I finalized the land masses for the world I have been working on for my books.
but while fighting off boredom I took one of the sections and played around and thought I'd share what I have so far.

The text is hard to read in spots (I know), I just thought that the Flaws of this map sort of lend to its charm. (IMHO)
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anyways, I created the terrain with fractal terrains pro.
the etch effect was created basically with xero lithograph and flaming pear india ink and a whole lot o layer modes.

again thanks the all the people of this forum for the great pointers and ideas.