Greetings again!

[Nog]

Hi

My name is Zach Glazar and I joined awhile ago, but I dropped by again to leave a donation and hope to visit more often. I am not a cartographer but I love fantasy maps.

I came here back in 2012 looking to make maps for a kick starter project. After a week or so of browsing I realized I better hire someone as I was never going to produce what I wanted- just looking at the sites gallery was a humbling experience. To make a long story short I got the maps I wanted from an amazing cartographer. It was part of a package that was nominated for a 3 Castkes and 2 ENnie awards (one directly related to cartography). It did not win but I attribute a large part of its reception to Alyssa (the cartograoher I first noticed here).

Thtee years later I am familiar enough to be dangerous with Adobe CC and would like to learn more about actual cartography. Although I self published for my two box sets my work now is focused as a member of Frog God Games.

Our cartographer is a busy professional and I want to make better 'pre-maps' to save him time. I also hope to make improved ' brainstorm' maps for myself. I love fantasy maps more than fantasy art and am happy just to be an amatuer that gets to work with professionals and tinker around with the tools.

Anyway, I am grateful for the existence of your forums and the hard work put in by your admins and active members.

Zach Glazar
Frog God Games - www.FrogGodGames.com
Lesser Gnome- www.LesserGnome.com

[ChickPea]

Hi Zach, welcome back! Look forward to seeing some of your work.

[Josiah VE]

Welcome (back) to the guild Zach!

[Nog]

Hey thanks!

It will be awhile before I post any of my work. A handful of small, simple maps will published soon, but I have a long way to go before throwing anything up here.

I have much reading and practicing to do here first. Need to soak it all in. Especially now that I have all the tools.

Looking forward many, many hours of frustrating fun.

Zach

[ChickPea]

Looking forward many, many hours of frustrating fun.

That's the spirit!

[arsheesh]

Welcome back Zach! I checked out your site to have a look at the map you referred to and it is indeed a beauty. I'm not familiar with the style though and having a hard time placing the artist. Anyway, look forward to seeing you around.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[tilt]

welcome to the guild Zach. When you're ready then remember to post your work in progress in a WIP thread for help and critique while you work instead of after