Earthsea archipelago, with a bit of watercolor

[Skaald]

Hi everybody.

This is my latest WIP. It's a map of the Eartsea archipelago from the books of U. LE Guin. I'm trying to make a map looking like a portulan. I'm not very satisfied with the coastlines because
1) I tried to be as close as possible with the original shape of the isles, and there not very realistic
2) this was my first attempt with watercolor, and it's really a pain in the bottom to manage the good color, the watering, the precision of all this tiny little lines... I have still a long way to go!
And 3) maybe I mess up because I superposed 2 coastline style : three layers of pen lines following the coast, and the blue water coloring. I think this look a bit messy.

I'm inspiring (well honestly it's more copying) this map :


This is the early WIP :


And where I am now.



You're welcome with all your critics!