Quad Cities Map [Quenched]

by **ironsij0287** on Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:17 pm

Oh and losing the drop shadows. No problem.

by **isaiah40** on Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:23 pm

Ask around, like maybe natty could do you one or two bridges. Just give him credit on the map if he does. IMO he's pretty decent at doing things like that.

by **ironsij0287** on Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:41 pm

isaiah40 wrote:Ask around, like maybe natty could do you one or two bridges. Just give him credit on the map if he does. IMO he's pretty decent at doing things like that.

Yeah I'm cool with that.

Also I just realized there was no beveling along the creeks that flow through the middle of a region, so I took care of that for continuity

by **natty dread** on Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:47 am

Yeah, I can try doing some bridges for you. Can you give me a version of the large map without any bridges on it?

Also, I think the main problem with the bridge image in the legend is that it looks blurry & out of focus. Especially in the large map. Kinda like it was resized from a smaller image? The same is true for the other bridge, although it is slightly better.

by **ironsij0287** on Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:41 pm

Big map without bridges.

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by **natty dread** on Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:01 pm

Thanks. I'll try to get them done as soon as possible.

by **Bruceswar** on Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:20 pm

ironsij0287 wrote:
RjBeals wrote:i suggest to remove the drop shadow from the territory fonts.

remove the rounded bridge in the top left of the map, keep the terrain map all the way around

also that bridge image in the bottom legend looks bad also. Is there anything else you can do with that?

Looks like "bridges" is the theme of this map so instead of the white lines as bridges, could you try to make cooler bridges?

Rounded bridge gone, check.

Bottom bridge image - You want me to do some sort of effect on it or something? The image has to remain somewhat muted so the regions stand out over top of it.

Cool bridges - I'm down with this idea but I suck as an artist so drawing my own would probably be bad. Is there any place that has some sort of bridge symbology that I can work with?

He means another image in its place. Another nice looking bridge. Last time I was up there I seem to remember more than 1 bridge crossing the Mississippi.

by **MrBenn** on Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:28 pm

What would be nice would be some sort of random trivia/facts/history about the Quad Cities area that you could add into the dead space, just to give some extra interest to the map.

by **isaiah40** on Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:17 pm

MrBenn wrote:What would be nice would be some sort of random trivia/facts/history about the Quad Cities area that you could add into the dead space, just to give some extra interest to the map.

Yep right here:

isaiah40 wrote:Here's an idea for you to spice it up (no major changes or that), Can you squeeze the legend down just a little and add in a fun fact about the area? I found this here with some interesting facts about the area. I think it would be a good idea to something like this.

by **jefjef** on Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:44 am

Took the Centennial bridge image off and kept the I-74.

Quad cities = River, rail roads, tractor/harvester manufacturing and farming. Oh and riverboat gambling too.

Home of John Deere and Co. Davenport had a steamboat named after it. Historic Rock Island Lines RR. R.I. Arsenal is very historic and is still a major military manufacturing arsenal. John O'Donnell stadium. Celebration Belle riverboat. Lots of options.

by **natty dread** on Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:23 am

Bridges: here's what I have so far...

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by **RjBeals** on Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:40 pm

the title is a little confusing - you have quad cities, 4 of them, and each represents a bonus region color - except the yellow area. Should Bettendorf be yellow and orange?

by **Bruceswar** on Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:49 pm

East Moline is yellow... so maybe Moline should be 2 colors?

by **pamoa** on Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:49 am

or east moline blue

andalusia park is a bit plain
maybe add some bevel emboss effect

and personnaly I think it was better with the bridge image left

but you are doing great

by **ironsij0287** on Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:38 pm

Perhaps it should be addressed in the proposed "Facts and History" but the original Quad Cities were Davenport, Rock Island, Moline and East Moline. Later on Bettendorf was included and East Moline was eventually excluded. There are some remnants of the term Quint Cities being used but it never really became popular.

by **natty dread** on Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:44 am

Ok here's a psd file with the bridges I drew. You can import the bridge layers from it and tweak them if you want... I'm sorry I haven't had time to make them any fancier... hope they'll work out for you.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/2/7/2 ... bridge.psd

by **ironsij0287** on Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:19 am

natty_dread wrote:Ok here's a psd file with the bridges I drew. You can import the bridge layers from it and tweak them if you want... I'm sorry I haven't had time to make them any fancier... hope they'll work out for you.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/2/7/2 ... bridge.psd

Thank you. I like how they turned out.

by **ironsij0287** on Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:24 am

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by **ironsij0287** on Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:16 am

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What's different:

- New bridges created by natty_dread. (Do you want me to put your name below mine in the corner of the map?)
- "East Moline" added in Yellow under Quad Cities title.
- Text in upper lefthand corner explaining which cities have made up the Quad Cities over time.

by **natty dread** on Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:31 am

ironsij0287 wrote:- New bridges created by natty_dread. (Do you want me to put your name below mine in the corner of the map?)

Well I don't think creating the bridges is a large enough job to warrant listing me as a co-creator... but you can add thanks on the map if you like

ironsij0287 wrote:- Text in upper lefthand corner explaining which cities have made up the Quad Cities over time.

Good text.

Also I like what you did with the bridges. The contrast increase works for them.

by **jefjef** on Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:40 am

Bridges are an improvement. The history you are using is very

.

The QC has a rich history. The Arsenal, along with being a fort and arsenal, that even has Confederates buried there. River port during the steamboat days. Buffalo Bill. All kinds of stuff.

by **ironsij0287** on Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:11 pm

jefjef wrote:Bridges are an improvement. The history you are using is very .

The QC has a rich history. The Arsenal, along with being a fort and arsenal, that even has Confederates buried there. River port during the steamboat days. Buffalo Bill. All kinds of stuff.

I don't have a lot of space up there to put that much. I realize there is a lot of history in the QC but I can't tell that much of it in roughly three sentences.

by **pamoa** on Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:56 am

I would say
this map should be stamped and go live

by **RjBeals** on Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:42 pm

I was never a fan of the isolated areas to complete a bonus. Like the pinkish red (salmon?) color in the bottom left (Rock Isalnd). I would think you would want a bridge connecting Big Island and Sunset. To complete that bonus, you have to fight through 2 or 3 more regions.

by **Victor Sullivan** on Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:04 am

RjBeals wrote:I was never a fan of the isolated areas to complete a bonus. Like the pinkish red (salmon?) color in the bottom left (Rock Isalnd). I would think you would want a bridge connecting Big Island and Sunset. To complete that bonus, you have to fight through 2 or 3 more regions.

Good spot, RJ! There was actually a bridge there before, but it got left out for some reason... *glares at natty*