GIMP has tutorials on its website: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

I'm sure there are plenty on YouTube, too. It just is a matter of adding keywords that match the specific project you want to do (example, search for: "GIMP tutorial line art" or "GIMP tutorial download brushes"). I like using Artweaver and make tutorials for it on YouTube, so I guess I'm not a GIMP expert. o_0

Do you mean that when you print it, it turns out pixelated and looks bad?

Maybe your printer setting is printing it at the wrong size, so it's stretching out (example: When you're about to print, you checkmark something that scales the image to fit the whole page instead of printing at the actual, smaller size). I have never had any problems printing art at 300 dpi.

If the colors are wrong, you have to convert the colors from RGB (computer colors) to CMYK (ink colors). Here is a tutorial/plug-in for converting: http://www.suite101.com/content/how.....n-gimp-a107979 I haven't converted colors in GIMP, but in Photoshop, you flatten the image and then convert it, so try that in GIMP.

Awesome, thanks so much!

Most newspapers print at 300 DPI. Make sure you're sizing the canvas right. And if you want high quality, 600 DPI is the minimum for something really up close. 1200 DPI is doable on most printers nowadays, just for reference. Color-wise, you need to make sure you're using the CMYK gamut, which GIMP doesn't have native support for (But is coming in the next release, I believe).

Also, it depends on what you print with. Inkjets aren't as good as laser printers in the consumer level. The quality of the ink/toner itself can also affect things. You also want to check your printer and printer driver settings to make sure you're printing at the same DPI as the file.