A few months ago I started a map for a region of a world that I'm writing, but I didn't had time to continue improving, and now I already wrote many things that will affect the map, I want to know some things of you guys:

1 - Should I keep this textures or should I try some pastel stylle? I think pastel maps very nice.
2 - How do you guys scale your icons on the maps?
3 - How do you guys paint your Icons?
4 - I want to make a "Holy Magic Forest" on the map, how could I represent such a forest?
5 - How to improve those mountains? I hate them.


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