Hello everyone. Over the last year or so, I've gone from being convinced that I have no artistic ability whatsoever, to teaching myself the basic skills of drawing and painting.

I have a similar fantasy background to many people here. I cut my teeth on the Dragonlance, and David Eddings books in middle school. Fell in love with the maps, genealogies, and histories of Tolkien. Discovered that I could create my own living worlds around the D&D table in college.

Now, in between working 50 hours a week, and raising three youn children, i indulge in the arts. I've nearly finished my first novel, and in the last week or so, I started playing around with cartography.

This forum has been both interesting and helpful. I hope that I can add to the content in some small way, and maybe make some new friends.

Corey