Instead of traditional racial structures, perhaps we could follow the influence of Spectrum Overland and use the influence of African, Middle Eastern, American cultures, etc. Something that might break away from medieval fantasy Eurocentrism would be very interesting. Or even the influence of some cartoonist like Moebius, Philippe Druillet, Sergio Toppi, Juan Giménez, Geof Darrow...

I'm purposely testing a bigger Zoom in.

Thanks @Don Anderson Jr. for reminding me of this technique, I haven't used it in a long time and had it stored far away in my brain database.

Depending on how it is used, even with Alycia Faden's clouds, it gives a very dreamlike tone to the draw.

Either you keep the swamp + trees = which are very good and adapt the rest to this visual line. Or you adjust the swamp and trees to look like the rest.

For Ricko, the swamp with the trees is beautiful. I personally believe that this area could yield a beautiful Zoom in map of this region, something more or less similar to the Herwin Wielink ones I have been doing lately.

More Calibre dilemmas, please

I've tried this method of horizontal lines, done by hand, one by one - and it's actually much faster. Then I opted for a slower technique, where I started to oscillate the height of the lines subtly, to reduce the sensation of "lines" of trees - when I want a dense area of ​​trees, like yours.