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[Josh Forester]

Well, I'm new here and in need of a map for my epic fantasy. Trying to figure out if I can make a map myself or if I need someone to do it for me. Any advice for somebody just coming into all this?

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[Chick]

Hi Josh,

I'd say that depends on what you need the map for, and how much time you want to put into learning to do it yourself.

If you plan to learn, 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
which will get you started.

Depending on the quality of the map you want, and how much you want to do it yourself, you should figure on a few months for the learning curve.

If you just need a good map, there are plenty of professional artists around who might be interested, so in that case, just post your information in the Mapmaking Requests thread.