Originally Posted by
XWOLFz
I was afraid someone was going to say that...
The most most moooost efficient and great start in art is done by just hanging around and making things. I highly suggest choosing ONE software; Photoshop or GIMP and playing with it for some time.
Also, there is a little confusion most people have about art. There is this great difference between making "art" and "editing".
Editing is like "take a picture and edit it" thingy. You just need some good tricks for editing.
On the other hand, Art is much harder than editing. Art requires you to imagine what are you going to make or else....yeah, you are never gonna make it.