i have a little tiny plan for an animation of some sort (maybe flash?). the catch is that i don't want to do it until later this year, around thanksgiving time.
i don't want to give too much away, but to keep on track, in order to do this, i need to get better with the horrid pen tool (photoshop). i was curious if anybody knows any ways to become better with the pen tool and the likes? i'm also looking for a decent website with step-by-step photoshop tutorials that also provide the pictures and such to go along with it, basically once again just to improve skill.
thanks in advance. :]

i dont know much about the pen tool, but for the basics this helped me out a lot.

It's just all about practice. You can read any tutorial and feel as if you have a good grasp, but it's all about doing it yourself. There's no other way you can improve.

well i remember there are some pretty good tutorials at http://deviantart.com, you can check them out there :)

yeah and i agree, it takes a lot of practice and getting used to.
practice, does indeed make perfection!