yes I cam over from RPtools. SO I use MapTools, for gaming. I have done some very basic photo manipulations and logos in the GIMP. I'm willing to acquire any additional tools that I need.

I have no idea what to tell you about style. Maybe this stuff counts. I like top down, with little to no angle on it, and I also like to have the maps be as bare as possible. What I mean by bare, is all things that might ever be nice to move, or reconfigure in the 'real' world are separate objects from the actual map.

My hope was to start with something simple like just the arena.
http://rpgmapshare.com/index.php?q=g...g2_itemId=9449

And move on to the outer areas later.
http://rpgmapshare.com/index.php?q=g...g2_itemId=8304

And all the insides of the outer areas last.
http://rpgmapshare.com/index.php?q=g...2_itemId=13423