Quote Originally Posted by xpian View Post
I've spent some time giving the mountains highlights and shadow. It's fun to turn off the ink layer and just look at the result of the overlay. I wonder if I should just go forward with the mountains without the ink "skeleton" that they're based on?
I tried that once (http://www.cartographersguild.com/at...9&d=1432124722) and it looked ok. Your shading is strong enough to get away with it, but I think it's better with some distinct line, simply because mountains have a distinct and rather sharp edge when viewed from afar. You might try reducing the opacity of the lines, but I'd leave them a little bit of it for stronger definition.