Quote Originally Posted by Aristotle View Post
That, combined with an hour looking at Ghalev's maps and various tutorials and thinking "I don't want to buy that, I want to be able to do that [...]"
I can at least assure you that there's no secret to any of it. It's just a matter of hammering away at your style until it pleases you. (Optionally, you can care if it pleases anyone else -- I've never tried this but I hear the kids are doing it these days)