[WEB4LIB] Re: Graphics Program question

[thom]

Best graphics program for the artisticly challenged are vector draw
programs like Illustrator, Freehand, Canvas, Flash, FireWorks. Vector
programs allow you to draw a line and then drag it all over the place till
it actually looks like something recognizable. Everything you create in a
vector program stay a single selectable object which means they can always
be changed easily. Paint programs are ok if you are stealing images off
the web, using clip art or scanning photos but if you aren't 'artistic' it
shows immediately. Freehand is probably the easiest of the lot to use. 

If you want great graphics you need an artist more than a program. I think
Rembrandt said that great artist can make art with mud and a spoon. It is
even truer on the web.

--Thom