I'm sure you've all been exposed to those gawdawful paintings of sad little clowns. Well, my shrink says I need to do something creative to counteract my destructive tendencies to terrorize small children and old ladies. So I was thinking of doing my own series of clown paintings. Something sweet - like a clown offering cotton candy coated beehives on sticks to the little darlings.
I'd like to give digital painting a shot and wonder if any of you have recommendations on what I'd need to buy to get started. I just don't trust the clowns at Staples to understand and cater to my artistic needs.
Photoshop, Illustrator and a subscription to a stock photo site.
:D
Try here (http://sxc.hu/index.phtml?DREAMID=0ae1a68e90c9d5efb144a01f798395f5) for stock images.
They have some pretty spectacular images... and its free!
Get The Gimp! Its free.
Does pretty much everything photoshop does (its a little harder to use, but its FREE!)
You can get it at Source Forge.
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