Del,
Ironically, this tutorial inspired me to do it the "old fashioned way" on my big WIP project... draw every last mountain, hill, forest and swamp by hand. Hopefully it will look better than "passing average"... but then my drawing skills aren't exceptional and between everything else I do in my time I don't get the chance to practice properly and improve... (btw.. i HATE drawing living things... they NEVER look right)