Hi Everybody!
I just found this board today, from a link at hirstarts.com, and love the site. The community seems very friendly (and frighteningly adept at map-making, which, I suppose is the whole point).
Anyway, I'm an RPG'er, occasional GM, even more occasionally, a writer of insufferable fiction.
I'll definitely be lurking here, though, until I can work up the courage to decide on some good map-making software and start asking newbie questions with doe-eyes and hopeful half-smiles.
Again, really nice place you've got here. I'm really glad I found it.
Nuada
Welcome to The Guild. The best way I've always found to learn something is to jump in, make a few mistakes, and learn from them. I say, "Ya don't learn anything if ya do it perfect the very first time". Needless to say, I'm no physicist or doctor with that kind of attitudeAnyway, glad to have ya here.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
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My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
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Hi, have fun!
Welcome to the Guild, nuada of the Silverhand.
Cheers,
Tim
Paratime Design Cartography
"Do infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery?" - Groucho Marx
Welcome to the Guild!
Daniel the Neon Knight: Campaign Cartographer User
Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice!
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Hello, Nuada!
Hello, Nuada, and welcome to Cartographers' Guild.
As a new member myself, I echo your comments on this great site.
All the best to you and I look forward to chatting with you again.
Regards,
Gary
In the end you will see, you is you and me is me.
© May 29, 1980
I think we've all had that feeling at some point. I've only been here for a few days and I've already seen some amazing work by some of the other members, so you've picked a good place to get some tips when you're ready for them.Originally Posted by nuada
Welcome Aboard.
GW
When nothing is going right and you can't find someone else to blame, start beating your head against the wall, 'cause it'll feel so much better when you stop.
Yet the only way to improve is to start mapping!
The only way to really improve in your cartography is to do it.
Look at Torq, when he first started posting GIMP created maps - he had lots of room for improvement. In six months after regular map posts, he was creating masterworks.
You've got to start somewhere. Don't feel intimidated - we are the most friendly critiquing crowd you're likely to find. Post an ugly map, we'll guide you to making a masterpiece in no time.
Don't wait to post a map - start posting something as soon as you can, no matter what it looks like to you.
GP
Gamer Printshop - We print RPG Maps for Game Masters!
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I have to echo what GP said.... I am still learning, but I think I have come a long way(when I can actually get something completed!) in the short 6 months I have been really active around here. I would say, the BEST way to get better is to pick a tutorial and do the whole thing, start to end.... RobAs Regional map or Pyrandon's City are reallly good starting points, but there are plenty of others also.
My Finished Maps
Works in Progress(or abandoned tests)
My Tutorials:
Explanation of Layer Masks in GIMP
How to create ISO Mountains in GIMP/PS using the Smudge tool
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