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But now that we've got that tricky peninsula taken care of... it's time for some fun! 
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Originally Posted by ladiestorm
Try using a bit more 'human jitter', and don't be quite so precise about following a nice narrow line as you put them down. Work in short rows from the top down, a bit like this, remembering all the while that where mountains occur, generally there has been a huge uplifting of the land and that what you are drawing is in fact the weathered ruins of that huge lump in the land. Its usually going to be quite a lot wider than just a line. 
