thanks for the comments and advice.

Here is the next stage:

http://www.shadowlandbbs.net/images/ze_map_005-wip.jpg


I've added some terrain texture to a few locations (the North west coastal islands, and the rainforest in the southeast, and my favorite, the crevas in the desert) and of course, cities and roads. I am not sold on the farming fields and it has been very hard to judge scale for me. Trying to get a balance between 'semi real' and still having the iconic representation on the map.

please let me know what you think