Working Progress for Final Piece - Map

I started off by drawing out a map type design on a piece of watercolour card. I then went ahead and used my watercolours to add in different shades of green, trying to keep them prismatic and fairly saturated. 

After scanning the map in, I placed it into Photoshop and edited the image to give a more cartoon effect, but still making sure that it was clear it had been watercoloured. I mainly changed the brightness levels, curves, shadows and highlights and the hue and saturation which helped to enhance the colours in the image.

I then decided the map needed something extra because it didn't quite look the way I imagined it. After looking at my Pinterest boards for inspiration I noticed many of the other illustrated maps I had seen had some form of line around the image which defined the actual map section much more.
So I did this for my map. I used the brush tool instead of the lasso tool because I didn't want it to be neat, and thought this would give the effect I desired. I tried to make the lines different thicknesses so that again it wasn't massively neat and still had the hand-drawn feel.

This is my final map image that I will use on my final piece. I really like how it came out and think it gives the look I wanted for my magazine double page. The bright, saturated green colour would definitely attract the young audience's eye, making it stand out to them in the magazine.