Is this a useful map

[Priest_Sidran]

Is this a useful map, honestly

It was done using only MS Paint

 

[Priest_Sidran]

Here is another

 

[Odhanan]

I really prefer the first to the second map, personally.

I think the first map is clear, clean and usable. Thumbs up!

The second map isn't nearly as usable or pleasant to my eyes. The textures aren't really meshing well together, and I can't get what they're supposed to represent without a legend, and reading the red on really dark green hurts my eyes.

 

[Ebonyr]

I think they are great. How did you do the mountains in the b&w map?

 

[Priest_Sidran]

Hand drew them one at a time in MS Paint

The second map got messed up when I saved it as a Jpeg so that I could get onto the site


Thank you for your comments.

 

[Ebonyr]

Good drawing! I knew you couldnt cut-n-paste in MS paint. it would come out right. I use paint shop pro for most of my maps.

 

[Priest_Sidran]

Thanks

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

They look good. But why are you using MS Paint when less... painful alternatives are freely available (such as GIMP)?

Take a look at this thread for information on some free graphics programs...

 

[Priest_Sidran]

Thank you Jurgen, I like Inkscape, all though I think that while the MS paint is more of a headache for some things I will use it until I buy something like Fractal Mapper 7.0

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

Thank you Jurgen, I like Inkscape, all though I think that while the MS paint is more of a headache for some things I will use it until I buy something like Fractal Mapper 7.0

Well, to be honest I can't think of any way in which MS Paint is superior to GIMP. Have you tried that program as well?

The ability to use layers alone is worth it.