its kind of a mix because i learned the basics at school but most of what i know is because i played around with it trying to figure out what does what.

I'm very much a clicker learner...I click around on stuff to figure it out.

Pretty much everything is self taught, I'll use guides everynow and then, but usually only when I install a new add-on I feel I need.

I pretty much learned it myself, but a lot I knew by watching my friends use it as they created various abstract arts.

I learned all the basics in Photoshop based on playing around with stuff, other things like layer styles, custom brushes, and textures I've learned in college. I also catch try to catch 's streams on digital painting and matte painting, good stuff.

DA has great tutorials also.