I remember when Photoshop came on a single Floppy Disk...with no layers no nothing basically....
its not made conceptualizing any easier over the years but it has made some tasks a bit less tedious
Being able to add the appropriate “noise” to painted sections of human skin makes it look far more realistic.
If Im not mistaken Al Sharpton or Jesse jackson was my first “victim”...
I started with Picture It and still use Jasc Animation Shop - but I do a lot of painting. Doesn’t matter, it is relaxing and I enjoy ‘creating’. One of my first was making Chris Matthews drool....
Upgrades in Windows did away with Picture It but I loved that program.