So I clicked on this tutorial randomly, and it's the best thing that's happened to me today.

I've spent countless hours making cloud layers and handpicking interesting bits and sticking them together to make interesting continents. I'm often happy with the results but they can be "too random," lacking the softer edges that occur along some continents. It's also just so dang time consuming! On the other hand, hand drawn maps are fine, and much faster to produce, by I find that I tend to subconsciously repeat patterns. This... this is a wonderfully happy medium. I look forward to test driving it soon!