Hi from the UK!

[Descending Bear]

Hello! I'm Caz, and I've been making up worlds and doodling maps for them for years, but I've only recently gotten serious about the mapping part. I was looking for map inspiration when I stumbled on this forum, and the work here is absolutely gorgeous -- I love the stuff people made for the tomb challenge.

I've played tabletop games on and off for a few years, and I've finally gotten into a dedicated gaming group, which is a heck of a lot of fun (I've now seriously endangered characters in three different systems!). I've started cooking up a campaign for my first stint as a GM, and I'd like to draw maps and things for it from scratch, so some practice is in order.

I usually draw character art and I'm not great at architectural drawing, so doing maps is an interesting challenge for me. I hope I'll learn a lot here

[darcycardinal]

Hi Descending Bear,

Welcome to the guild! Are most of your maps hand drawn? Curios to see your past and future work.

Darcy

[ChickPea]

Hi DB! Welcome to the Guild. Don't be shy about sharing your work and asking for feedback. Looking forward to seeing your pics.

[Descending Bear]

Thanks for the welcomes! Good to meet you guys.

Darcy, yeah, I draw my maps by hand. I love doing the lettering myself

As far as my actual maps go, I've thrown up a cheeky thread here: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=33240 I haven't shown those to anyone else yet, so I'm pretty excited to see what people think.

[Chick]

Hello Caz, Welcome to the Guild!

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!!