Quote Originally Posted by MEF
Well, I feel like the only one who can use Photoshop WELL, I mean no offence, but gimp is, well, gimpy for REAL graphics. The easyiest way to learn how to use a program, is to figure it out for your self! That's how I learned how 2 use Photoshop! Just keep practising and u'll figure out alot of stuff! (By the by, does anyone want a sig made for them, I will be able to make one in about an hour or so, so you will get it the next day!)
The medium in which you make your art is hardly the most important aspect.

If you gave me a box of crayons and an average kindergarten student a set of oil paints, I could pwn just about anything they tried to create.

If you take a talented pixel artist working with their ancient mouse and an oekaki program, they could pwn something a n00b pulled off with a wacom tablet and Photoshop CE.

It depends on how long you're willing to put in editing and how well you know how to use what you have to use.

PSP7 may have awful brushes compared to PS7, but if you want to put in the effort with the eraser and retouch tool, you can get just as good effects if you know what you're doing.

That being said, GIMP saves PSDs in a lot smaller files than PS7 does. A *lot* smaller.