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Happy I can be of help, my fellow mapper! :) Generally, I'd suggest using a different forrest-technique. I find the one used by pasis jarring at times, not bad per say, but... it's more obvious. I use my custom brush in Photoshop with the following properties: Pattern Stamp Tool (using a forest texture appropirate, I could send you mine if you wanted), diameter 1 to 3 px. depending on mapsize. Deactivated Shape Dynamics (except when I do fine work with my Wacom), Scattering options: Scatter set to maximum, "Both Axes" is activated, count is between 3 and 8, COunt Jitter 0. No other options active. Yields good forests, at least in my opinion. The result should be similar to the forests you see on my maps. Also a suggestion of mine is a mountain-technique I tend to use to increase realism. On the two "highest" layers, use a small and very hard brush with the mountain texture and draw some sharp but light lines away from the mountaintops downhill. If you do it light enough and in good measure, you'll arrive at a more "craggy" look, which can be nice at times. Well, that's my "tweaks" to the Pasis tut so far. Hope you'll find it useful! See you around Dargurd! Oh, also, I added you to my friend list :)

Hi there Dargurd! Looking good so far! If you want, three small nitpicks: 1.) The sea in the lower part of the map has no drain-river, which is a bit weird (river police incoming! ;) ). 2.) The rivers begin a bit abruptly, maybe make use of a smaller brush to draw their beginning flows coming together and erase them with 20% opacity until it looks natural. 3.) Maybe add a few snowcaps to the mountains. Mind you, all of the above are rather nitpicks and not big criticisms, I like the style. Might the base for your style be the tutorial by a certain Pasis? :)

Thanks a lot - I'm glad I'm not the only one who tries to keep some perspective!