I'm a little late to the party here (still catching up from New Year!) but I just want to offer my congratulations on an absolutely beautiful map. I'm not even sure why you've been using CC3+ as an aide to mapping when you can draw freehand like this.

I'm so happy that you took my off-the-cuff remark and ran with it. It's a gorgeous piece of work and the colouring turned out wonderfully, especially given your relative unfamiliarity with gimp. Fantastic job, Mouse and I can't wait to see more from you. You should give The Shire a crack one of these days. I'd love to see a sleepy hobbit village done in this style.