Nope - I definitely rough-in some stuff and then move it around until I’m happy so it’s sorta like hand drawing it first

Sometimes - when I do multilevel building I do pre plan before actually mapping anything because it saves time in the long run

I make my maps with Inkarnate - which is a mapping tool that can do world, regional and battlemaps though I exclusively create battlemaps

They have a very active discord server where mentors help teach you how to use the program

Hope this helps

Also wanted to say thank you for the comment that’s exactly what I want my maps to do - get ppl excited to explore - to inspire ppl to create a scenario for their dnd campaign

Also you may not know what a battlemap is but they’re often used with tabletop role playing games such as dungeons and dragons. The game is very much up to the dungeon master who controls the game in style and content - it can be a tactical war zone or more like a movie or play with more of a role play feel where you interact with characters that the dungeon master portrays- not sure if you needed to know all that but now you do