Welcome to the Guild Ryan! Well I think that there is a learning curve for most of us, but you might be surprised at how easy it is to pick up new skills by going through some of the tutorials here. So my recommendation would be to start there: pick some tutorials that look interesting to you, find out what software is needed (if you are on a budget, then definitely download GIMP and Inkscape since they are both free) and the try them out.

Cheers,
-Arsheesh