Thanks for the warm welcome.

I am using Gimp but I acquired my name long before I ever discovered the program. For the most part I am planing to build maps from scratch when I can not find one that will work for my application. Mostly encounter areas with some overland, regional and city/town maps as I need them. I have a few which I have already been working on. I will attach them to this thread for some initial feed back. My fist goal is to learn the tools and techniques, then start to build a sets of generic encounter areas for public use. After that I may try and put together a complete campaign setting for people to use. This will a hobby for now to keep me distracted.

Here is the first encounter map I am working on, River Crossing 1a, still a work in progress, maybe a few hours in to this one. 40x40 at 50 pixels per in. Would love some feed Back.