Here are the painting software available to help you get started with art!
M$ Paint: It is the biggest crap in the world but its pretty good when it comes to Pixel Edits, everything started from this program. It comes with Windows.
Mario Paint: Mario Paint is actually a video game for SNES. Yeah... It's the best thing ever.
Tux Paint: Well.. it's pretty crappy. It's even worse than Paint
http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/AppleWorks: AppleWorks is a Painting Software made by Machintos. It looks good but.... AppleWorks has reached end-of-life status, and will no longer be sold.
Photobie: Photobie is image editing software that combines features amateurs can use with advanced tools professionals will appreciate. Photobie is free for personal use with no Pro upgrade to pay for. Download
http://www.photobie.com/KOffice Karbon14: It is a terrific program for Linux. Download it
http://openclipart.org/media/files/Gerald_G/31ArtRage 2.5: Its something like drawing on a Computer using tools that you would normaly use on a piece of paper. ArtRage doesn't force you to learn complex tool settings. Download/Buy
http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.htmlThe Gimp: People say that Gimp is "Photoshop for poor people". It was made for Linux, and someone converted it for Windows so there are some bugs. You can get it
http://www.gimp.org/Paint.NET: Its a terrific editing program for Windows. But to run it you need .NET Framework. You can get it
http://www.getpaint.net/CorelDRAWÂ
X4: Its not as good as CorelÂ
Paint Shop ProÂ
Photo X2, but have some features that only CorelDRAW has. It comes with CorelDRAWÂ
Graphic Suite X4. Get 430 dollars and buy it
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1191272117978CorelÂ
Paint Shop ProÂ
Photo X2: Its a very good editing program. Its second after AdobeÂ
PhotoshopÂ
CS3. It cost only 100 dollars. You can get it
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1184951547051AdobeÂ
FireworksÂ
CS3: It was originally developed by MacromediaÂ
like Flash. It's based on web design. Get 300 dollars to buy it, or download a free trial
http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/AdobeÂ
IllustratorÂ
CS3: AdobeÂ
IllustratorÂ
is one of the companion products of AdobeÂ
PhotoshopÂ
.You must pay 600 dollars, or go get a free trial
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/AdobeÂ
FlashÂ
CS3 Proffesional: Its an Animating and Action Scripting Software, but you can make terrific pictures. Get 700 dollars to buy it, or download a free trial
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/AdobeÂ
PhotoshopÂ
CS3 Extended: Probably the best editing program in the world.In PS Family tree you can find Adobe PhotoshopÂ
LightroomÂ
, Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 etc. Get 1000 dollars to buy it, or you can download a trial version
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/