User blog:Don'tHateOnFate/Making your Designs - Gimp 2.0

In Gimp, it's easy to make art. You just need to learn how to use it. This is a tutorial by yours truly.

Things to prepare

 * 1) Download Gimp. It's free and I hear it's the closest thing to Photoshop.
 * 2) When downloaded, start it up. When you have, go to the "Windows" tab and select New Toolbox, Tool Options, and Layers(This is the recommended loadout for beginners by me).
 * 3) If you are already familiar with other software, then add more dockable dialogs if need be.
 * 4) Open up whatever size template you need by going into "File" then New...(size depends on what you want to learn to do below)