A new map - testing some old and some new skills

long time since I've posted anything here and thought it to be about time!
Critisism and pointers are as always welcomed.

It was done playing around in Gimp Photoshop

Got alot of inspiration from these tutorials (which is designed for photoshop I believe):
http://www.jezelf.co.uk/tutorials_map01.htm

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thought I'd post a second versjon, wished to give the map some modest color and life. Haven't decided how I feel it worked out though.

Great thanks to torstan for his Mosaic tutorial