Quote Originally Posted by Publius
As far as the color, what I wanted to do was to hit that with some effect that would variegate it more: brown it around the edges and here and there. The problem is that I need to transfer the finished map to another program (unless Illustrator can do that) which I will not do until everything else (like the boardwalks) is pretty much all done. Any suggestions on the best way to do that? I mean, other than just drawing it in with a dodge/burn.
I forget, can you add noise in Illustrator? If you can add noise to the green layer, I would add some brown-ish noise and then blur it. That might add more of the effect you are looking for.