(Please see blue map image which I reviewed first.)
Again, you've used a map in an unusual way. This is a map (I include your wonderful hand drawn text in that) that gives a sense of location and a mood rather than being technically correct. An Impressionist map, we might call it. The glimpses of 'real map' text appearing and disappearing add to the effect, which, in the end has more intrigue and mystery than a regular map. And the foreground elements are also shown in a way that doesn't explain exactly what we're seeing, continuing to peak the viewers interest - mine anyhow.
If I look at the image in the coursework gallery, that image (cropped by the website) could easily be a book cover. But not of a tourist book, more like an alluring tale that includes romance, danger, conspiracy and so on.
I love the water, but not so much the palms - I'm not sure why. Perhaps because they are the only element that appears in full. Everything else kind of creeps in from the edge of frame. And they sit in such stark contrast to their background, perhaps becoming too visually important. Maybylighter gree leaves with a bit of yellow in the green? Tan trunks instead of brown?
All-in-all you've created an atmosphere here that would make me want to read the article - or the novel!
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Again, you've used a map in an unusual way. This is a map (I include your wonderful hand drawn text in that) that gives a sense of location and a mood rather than being technically correct. An Impressionist map, we might call it. The glimpses of 'real map' text appearing and disappearing add to the effect, which, in the end has more intrigue and mystery than a regular map. And the foreground elements are also shown in a way that doesn't explain exactly what we're seeing, continuing to peak the viewers interest - mine anyhow.
If I look at the image in the coursework gallery, that image (cropped by the website) could easily be a book cover. But not of a tourist book, more like an alluring tale that includes romance, danger, conspiracy and so on.
I love the water, but not so much the palms - I'm not sure why. Perhaps because they are the only element that appears in full. Everything else kind of creeps in from the edge of frame. And they sit in such stark contrast to their background, perhaps becoming too visually important. Maybylighter gree leaves with a bit of yellow in the green? Tan trunks instead of brown?
All-in-all you've created an atmosphere here that would make me want to read the article - or the novel!