Hello. I "joined" a number of years ago but have only recently gotten the map-making bug again. My maps are for a book I'm writing. I'm just awful at spatial relations and have aphantasia which means I can't picture things in my mind/imagination. I thought this was normal until I had kids Anyway, I'm hoping to make maps that can help me visualize a lot of the details of how one place relates to another place. I have access to Photoshop and Illustrator, but I've been finding it just more fun to draw on Procreate. The last time I made maps, I used Fractal Mapper and finished off in Photoshop. I played around with Wonderdraft and loaded about a gazillion free assets, but I ended up feeling like I just couldn't get things to look how I wanted (well, I only got as far as mountain ranges).
Mostly I've been watching tons of tutorials. And looking at all the incredibly amazing maps here.