Well, everyone has to start somewhere. This is my first learning experience in this area. Created with GIMP. I look forward to the day when I can come back to this and say, "Wow, look where I started, and look where I am now." And, of course, the journal entry is for me to keep track of my thoughts and questions.
I had a number of goals in mind with this piece including: becoming familiar with basics in the software I'm using; generating a basic composite graphic; generating a piece that could be indicative of a character I'm creating (both for ingame and for spoken/written word storytelling); generating my first learning piece for the gro