Originally Posted by
Umbreon
First tip - NEVER use illustrator for drawing.
Ironically enough, illustrator is not made for illustrating. (':
It's not totally impossible to make cool drawings in Illustators, but it takes someone that really knows how to use the tools creatively.
It's primarily used for graphic design, mostly things like logo design, and things that will be printed, because the files are vectors.
If you're looking to get into a digital drawing program, I would recommend Paint Tool Sai, which is excellent for beginners, because it's a lot simpler than Photoshop, but can still do very similar things.
Or Photoshop is also pretty swell for drawing, as well as editing all at once.