Thanks Diamond,

I've been lurking around here for years checking out maps by yourself and others, Circle of the World comes to mind, so perhaps I have learned through osmosis, LOL. I became convinced long ago that a tablet was a must for my artistically challenged self, with that in hand mapping got much more fun.

I am terrible at following directions so the map is a result of tinkering around with several tutorials, most prominently those by Pasis and Tear, and an unknown number of hints of directions from all over the forums. So thanks goes out to all the cartographers who share their knowledge here!

After playing around with Fractal Terrains for years, love that program, it was nice to have the extreme detail control of PS, that lack of control being the primary flaw of FT in my mind when trying to create and existing world.