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Saturday, 31 October 2009

Map symbols in progress...


I'm still fiddling around with new map symbols now and again. Here are the prototypes of a Wasserschloss (based on one in Schleswig-Holstein) and a town hall, based on the famous one at Alsfeld in Hesse.

The great beauty of vector drawings (and these will be available as .svg drawings) is that they are clear and crisp at any size, small or large, unlike pixel-based bitmap illustrations, so the detail is not wasted. The jpeg shown here cannot and does not do justice to the crispness of the originals!
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10 comments:

  1. Capt Bill31 October 2009 at 22:32

    The town hall is absolutely the best!!!

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  2. Fitz-Badger1 November 2009 at 02:26

    I like the town hall, too :)
    Having seen some of your symbols in use on the map of Syldavia I have a greater appreciation for your little pieces of vector art. Nice work!

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  3. David Morfitt1 November 2009 at 06:30

    Thanks, Bill. Glad you like it. :-) It took a fair bit of work...

    All the best,

    David.

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  4. David Morfitt1 November 2009 at 06:31

    Thanks, FB! :-) Glad the evangelism about vector art is working... ;-)

    All the best,

    David.

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  5. Fitz-Badger1 November 2009 at 08:32

    When you're talking about the advantages of vector over bitmap, especially for scalable symbols, you're preaching to the choir, as it were! :D

    (sometimes the "word verification" words are funny - this one is "grogness")

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  6. David Morfitt2 November 2009 at 01:18

    Ah well, FB - at least preaching to the choir means guaranteed plaudits rather than the risk of brickbats! ;-)

    Yes, those verification words can be funny - although they're always a d****d nuisance too! :-)

    All the best,

    David.

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  7. tradgardmastare2 November 2009 at 05:54

    Most interesting work!
    Alan

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  8. David Morfitt2 November 2009 at 16:41

    Thanks, Alan! :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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  9. A J17 November 2009 at 16:01

    I really like that little town hall. As you say, it's so crisp, quite unlike the fuzziness around the usual jpeg.

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  10. David Morfitt19 November 2009 at 16:56

    Thanks, AJ. Glad you like it. :-)

    Cheers,

    David.

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