I draw a few pictures now and then. but i want to get out of sketching and into digital art. Where do I start? What programs would I need to start also? can anyone help me
If you want to make fractals I suggest Tierazon which is quite easy to learn or MBFlite or Apophysis which are have a bit more of a learning curve. Likewise for landscape Terragen is quite esay to pick up or the good people at Daz have made Bryce 5.5 available free as are all the other porgs I`ve mentioned. In the FAQ bit here there are tonnes of other progs as well you might like.
for a beginner.. when I started out I used Tierazon, its easy to use.. then I went onto Apophysis which I prefer you can make some amazing things on that.. and.. there are a lot of artists on here that would show you how to use it.. maybe the best way of working out what program interests you is find an image as mentioned above and contact that artist to find out what program they used.. you'll find that most will be willing to help..