Hi everyone, I learned of this community from youtube, where I found a useful tutorial by someone called rpgmapmaker, which I thought was very cool and informative.
I've been making maps for years, mostly for RPG related things, or some other world-building excercise, so I'm always looking to pick up new tips, no matter how simple they are.

I naturally started with pen and paper before branching out to digital media. For a long time, I used Paint Shop Pro (7.04), but after a while, started to feel a bit restricted by some of its limitations. Now I've moved on to Photoshop CS3, but I'm still trying to get to grips with many of the basics of the application, so things like rpgmapmakers tutorial was really handy.

Anyway, it's great to stumble across a community that's as interested in this stuff as I am.