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    Post Hello, fantasy folk!

    My name's Ashley and I found the Cartographers' Guild as I was doing research about fantasy map artists. I'm a fantasy author; my first two books are available on Amazon and I'm currently in the process of publishing the third, which presents some bizarre mapping challenges, hence my hunt for map ideas. I have zero visual artistic talent, despite having a lifelong obsession with maps and fantasy worlds, so part of my interest/hope for joining this thread is to find likeminded artists interested in helping to bring the worlds of past, present, and future books to life. Writing is pretty solitary, and though I'm a bit of an introvert, I'm also a believer in the power of collaboration. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and geeking out on maps.

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    Sounds so fun! I am just getting started tonight as well, and I also write--nothing published, however, except for a bit of poetry in an anthology...

    Welcome! I've read some of the other replies in this thread and found a link to another thread, Quick Start Guide to Fantasy Mapping: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4276 . Another one I'll be looking at, Hand Drawn Mapping for the Artistically Challenged: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=10655 is one you may also find useful

    Yes, I'm also looking forward to geeking out and being inspired!

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    Welcome Ashley.

    I'm sure you'll find lots of help and useful things here. Those two links Katterly posted are a good place to start.

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    Welcome to the Guild ladies!! It is a great place to learn and have fun!

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    Welcome to the guild ASchwellenbach. There are lots of friendly people on this site and lots of great maps to enjoy. See you on the forums

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