Thanks.  I figured paintings would be the easiest to start with.  Going to do some recolours and t-shirts next.  Problem is on the t-shirts the guide on MTS2 uses a non-english version as example.  Taking a little while to figure out. 
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=91242I have no experience with Photoshop so Im learning that as I go.  Anyone have some suggestions for online or print sources that can help me learn?
Duncan