New WIP - a shot of the detail I'm working on.
I'm happy with the mountains thus-far, but not so thrilled with the forest. Of course I have a long way to go - right now I'm using RPGmapmaker's brushes - I will eventually make my own, but I want to get used doing maps with this technique before I start refining it. I tried to make the lake more plausable by giving the mountains a crater-like look. The 'wasteland' terrain color looks kinds stark - not sure if I want to add texture, or make a brush that can 'dirty it up' (with rock formations, etc..) - something that will give the impression of THIS.
I also have the problem of a 'fat' coastline (and rivers) right now, because I bumped the res up - I started to re-draw it all on another layer, but does anyone know of a simpler solution? I still have it on a seperate layer of course, so adjusting it should be no problem (if someone just tells me how).