First and foremost, as my first post - Thank you for this fantastic tutorial!

I've recently gained the desire to learn a bit of cartography. Originally I used RobA's tutorial which helped me get familiar with GIMP and then came across your tutorial which I've been practicing at for some time now. I've also looked through your projects and am always impressed with how your land comes out which is the reason for my post.

What method(s) do you use to plan out your general land? I've attempted to emulate it several times but find it always lacking the 'feel' you manage to capture which, to me, is somewhere between a dragonesque feel and final fantasy art style.

Would you mind revealing any methods to your style of basic land generation?