Welcome to the Guild Arkon. Yeah, I'm another GIMP user who was at first intimidated by the program as well. But for me, it was working through "Gidde's" GIMP translation of an Atlas style tutorial (originally written for Photoshop by Ascension) that helped me make it past the learning curve. So don't feel intimidated, you are in good company.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh