dude no way i may b way late on my answer but paint is not cool... photoshop is the way foward u cnt create lush textures in paint because of the lack of features not to mention there is no aliasing, even if ur a begginer at texture art u can still make really sexy realistic textuers on photoshop wiv ease just dnt forget filters are ur friends and add more detail to ur textures. oh ye and if ur gna make wall papers or any surface textures for the sims make sure they tile using the offset tool otherwise ull end up with odd lookin surfaces.. any questions on makin textures email me at
poco_262@hotmail.com by all means ill point ya in the ryt direction.