Before critique, /r/ sucks unless you want boobage...
I recently broke my hard drive on my Lappy, and my Photoshop Elements 3.0 broke (Its old, but I like how it smooths the texture).
I'm in need of a new software/possible legal download to work with, .gimp is a laughable hackjob, and cant figure out how to get my toolbars back on screen after it glitched out..
Pic related, what I was working on when the lappy broke.. Only have a thumbnail size saved, was going to be a 7 foot x 5 foot ish tapestry.
you could try krita but its sucks functionally sometimes. but its free.