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As to your questions in the paragraphs before the pics - yes, there's so much to experiment with that I never make two maps alike (and I created the damn method). Heh heh. Of course, I prefer the tweaking and changing and experimenting so that I always come up with new things. As to the last paragraph, you can keep everything non-destructve by using masks and adjustment layers and for max detail work as large as you can - I can work up 25,000 x 15,000. A simpler way is to make each continent separate and then just composite them on top of a big blue ocean. I like your colors, very bright and vivid like a board game.
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