ehhh i think it'll be a while before i can teach anyone anything but for all of the gimp users out there heres a link to gimp brushes on Deviantart
http://browse.deviantart.com/resourc...s/gimpbrushes/
and heres some fractal brushes
they look like they could help, ill find out when i get home and put these on me comp
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40616816/