Paint?????

[Vorchia]

Does anyone have a good paint tutorial or know what (affordable!) software I could use to color stuff on the computer?
I can't afford photoshop. (Over 600 USD... Why? Whyyyy?)
I gotta find my muse somehow, he/she/it has been gone since february (insert several RL reasons that combined their vile efforts to disconnect me from my muse) and I haven't been able to put a single line on paper that was either a graph or schematic image from my collegebooks.
So I was thinking maybe I need a new medium... Maybe I need to go digital like they all seem to do.
I'm growing up or something... Even watching the art of mr Gurney or endlessly surfing deviantart doesn't help.

[Barry]

Do you have a digi camera? Usually the editing software that comes
with it has a program to edit pictures and draw with.
This is what I used for that Dolphin I did for the 2006 calendar.
It's tem times better than Photoshop when it come to painting.
This is also how I make my transparent gifs too.

Cya,

— The Dragon

[Vorchia]

I don't even have a digital camera... I have a PC with only paint... I can't even resize anything on this thing.

[Barry]

I found a picture editor that might work for you. It's free.

PC Image Editor. Judge for yourself. I don't use MS Paint 'cuz I
think it doesn't do a good job, and you can't get the in between colours like my digi
camera software dose. I hope this helps.

Cya Laters,

— The Dragon

[Christopher]

I think I've already showed Vorchia this, but for anyone else out there that's interested

www.gimp.net

It's a free program that works pretty much the same as Adobe Photoshop (but dosen't cost $100+)

It's pretty buggy with most systems, but it's a nice alternative to Adobe and paint if you save often

[Vorchia]

Sadly my computer chokes on it.

[Barry]

vorchia said:

Sadly my computer chokes on it.

Same here with mine.

— The Dragon