the High-empire of Korachan and the Inner Sea

[vorropohaiah]

Do you think you could do this map in a equirectangular grid? Without the strong curvature of the grid and therefore map? I'd really like to see it in the (for me) normal projection.

here you go:
globe skin.jpg

I've one tiny comment that I'm sort of embarrassed to voice cause your so much better than me! ..it's the parchment effect on the legend / key, I think its a bit harsh and makes the smaller text a bit difficult to read.. should it not be the same parchment effect as the rest of the map was drawn on anyway, or were you going for a 'stuck on label' idea?

the idea with the cartouche was to make it look different to the rest of the map. the effect wi was going for was a mix between hand-painted and printed and my assumption was that the cartouche was a copperplate print on the map itself, though the texture can easily be toned down on the original PSD.