Tutorials to get you started

If you'd like to know how to make a manipulation, and you don't know where to begin, here's a few things you can use that are free and work well-

-Your Computer Mouse(trackpad)
-GIMP (free download, google it)

And, you'll need some idea on how to USE gimp.
here's some tutorials that cover the basics on *decent* manips.
CUTTING- [link]
REDRAWING(manes, tails) 1. [link](part 2 of that-[link]) 2. [link] 3. [link] 4. [link]
EYE- [link]
SHADOWS-[link]

These all work really well(my shadow tutorial thing is stupid though.. oh well)
So use these, obviously if you're already amazing at manips&such you don't need this.. but just for the beginners. x