Thread:GloriousFin/@comment-28096496-20161207164208/@comment-28096496-20161210045636

For some reason I can understand that sentiment. There are artists at Patreon that give NSFW stuff as exclusives.

There are plenty of tutorials available online and it's pretty easy to learn. Photoshop has a really user-friendly UI so even pressing buttons randomly should teach you something. And being an IT/CS really doesn't help much with it since they don't teach you what you need in degrees like those. You'd expect them to teach something along the lines of UI (e.g. flat design, vectors) so spamming effects isn't covered. You should have an idea on how convenient online tutorials are since almost everything related to programming has a tutorial somewhere in the net. Maybe save for some niche or extremely old programming languages.

I think this is more of a self-taught thing since you'll develop your own style. It won't do good if you're just copying off someone else entirely. Although, it's a good idea to participate in GFX communities since they'll give you a hand when you're stuck with something. Constructive criticisms are also included so even better. If you're just trying it and don't want to pay for anything then you can try GIMP. It's free and I think it's also open-source. And I don't think I know anyone who uses AutoCAD for this kind of thing. That would be like killing an ant with a nuclear bomb.