Welp,

I'm Castles, actually my name is Chris, Castles is my surname. I stumbled upon these forums when looking for points on creating a map to base my world building off for a few short stories I have in the works! Also, I've been looking at some maps by the users here and WOW. I've instantly become fascinated with this hobby (hobby? pastime? not sure what I would categorize cartography as, I know it is a profession).

I'm a graphic design student, so I know my way around PS and illustrator but as for using them as mapping tools that's a little over my head, as of right now.

I've got access to:
Photoshop (legitimate)
Illustrator (legitimate)
Inkscape (Free of course)
GIMP (Free of course)
A small tablet (one of the older bamboos from Wacom)
Pen & Paper

And I'm eager to learn.

Castles.