I create maps using hand-drawn line work for all the line work - land, rivers, mountains, hills, forests, roads, even surface detail on the land showing changes in height.

Here's some links to some of my maps that I'm talkin' about (these are links to threads that contain those maps):

September Challenge map entry (winner): http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=2858

June Challenge map entry (winner):
http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=5870

Here's a Tolkien styled regional map:
http://www.gamer-printshop.com/kaidan/slavers.jpg

Look at my challenge entry for this month:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=5870

Or last month:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...omancer-s-Lair

Or the December challenge entry:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ntry-Yuleblood

Here's a commission village map I created last month:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...uild-Companion

I could go on and on - I create lots of maps!

Does this help you understand?

GP