Hi everyone!

[Tirzoxon]

Hi!

My name is Timothy, I'm a watchmaker student in the Netherlands. I've always been fascinated by maps, and I'm also very creative. Since I started my study I haven't been able to work on creative stuff a lot anymore. So I decided to start this fascinating hobby! I'm new to maps, have seen a lot though and browsed through this forum for several weeks. I think I'll work with pen and paper and photoshop. I've also read the quick start guide, and I'll be doing the tutorials once I got photoshop Maybe some people can give me any tips on starting, things I need to know maybe? I was also wondering if there are also good books on this subject, since I like books Thanks for reading, and have a nice day!

[Gidde]

Hi Timothy, and welcome! My best tip is to grab GIMP in addition to Photoshop (also it's free so it will tide you over until you can afford Photoshop). There are a few things that GIMP is just better at, and you won't be limited to half the tutorials that way, either.

[Josiah VE]

Hi Timothy, welcome!

If you are doing maps digitally, on photoshop, it is highly recommended to have a graphics tablet. I could not draw maps on the computer without a drawing tablet.

I haven't read any books about cartography, I started out reading the tutorials on this fantastic website (don't mind the pun): Fantastic Maps

If you have other questions just ask.

On another note, I'm learning dutch, so I'm always happy when dutch people join the forum.