Being a newcomer to map making, but having a long time passion for them, and a desperate desire to get them out of my head and into something tangible that others can see, I feel a little like a fraud or a noob trying to impress pros by posting here. But! If I am to improve and be confident then I have to over come that, so here I am..

This is the very first draft of part of a world I am working on. Everything I am doing is by hand, pen and pencil on paper. Later on once I am confident in my hand skills then I will start to learn digital.. but not yet!

I am already able to spot things I am unhappy with, such as the mountains. Actually the mountains really bug me out. I need to practice doing better mountains, but they seem so difficult right now!

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