Hello!

[J.Edward]

Thanks!

What tools should I use for hand drawn maps?

I don't know much about markers and stuff like that, so

I got pretty far with just pencil/pen and paper. Having a scanner is a huge benefit but in relation to a Chromebook I'm not sure what that would help.
I'm not real familiar with what all you could do on a Chromebook. Even a half decent laptop might be good.

There are a lot of benefits to an image editor, even when doing hand drawn work.
You can scan in a sketch, pull it into an image editor, skew it so it looks like it's in perspective, print it out and then retrace that.
Of course if you have a good eye, you can just draw it in perspective. It's actually better to be able to get in the habit of that anyway, as it will open you up to more potential.

A cheap light board can be super helpful too. There are some really cool LED light boards for sale on amazon that aren't too much.
That would let you do rough maps and then do a trace over for a more finished map.

I did all my work as pencil drawings first, then would ink later.
Starting out, the quality of paper is less relevant. As you get better you may want to invest in better quality paper.

Another great habit for hand drawing is to get used to drawing repeating lines, over and over.
Like drawing them right over top of each other. It's a practice to get your hand-eye coordination and muscle memory going.
I'll try to dig up the link to the vid I found way back. It's to train yourself to be able to draw better steadier lines.
I did it a long time back and it was super helpful.

Well, those are just some thoughts. Got to get back to work.

[CoolioTree]

Thanks. I've managed to get a Chromebook port for Gimp. Don't know if it will work properly, but hopefully it will