[WIP] - Les chroniques de Mô - first sight on map
Hi,
I would like to have some comments on my new map. Many details are still missing, but I think it is a good start.
Amguen opmen is the desert land in Asmô country where my book takes place.
Thank you.
I would like to have some comments on my new map. Many details are still missing, but I think it is a good start.
Amguen opmen is the desert land in Asmô country where my book takes place.
Thank you.
Comments
And thank you. What do you think I can improve ?
Some small elements are however disturbing me:
- I don't understand why the desert is a desert. It's surrounded by fertile land in all directions, and I don't see what natural feature prevents the water from propagating inside.
- You have several cities that are just on the map border. Usually, when you make a map, cities are a major point of interest for the map users. So I believe that if a city is naturally placed right on the map border, the map maker would probably change something to make the city appear in full (change the scale, add a side paper attached to the main paper, just lie about the city position...)
- The trees at the bottom stop a little bit too abruptly. I think it would be better if they continued and were split by the map border (just the opposite of my previous advice). This effect is also strong on the bottom right.
@Barliman: I changed the hills at the top to be less symetrical because you're right !
For Tcharé, the edges of the forest are even on purpose. There is a geological reason for that, but I can't tell it here. Sorry. This is the same reason why the desert is a desert and why frontiers are so abrupt.
@Gathar : the desert is a desert because no water is inside it. If there was no rivers outside it, it wouldn't be as fertile as it is. Maybe it is exagerated, but ... We'll see.
This map is also a regional map centered on the province of "Amguen Opmen". So, it is cut to fit the province. In this context, do you still believe I muste change the map borders ?
Finally, I changed trees at the bottom like you said. Thank you.
Where did you get the field symbols? I've seen these before.
The drop shadow of the small text disappeared. Is it on purpose? I would consider keeping consistency, even adding the effect to the compass and the nice logo bottom right, even to the scale bar perhaps.
Thanx for your comments. You're right, the trees of Tcharé should'nt have the same color as the others. By the way, maybe tree colors are too close. I will try to mark borders differently.
For the small texts, I wanted to have differences between land names and cities. Maybe it is a bad idea. I'll make a new try.
I'll see if I can find the old map I did that on.
The trees are on the left side of the map. The triangles is a symbol I created to show migration paths.
Thanks.