Hello ;)

[Sky_Marshall]

Hello,

I am glad to have found this forum. I am myself a cartographer in my job.

I am French-Canadian living in Paris, France. My maps are about a form of city-communities in France and I am using Excel, Qgis and Illustrator to do them.

I am really in fond of Role-playing games, for the moment adapting universes with the savage worlds rules (Dead Space as an example), but I want to do my own game (and own maps) in order to get professional.
I also know how to use Photoshop, In Design and Autocad.

It is really a good idea to mix artistic map-makers and if I can say scientific cartographers. I think the several existing world maps can be a good source of inspiration, especially for post-apocalyptic settings.

See you soon on the forum

[Chick]

Hello Sky_Marshall, Welcome to the Guild!

You may very well be past this level, but if you want to look over what I usually tell newcomers to look at, 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

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

Have fun and I'll look forward to seeing your first map post!