For my first post, I decided to share with you my attempt at making a continental map.

For it I used the Saderan tutorial, made by Tear, my map-making idol:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=8086

1 - I started by making a land mass using a collage of various countries from Google Maps. After filling in the holes I coloured in the Ocean and put a Stroke on the white mask:

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2 - After that I made an elevation layer using a duplicate colour layer with a Bevel&Emboss effect. Using a Hide All layer mask and a Cloud filter on the layer mask, It generated a wonderful effect! After a bit of altering using a soft low opacity brush to make more significant mountain ranges, I came up with something I liked.

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Will reply to this with further updates.
Any criticism is appreciated!