Hello to all from Ydars.

[Ydars]

Hello everyone; Ydars Here! I am a complete novice to computer map-making but have been hand drawing maps for years and absolutely love it. I am an avid roleplayer and also really enjoy game design and module writing.

I would really like to gain some paid work making maps and/or designing adventures and so would be very grateful for any feedback anyone has the time to give me. I am in awe of some of the texture manipulation/creation on this site, as I have no idea how to acheive those types of effects.

I have posted an example of my work in the Current Challenges (Jan) section.

I usually use Photoshop CS4 for all my mapping. Generally, I create individual objects and surfaces myself and then put them together to make a huge map, that is usually a local scale outdoor or dungeon map.

[joão paulo]

Welcome, nice to meet you, I use guimp, has heard?

[Ydars]

Sorry; I have only heard a little about it from reading this forum, but I am very new to all this.

Thanks for stopping by to say Hello though.

[Steel General]

Welcome Aboard!

I dub thee newly repped for entering a challenge right away *bonk*

[Ascension]

Once you plow through some of the tutorials here I'm sure you'll be gettin paid in no time as you already show the devotion to detail...just need to learn some of the tweaks we all use to make our stuff pop. Welcome and good luck.

[Ruedy]

Welcome to the guild.

[jfrazierjr]

Welcome to guild!

As for textures, I cannot recommend Genetica Viewer enough for a large number of semi-random tileable textures of various types(and you can control the size also) for pretty much no money.

[Steel General]

As for textures, I cannot recommend Genetica Viewer enough for a large number of semi-random tileable textures of various types(and you can control the size also) for pretty much no money.

I second this wholeheartedly!

[ravells]

Good to have you here, Ydars! May you learn much and teach us more!