Dispatches from a Cartographer - Larithas visits the .....

[Freehand 5.5]

I like the overall idea and concept of this map and I see the work and ambition. But there are quite some details I don't like.

The 4 water lines would be okay, but when it comes to all those little islands (I like them) the number of lines disturbs the clearness of the map. It's a mess.
To me the blurriness of the background looks like it is a very tiny map that was increased to much for the dpi-quality it had.
I don't understand the city symbols. What is it? They look like comic bear faces.
The black of the typo and the mountains is nice and deep, the black of the coastlines is lighter and blurrier, the line of the border is even lighter but sharp again.
There should be more consistency in the line art.

The mountains in he right part don't rock me that much, but the mountains at the bottom are the hell of cool.