[Award Winner] Using GIMP to Create an Artistic Regional RPG Map

[Karro]

I'd like to get to a point where I'm not: A, following a recipe; and B, not just clicking randomly until I get the desired effect. In essence, I'm trying to understand in an intuitive way, what is going to happen before I do it. If that makes any sense.

I think that's exactly the result you'll get from repeated practice with RobA's tutorial. Once you're beyond the formulaic approach to make that style of map, with repeated attempts, you start to pick up just what's going on, and how to get the effect you need.

Of course, if you happen to like the general style that RobA's tut produces, and what to hew to that as closely as possible, there's nothing wrong with that (... I mostly do, for sure)