One of my college instructors loaned me her Wacom Intuos 3 tablet over spring break with the directions: “Figure out how to use it, then show me.” Uh… Okay!
Next semester is when I plan to take Vector Graphics (the Illustrator course) but I figured — I bought CS5 Design Premium with the new laptop (go go student discounts), I might as well give it a try.
Using this page on mozilla links as a visual reference, I muddled through the program and produced this in the course of about… 8 hours:
I’m not an artist, and it shows, but for a first-ever attempt I’m pretty proud of myself.