Tinksie

[Tinksie]

TINKS - Icon.png Hello to all members. I would like to introduce myself, tell you a little about me and what I do and the reason I have joined.

I go by the name of Tinksie, or Tinks for short. My current life revolves around the creative mediums which involve; graphic design, photography, illustrating, and writing.

I have joined this site to learn more about cartography. I am currently writing a set of novels and I have come to learn that a good foundation for writing is the scene that a story is set in, thus to me, the worlds that my novels will be set in are very important in my writing. I don't like to do things by half which is why I am here, with the end goal to create fully rendered and detailed maps for my writings. The tutorials, the help, and advice I take from here from members will be returned with my helping of other members who have issues or questions with Adobe Ps Id Ai, and MS Office.

Individual Characteristics of me:
I am Aspergic (with rarer self realisation, so I know when I'm being annoying).
I like to make sure tasks are done perfectly.
I don't like to dawdle with things that don't matter or are insignificant.
I'm not one for socialising or general chit chat but know that common courtesy is beneficial.
I research topics in depth.

Many thanks for the acceptance.

[Chick]

Hello Tinks, Welcome to the Guild!

To get you started, there is a great tutorial in the sticky section of Tutorials, called
Quickstart Guide to Fantasy Mapping: http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=4276

From there, go to
Hand Drawn Mapping for the Artistically Challenged: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...ad.php?t=10655

Once you have completed those two tutorials, you'll be well on your way!!

[J.Edward]

Welcome to the Guild Tinksie.
What sort of novels are you writing?
There a re loads of helpful and well informed people here on the guild, so whatever you might need to know to advance your mapping skills, someone will probably be able to help or offer advice.
Cheers,
John

[Tinksie]

TINKS - Icon.png Thank you Chick, and thank you J.Edward for the welcome.

My novels in writing are mostly 'steampunk' and magic inspired, Sci-Fi and Fantasy. There are a few worlds in the novels, but the prime one is where the main setting is. I have been looking through the various resources and advice. There appears to be a wealth of knowledge here. First impressions are generally positive.

I tried to add an image of work I have done so far, but the upload tool wouldn't allow it. Are there any restrictions to attaching images?

[J.Edward]

There is a limit on the file size. It used to 4-5 mb but I think it is at 9mb at the moment.
That usually seems to be the issue most experience.
I don't think it would be related to the file type - most likely the size of file.
So maybe try reducing the size or quality to get a smaller file size.

[Tinksie]

TINKS - Icon.png Thank you. My original image file size was too large.

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[Tonnichiwa]

Hi, Welcome to the guild

I've found that this site accepts images up to 7.8MB before it tells you that the image is too large.

[Tinksie]

TINKS - Icon.png Hi and thank you Tonnichiwa. I'll try and remember that for the future.