Just wanted to introduce myself. I can hardly believe that this site exists - the things you guys are doing are extremely awesome and inspiring. It's a rare thing to find a mature group of people on the internet who share my passions.

I've been drawing maps by hand since I was a youngster, mainly in a rough sketchy mode - just detailed enough to get a good idea of what the world is like - and although I think I've gotten a bit better at it, I don't have anything near the amount of polish I see in some of these threads. I'm intimidated just a bit by all the software methods you guys use to make things look pretty and realistic, but seeing all these amazing projects is already inspiring me to branch out a bit and learn to do things in a different way.

I look forward to sharing with you guys and working on improving my craft.