So ive been wondering about textures. I need to learn what mapping is, also i dont have PS, just paint.net and gimp. help meh pls

Should help quite a bit, there's a thread on it, but I can't be bothered to find it again.

Some people prefer to resize their templates to make it 1024x512, as mapping is made easier by doing so.

thanks guys, but thats not what i was looking for. i was wondering what mapping was and what to use to make textures.

Mapping is getting the head to look good. Like, face facing frontward than to the side. Not too low or high. That's mapping.

And Gimp is fine. You don't need PhotoShop. Have you seen Raiken's artwork? It's ridiculously great, and he uses Gimp.