Greetings!

[RobertAlexander]

Hello everyone,

My name is Robert and I'm 34 years old, married with two children and not a lot of time to make maps. I have been running games using a variety of different pen and paper systems in my home-brew setting with the same group of players since we were about 15 years old. I have a lot of accumulated lore regarding the setting but have only recently begun to clean it up as part of a larger publishing project. Here is the world map that I am currently focusing on, and this is just a draft, but I want to eventually work in topography and build area maps with more detail. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions. I want to stress that I am pretty new to working digitally so any software or article suggestions would be great. Thanks!

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[Chick]

Hello Robert, Welcome to the Guild!

The best software IMHO is Photoshop, which is pretty reasonably priced now. If you prefer something free, GIMP is a similar program with most of the capabilities you would need.

To get you started, 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!!

And be sure not to miss
How to Get Your Rivers in the Right Place: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3822

and
The Most Common Reality Errors:
http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=30156

Congrats on posting a nice starter map with your first post here! I'll look forward to seeing how it develops