Hello there! I'm Mar. *curtsy*

A bit about me, eh? I'm a huge fantasy/sci-fi fan. I've been writing for my own interests for roughly 14 years. I've been using GIMP for the last 8 years. I got into using GIMP as a way to create walling/flooring for Sims 2 (which I then shared on the modthesims website, under my username there of Naeniver), but I've also used it to create a vast assortment of banners, backgrounds, and other pieces of art.

What I'd really love to do, however, is learn to use it for map-building. Until now I've always done it (as well as other sketching) by paper and mechanical pencil, always black and white (well, more like smudged shades of grey, since it IS just a pencil, and I always end up with the side of my hand coated in graphite). I have a deviantart account as well (again, as Naeniver), though I only have a handful of hand-sketched and GIMP-designed pieces there.

But I'm no expert, and I'd really love to be able to reach the level of some of my favorite fantasy maps, like Middle-Earth and Alagaesia.

So, um, yeah! That's me in a nutshell.

Thanks!