well I'm not one of the world's top anything, but I can draw....

Quote Originally Posted by me2
I don't know how to approach the whole thing
you need to focus - software has manuals and help and you are going to have to study these as well as tutorials - you are going to have to keep it simple and draw simple things whilst you learn the tools, before you can move on

I use xara for making vector asset, but my drawing program of choice is corel painter; I have been using painter since the days of Fractel 5, 15+ years ago, and I am only some sort of expert in my kind of art, and in the uasage of 25/30% of the program which is very complicated

yes drawing is hard, and the bad news is it stays that way... even when you have learned the program that does not make you an artist - it is stll down to you to know when something is right or wrong, finished or unfinished, derivative or original; and you have to be prepared for others to still not see what you see because not only beauty, but understanding and appreciation, are in the eye of the beholder