I got started by putting together a hide texture. It's a combination of several textures, some my own hand-made stuff, a couple from Shutterstock and...
I'm a writer, i prefer using words to describe things rather than pictures, though quite recently I've come to realize that with some things pictures are more adept at describing things than words ever could. As of such i have chosen to join the Cartographer's Guild as a way to Augment my writing and hopefully expand my list of skills.