Yavin: No idea what Fireworks is like, but whatever works for you is best. As for a tutorial, I'll consider it. At the moment, I'm jumping between techniques- right now I'm screwing around with greyscale painting- which is nice since you can get the luminosity and specular right from the beginning, but then you have a pain in the ass time coloring.
Lenn: For 2D I use Photoshop 7.0. For 3D I switch between various programs. I use 3d Studio Max r3.1 and Wings3D the most at the moment (mainly 'cause that's all I have aside from Blender, 3d Exploration, and the like), but I'm considering buying either Silo or saving up some more cash and buying XSI Foundations (I love both, but I won't buy both 'cause if I get one I won't use the other too often.. in any case, I need a replacement for my old as hell copy of 3ds).
Lenn: For 2D I use Photoshop 7.0. For 3D I switch between various programs. I use 3d Studio Max r3.1 and Wings3D the most at the moment (mainly 'cause that's all I have aside from Blender, 3d Exploration, and the like), but I'm considering buying either Silo or saving up some more cash and buying XSI Foundations (I love both, but I won't buy both 'cause if I get one I won't use the other too often.. in any case, I need a replacement for my old as hell copy of 3ds).