I'm missing something...

[HandsomeRob]

Hey, they look good to me.

I am using Adobe Illustrator to most of my mapping work. Using a nice little filter called "Autotrace," I trace out the coastlines, which I then run two more filters on to smooth out. First I'll add anchor points, and then I run a Round Corners filter. These two steps get rid of a lot of the sharp corners and nonsense along the coastline and give you a nicely generalized line.
If you want I have posted a tutorial on my style at http://www.conlanger.com/issue5.pdf

Thanks,
Rob

[Bohunk]

Thanks guys. Working on getting CS3 as soon as I can. Mean time I got Elements, thus what I mean by the "cheap variation" on HR's maps. I'll keep working on them and keep ya updated.

[RPMiller]

Hey, they look good to me.

I am using Adobe Illustrator to most of my mapping work. Using a nice little filter called "Autotrace," I trace out the coastlines, which I then run two more filters on to smooth out. First I'll add anchor points, and then I run a Round Corners filter. These two steps get rid of a lot of the sharp corners and nonsense along the coastline and give you a nicely generalized line.
If you want I have posted a tutorial on my style at http://www.conlanger.com/issue5.pdf

Thanks,
Rob

Repped. You deserve much more.