I was going to use CC3 for this map, as I have the software and the annual with the style pack, but it gets very repetitive and 'samey', particularly for the mountains. So I'm thinking of biting the bullet and using photoshop and/or gimp instead.

Pete Fenlon's maps for Merp were a huge inspiration for my love of maps in general and I wanted to recreate the style in a hand-drawn feeling map for my One Ring game. Obviously mountains are going to take forever, as there's no handy brush for his interlinked ridge-line mountains, but the general terrain contour and ridges he depicts are all over his eriador map in particular.

Here's an example:
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This map here uses the same style:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/at...uann-final.jpg

Obviously I could hand do it all with a 2-3 point brush, but that's going to take a long, long time. Any suggestion on an easier way, particularly to get the tapering and angling?