Chuckle! You might have scared a few folks off by admitting to hormonally induced irritation, but there are a lot of starter tutorials for using Illustrator here, and a few folks who are fairly proficient in it.
(@jbv…that’s a cop-out you coward!) He’s one of the experts.
I’m going to start by pointing you at a few tutorials to read - they’re all written for Illustrator and fairly clear. After that, if you have specific questions about how to do certain steps just ask. We’ve actually got a great reference library for using Illustrator.
The tutorials are short, just a couple pages each, but they’ll really speed your understanding of what is going on and save you a ton of time. I’m currently experiencing internet outages, so I might not be able to respond fully until tomorrow if you have any questions…it’s been up and down for the last couple of days.
Here you go:
For Using Photoshop, GIMP and Paintshop:
For using Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDRAW and Affinity Designer:
The last one listed there is a link to the Matrix where we have basic functions broken out for the major vector drawing software - including Illustrator.
