Thank you all for your greetings. My focal points are writing and art and map-making seems to bring those two things together. I personally enjoy a novel more if I have a map to go with it as I'm not very good with directions. Having a map which shows that the lake is this far from the village rather than saying "north for three miles, south for two, etc." is much more enjoyable for me. Provided the map is simple enogh that anyone can follow it mind you.

I definately can't be two critical of other maps, but I can offer a reader's persective, so I can give feedback as a member of just the humble reader. I definately have a prefers style, but as an artist I value everything and will also look at how well the map matches its purpose.

Glad to be here, I will post some WIP's just as soon as I am able to put some together, most of my maps are on paper and my scanner decided to give up work and move to Hawaii.