Originally Posted by robot_parade

For something along a little bit of a different line, you might want to check out inkscape: http://www.inkscape.org/

As the site says, it's "An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. "

I don't have much in the way of artistic/drawing talent, but it's a heck of a lot of fun to play with.