I´m a geography and also land surveyor from Brazil.
I work for a GIS company that makes web-based map systems for cities and public orgs.
I work with open source softwares, from the database (QGIS and Postgres + Postgis) to the web map publisher (Mapserver).

Besides that, Games have always been one of my favorite hobbies. And Game Maps are incredible. I never imagined a community like this one, with so many incredible works.

What´s the best way to start these maps? With an image editor, like PS and GIMP, or with GIS softwares, like Qgis?

Cheers all!