groom him strange! groom him!
anyways, considering you only started playing yesterday, il withold comment on teh texture :P
head over to the art board, GATA board in the official organisations section, tutorials section and the art/textures board in the market.
get yourself some exposure to the art styles and see how thigns are done.
people often post previews of their flat images, so you can see how things are out together. and blablabla.
theres a market for the whole "start from a render" texture vibe. i can understand how liquify would help you, but not many artists actually use it as their promary tool.
looking forward to seeing what you can do =)