Kingdom of Gorian - WIP

[Steel General]

Lookin' pretty good - can't go to wrong with Ascension's tutorials and I like the fact that you are modifying/adjusting things to your own 'style'.

Though I do agree with Alfar - I'd lighten up the stroke on the coastline.

As for the dark cloudiness, you could try to add a new layer (fill w/white and set to overlay) above that layer than merge them. Not sure how that will work, but might be worth a try.

[Diamond]

Okee dokee, here's another stab at it. I've lightened the stroke around the coastlines considerably. Also put in some marshlands and forests*, as well as 'national level' text and text for mountains, etc., and some city and town icons I've had sitting in my hard drive for god knows how long - finally found a use for them.

Let me know what you think of it now - all comments, critiques, suggestions welcome.

*With the forests, I tried to use them as a tool to not only better define the mountains, but to cover up a lot of those annoying black patches.