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    • Judy Elizabeth Wilson
      Judy Elizabeth Wilson SVS OG last edited by

      @Braden-Hallett Your work ethic is really inspiring Braden. I can tell how much you love creating because of how much consistently amazing art you produce. This map is awesome, looks really good to me. Catch me at Rabbit Ramp!😁

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      • RachelArmington
        RachelArmington last edited by

        You've give it a lot of depth (hard to do for a map!). Very cool how the map extends behind the ruled borders.

        The white around the type really stands out. Perfect!

        The only thing that doesn't work as well for me is the white highlights (such as on the raised hills in the field areas). Just the line to describe the hills would be enough, and the white wouldn't compete with the type.

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        • braden H
          braden H @Judy Elizabeth Wilson last edited by

          @Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson said in Critique for map:

          Catch me at Rabbit Ramp!

          Ah yes, the worst of the ramps, lol

          Good to know it looks good 🙂

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          • braden H
            braden H @RachelArmington last edited by

            @RachelArmington said in Critique for map:

            The only thing that doesn't work as well for me is the white highlights

            They are indeed a little jarring! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

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            • Kori Jensen
              Kori Jensen @braden H last edited by

              @Braden-Hallett I love the way this looks, it's a beautiful and stylized map. However I wonder if it's capable to incorporate themes into the typography per each landmark. for example, wavy letters to lakes, or stylized titles to mountains. or perhaps making the landmarks enlarged to stand out more.

              I only suggest this because nothing really stands out here. If you enlarged them then the important locations would be highlighted.
              I hope you find that as a good enough critique. Good luck!

              https://daddydudeler.wixsite.com/portfolio

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              • braden H
                braden H last edited by

                easy fix 🙂

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                • braden H
                  braden H @Kori Jensen last edited by

                  @Kori-Jensen said in Critique for map:

                  However I wonder if it's capable to incorporate themes into the typography per each landmark. for example, wavy letters to lakes, or stylized titles to mountains. or perhaps making the landmarks enlarged to stand out more.

                  Good call! I like that idea 🙂 Thanks!

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                  • phoenix yip
                    phoenix yip last edited by

                    I don't know much about map making, but i really like this one! I love the feeling of depth. a lot of maps look really flat, which can be a cool look too i guess. Anyways, Great job!

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                    • KathrynAdebayo
                      KathrynAdebayo last edited by

                      I think this looks amazing. 🙂 Maps are a really great fit with your style! Maybe the waterfall could look more waterfally?

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                        versaceian @braden H last edited by

                        @Braden-Hallett Firstly let me say I love a good fantasy map, and this one is great! The only thing I would add is consistency in the labelling of place names. Almost all of them have capital letters for both names, but some don't, and those caught my eye.
                        'Otter Plateau', 'Deep Lake', and maybe 'to The Falls'

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                        • braden H
                          braden H last edited by

                          I think with everyone's feedback this turned out pretty awesome! Thanks for the feedback thus far everyone 🙂

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                          • braden H
                            braden H last edited by

                            And with some attention paid to the hand lettering and some heirarchy I think it's done 🙂

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