Ok. I'm just not able to work out the mountains for this map. I have been working all day on coming up with different brushes and designs but nothing seems to look "right". It's not like I'm quibbling over textures or high lights but just the sheer "oraganic" quality of the mountains to make them look less like a blocky, relational map and more like a real...map.

So here's what I'm asking.

For those of you out there who know how to do these Mountains and have a fairly easy job at it - take a crack.

I've attached a copy of the gimp file that I'm using with the water layer (posted above) along with the original relational map that denotes where the mountains 'should' go. Feel free to make them look as organic / real / natural as you'd like.

Thanks to anyone in advance!

-GP

relational-map.zip