Help with map texturing

[TheCatGuy]

I bet many of you have heard this many times so I am sorry. My problem is that i have a cool looking map but i have no idea how to add textures to it to make it look like maps like these.
Any tips?

[zhar2]

both are different methods, which one do you like most and I will try to help you.

[TheCatGuy]

I myself prefer this one.

[Dumont]

I myself prefer this one.

The tutorial for that exact map is actually in another post on this forum: https://www.cartographersguild.com/s...ad.php?t=18280

[johnvanvliet]

the two you posted are two different types
the first one is what i call the Frankenstein's monster type
it is parts of the earth cut/pasted in different ways

the second is a color gradient ( or a few gradients) and a shaded relief of the Black and White HeightMap
-- one of the really GOOD examples of this

so you have a map
on paper ?
or on a computer ?
a outline of just the continents ?
or with rivers and wooded and desert areas and so on ?

[TheCatGuy]

I have a map on the a computer with just the continent outlines with some ideas of where to put the rest

[Redrobes]

This map was clearly done with a height map first so maybe you might like to investigate how to make your land using a height map.

A tip tho... dont do the rivers like this map or you will have a visit from the river police !