Hello, everyone. I found CG from a link to pyrandon's excellent fantasy city mapping tutorial.

I've been a tabletop gamer for more than 25 years :facepalm:, so I'm old enough to remember when we did this kind of stuff by hand ("Parchment textures? Luxury! Why, in my day we had to soak notebook paper in tea and dry it in the oven for an hour to get that effect.[1] And if it caught on fire, you'd have to start all over again! 'Ctrl-Z Undo', indeed. You young people have it too easy.")

I've noodled around with Photoshop a bit for some of my other gaming needs, but there's something deeply satisfying about seeing the map of your own imaginary empire spread out in front of you. Hence, I'm here. Looking forward to perusing more excellent tutorials.



[1] Or just go to the local art supply store and buy some parchment, but dammit, that's cheating.