvaddin]

Why its so difficult get some feedback to my maps??? People start to complain about the borders, then when you change it, no one to comment if its better. Ok, I think then I can decide about use the old ones, huh?

don't make thick borders with the bonusses it looks ugly

Strangely, when Arctic map was being made, people complained about a thick border to the legend, but then saw it was better than a very thinner one or no border. I think I will keep this.

why did you make the pictures gray again? i liked them colored

I assume you are refering to the dinos. I got previous opinions prefering them gray... but in fact, I was not happy with the gray ones. These are coloured, but I used a low saturation, just this.

the water texture doesn't fit here, try not to use a real picture but use a texture

Its not a real picture, its a texture. And I love it.

don't put a picture in the legend, its fine without it

Ok, I will post a version without the pictures in the background, but I think it will be no good.

make the universium not just black, try to make it looks like the real universium

Im intending to do that. Do you have a good starfield texture to lend?

[Wisse]

ok i can live with that, here some textures:

this one is the best, but it looks a bit strange to the eyes to focus on the rest of the map:


how to make it:
select bevel and emboss,
than go to texture,
choose with the pattern sets, "patterns 2" and select "streaks"
then set the depht on -1000%



this one is also a good one but less than the other one:


how to make it:
select pattern overlay,
choose with the pattern sets, "patterns 2" and select "streaks"
than set the opacity to 46%

[Marvaddin]

I dont really like these options, these are not stars. The 1st one is like a huge meteors rain, and the 2nd is another dimension, Im sure

Anyway, in what program you were doing this?

[Wisse]

I dont really like these options, these are not stars. The 1st one is like a huge meteors rain, and the 2nd is another dimension, Im sure

Anyway, in what program you were doing this?

photoshop

[Marvaddin]

I dont have photoshop, so I need to work with the free tools...



In this one, we have already the stars background, in its first try... Opinions please.

Im also testing:
- Legend without background (I dislike it).
- New sea routes, with small gaps in the lines (pretty irrelevant to me, but I would like opinions).
- Numbers readability (I see no problem here).
- Coordinates (please point non-centered ones).

So, comments please.

[wicked]

Marv, for the bonuses, it's hard to see which country is which. Most of your colors are too similar to distinguish which bonus goes with which continent.

Also, on the map, the really similiar colors are bordering each other too. perhaps rearrange some of the colors, especially the upper two on the right.

[unriggable]

Marv, for the bonuses, it's hard to see which country is which. Most of your colors are too similar to distinguish which bonus goes with which continent.

Also, on the map, the really similiar colors are bordering each other too. perhaps rearrange some of the colors, especially the upper two on the right.

Maybe you should see an eye doctor, the colors are fine for me.

[joystickgenie]

well I think Europe and Antarctica at least should be changed a bit those two colors are too close.

[cenamom]

I like it!!!

[Gozar]

Otarsi and Carnian look off centered.

Gozar

[Marvaddin]

^^ Good eyes, I will correct that.

And I will correct the legend colours, but first we need to decide if there will be an image background or not (Im up to it).

About colours:
- I was not wanting to use a brownish, redish, yellowish colour, lol. I like colours we can refer to in a word. I tried brown, but it would be alike to orange, unless it was too dark, so I didnt pick it. If someone wants, can suggest another colour.
- About the colours positions, I was no wanting to put alike colours together, so I didnt put orange near red, etc. The single double that is a bit alike to me is purple-blue, but they are still different enough, in my opinion...

So, if you want suggest another colour scheme, and a reason to use it, do it. I tested already other schemes, and this one was the better in my opinion, but Im open to suggestion.

[Molacole]

I know you weren't to fond of brown, but I figured it might look good with a golden tint.

[ParadiceCity9]

this reminds me of discworld with dinosaurs

[unriggable]

this reminds me of discworld with dinosaurs

You remind of peewee herman.

[Suntzu]

i love it.SUNTZU

[Spockers]

by what means are the sea attacks made?

[unriggable]

Why can't we successfully make a pangaea map?

[Sargeant_Pepper]

This map lacks clarity, and purpose. First, the colours are bland and unattractive. Secondly, the black background is pointless, because it should be the same colour as the sea.

Another poster didn't like the fact that this 'world' appears flat. Well the rest of the world is covered in OCEAN. This is the only land available on Earth (during this time) and so crossing from the N. America into Asia via water is highly improbable. The volcano idea is probably a weak one. perhaps it could exchanged for adding topography to the map, lakes, mountains...etc.

[rutherfoo]

It's too bad this map died... I really want to see a triassic map, or maybe jurassic or cretaceous so you could throw real dinosaurs in it.