My first Regional Map

[jtougas]

Looks like a good start. I like the color palette you've chosen. I have a couple of suggestions for you. 1. Your rivers end abruptly at the "stroke: around your land mass. The easiest way to fix that is to move your river layer up so that it looks like your rivers are draining into the ocean. 2. If your going for a "hand drawn" or painted look the forest and mountain textures are kind of throwing that off. The blur makes them softer but they still look "photo-realistic" instead of hand drawn. There are many free brush sets for PS that feature hand drawn mountain and tree symbols that might be better suited for this style of map. Overall it's a great start and I look forward to watching this progress.

[damonjynx]

Thanks for the advice jtougas. I will certainly take your advice re the rivers. However, regarding the other comments - I'm not trying for a hand drawn look, I want it to look 'painted' like with a sponge type effect for the forest and mountains (with shadowing).

The author of the scenario it's for has sent me a revised copy with some additional roads and place names etc so once I've updated it I'll post up the modified version.

[jtougas]

Thanks for the advice jtougas. I will certainly take your advice re the rivers. However, regarding the other comments - I'm not trying for a hand drawn look, I want it to look 'painted' like with a sponge type effect for the forest and mountains (with shadowing).

The author of the scenario it's for has sent me a revised copy with some additional roads and place names etc so once I've updated it I'll post up the modified version.

I was actually going to say in my first post that it looked like the mountains and forests had been "sponged" on but I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of the technique. I'd say you nailed it. It's an interesting feature I don't think I've seen before.