Hello!

my name is Eric, and i'm a very new to fantasy cartography. i have a few ties to mapmaking, through my step-mom who used to co-own a cartography business. also, from the fantasy side, i have been playing dungeons and dragons since fifth grade, and have been drawing maps for fun for even longer. ive never been very good at any form of drawing, but when i stumbled onto this site, i decided to give it a try. I've downloaded GIMP as suggested (though i still have no idea how to work it). i am an avid reader of fantasy novels, from a "song of ice and fire" to "wheel of time" to the various David Eddings series, and of course, Tolkein in all his splendor. one of my favorite parts in each are the detailed maps (i love my copy of the atlas of middle-earth).

well, thats about all i have to introduce.

...Eric.