I decided to do a scenic mountain stream and waterfall map combining a hand-drawing with beveled shaped shapes, color and shading finished in Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 9 (my preferred vector drawing application).

Step One: a hand-drawing of micropoint pen onto a letter size sheet of paper.

Step Two: created the land below the falls (at least the dry parts).

Step Three: applied a rounded bevel, drop shadow and a very slight edge feather.

Step Four: created the upper lands at the cliff's edge that the waterfall drops over.

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