Battling topography: Brywaeo!

[Caenwyr]

Hey guys!

With my Krastvin map done and published, and me still waiting for my client to secure the necessary funds for the last part of my multi-map commission (more on that one later), I decided to try my hand at yet another type of map I haven't done before. All this in the spirit of learning the ropes (and in the process, if all goes right, adding some nice little maps to my portfolio, of course!).

The style I'm going for is the topographic map you find in so many school atlases, think this map for example. Although my end product will probably look vastly different (and a lot less awesome).

Okay! So as usual I started out by creating the land masses:
Brywaeo (1).jpg

I then drew in sketchy mountain ridges and rivers:
Brywaeo (2).jpg

Which I then used to draw a first, very preliminary contour line. This one is probably gonna delineate something of a "mean" height (with many more contour lines in the red area than there will be in the white area):
Brywaeo (3).jpg

Before I continue, do you guys see anything glaringly wrong with this single contour line that should definitely be taken care of? I can't see anything over-obvious at this stage, but many know more than one, especially if that one has been with his face all the way up to the screen during the creation.

So yell, scream, bellow if you see anything that shouldn't be there .