Britannia Map Critique?

[HinterWelt]

Hey guys,
I am futzing with my Britannia map and would like some critique. Mostly looking at the shore line effect but which do you like better, the first or the second or neither?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Eosin the Red]

I like the contrast of the first but either way I'd consider changing the color of the small fonts in the waters (not the names of the oceans - those look great - the small illegible light blue names).

 

[ZombieButch]

The second. I think the dark water in the first one just flattens the whole thing; the second pops more. Plus, the water in the second is closer to the color you'd see in an atlas, which is more in line with the look of the rest of the map.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Love the first.

 

[HinterWelt]

Based on some feedback....

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Eosin the Red]

That's far more legible.

Very detailed. Speaking of which what is your source for names? Curiosity more than anything else.

 

[HinterWelt]

That's far more legible.

Very detailed. Speaking of which what is your source for names? Curiosity more than anything else.

A couple of sources. Two are reference maps from atlases, one is a book printed in 1944 called Roman Britainnia: Decline and Fall (an interesting read), some are made up (Intervallia, Vespaisiana, most of the Caledonian provinca not pictured here) but interpolated from existing names, Ordinance Survey of Roman Britain and of course, Pliny, Tacitus and even Ptolemy. So, a bit of a list.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[HinterWelt]

Continuing with the original post, Hibernia with a different coastal effect. The lettering is quite questionable and think I overused green just a tad.

Bill

 

[jgbrowning]

Few things I'd change, Bill.

The Gallia color should be more like the Britania Secunda or Hibernia Secunda. It would bring the map into total color tone agreement. More like the way Hibernia is to Intervallia.

I'd tone down the color for Airgialla to more match the other colors. Something more like Intervallia from the other map would look better.

The text for Connacht, Mumhan, and Ui Neill would look better as black with green glow ala Britania Secunda and Flavia Cesarensis from the other maps.

That said, those are nit picks all IMO. These are beautiful maps.

joe b.

 

[Pyrandon]

Bill: Beautiful work. These appear straight from a published atlas.

That being said, I would either tone (way) down the white "ring" on the Hibernia map; rather than highlight the coastal outlines, it pulls the eye with a sort of odd "glow" effect.

The mountains on that same map are too dark as well; they appear as smudges and, again, pull the eye.

Great work overall! Keep it up!