porkenbeans wrote:ender516 wrote:porkenbeans wrote:Premier,
just a few tweaks should be able to spark it up a bit. Played with it for a few minutes to show an example of what I think it needs.
Good luck on this map, I always liked the subject of Atlantis. I am glad to see someone bringing it to CC.

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I don't think brightening the ocean is a good idea. According to legend, this is the North Atlantic, which I have always seen as darker and colder than many seas. This new colour is a little too Caribbean or South Pacific for me.
I have to disagree with you ender. Atlantis was NOT in the North Atlantic ocean. By all accounts it was somewhere in the mid Atlantic region, and besides it was a volcanic island. The waters surrounding such islands are usually shallow. This creates a water color that is very light in tone and color to what you would find further north around such places as England, where the water is much deeper around the island. The outside perimeter could be darkened, but the interior water should be very light in color, because it is very shallow.
The main reason for my color change was to produce some contrast from the land to the water. If you look closer you will also see changes to the land as well. They ARE subtle , but they do add depth, contrast, and relief from the water.
The North Atlantic is either that portion of the Atlantic north of the equator or that portion north of a line between Natal, Brazil and Monrovia, Liberia. Either way, Atlantis, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules according to Plato, certainly was in the North Atlantic (well, as certainly as any imaginary lost continent can be said to have been anywhere).
You may have a point concerning the inner waterways. They might well be shallower than the waters surrounding the archipelago. On the other hand, if we imagine that Atlantis was a highly active volcanic region, then the topography might have been quite varied. We can also look at this aerial photo of
Anak Krakatau and see that the waters surrounding a volcanic island are not necessarily light.
Finally, I don't think the map needs more contrast between the land and the water. With the changes you suggest, the land looks too bulgy and almost resembles those shiny puffy stickers my little girls used to collect.