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    Post Greetings from Italy

    Hi everyone! My name is Francesco, registered on this forum under the username Cariddis. I'm an Italian student who's very addicted to fantasy hobbies. I came across this forum since I was looking for ispiration about how to draw city and global maps. Looks to me that I definitely find the right place! I'm very new to the cartographers' world, so I must learn even the basics of it. I'm planning on using GIMP since it seems to me more intuitive than PS, but correct me if I'm wrong. I truly hope to learn a lot of stuff from you experienced map drawers and to be able one day to show you my works!

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    Ciao Francesco, welcome to this guild, lots of talented artists. Love your country traveled their with my family. My daughter just returned from a trip there - I made a map of her trip to Rome, Florence, Cinque Terra and Lucca. Its on my map page if you care to see, but anyhow - welcome aboard!

    You'll find lots of tutorials on both GIMP and Photoshop - I'm a photoshop user, haven't used GIMP, and I also use Adobe Illustrator for some maps and all my Text.

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    Hello, Francesco, welcome to the Guild!

    There is a great tutorial in the sticky section of Tutorials, called Quickstart Guide to Fantasy Mapping: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4276

    From there, go to Hand Drawn Mapping for the Artistically Challenged: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=10655

    Once you have completed those two tutorials, you'll be well on your way!!

    GIMP is ok and free, but I personally prefer Photoshop, unless the cost is a problem.

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