If you hadn't guessed, I'm new here. I've been drawing fantasy maps by hand for years, but never used any computer assistance.

I'm looking to learn the tricks of the trade to take my maps to the next level, and despite being quite familiar with computers from a technical aspect, this art stuff is confusing the heck outta me. Hope you all don't mind a guy asking some really really stupid questions, I hope one day that I'll be able to put something up that will make all the stupidity worth while.