Thank you both for the welcome!

Fortunately or not, I'd hunted down the mapmaking request forum a while ago, and just sort of... sat there for ages. I think it's been three years since I bookmarked the post giving best practices for requests, but I didn't have the money at first, then the time or energy to devote to putting a request together. Fortunately, the money part has changed, so now it's been mostly a question of energy.

wminish - You do some good work, even if I'm not sure if it's the right style for me! I've always been amazed at what people can draw by hand... I was alright back in high school, but I never got beyond somewhat mishapen pencil drawings.

Kellerica - Thank you for the links! And while your style probably wouldn't be appropriate for the first project I've got in mind (a GameLit world), I have two (three?) world maps that your color maps would probably do well on. I'll certainly keep you in mind!