Trying to get into making graphics again.

 Just because of them *points to the icon*. Swan Thief. They got me. I ship them so freaking hard now that I'm in the mood of making icons, banners and gifs again, but...I no longer have Photoshop installed here, as last time my laptop crashed and I had to buy a new one and I don't wanna lose my bb netbook, so I've decided to not install heavy programs. That's why I downloaded GIMP, it's free and works well in old machines/netbooks. However, as nothing that comes free is perfect, it obviously has less features than PS and is more difficult to use. I'm struggling to make a decent icon, but the result has been quite bad. D:

And no, the icon above is not mine, I couldn't do such a great job, but hope to be able to make gorgeous graphics someday, if I eventually learn to use GIMP. -__-v