adobe illustrator

[Lunatique]

I think it's because people tend to think of Illustrator as more of a graphic design type application, with limited ability to actually draw/paint in an intuitive manner, whereas Photoshop and Painter are for general 2D work and can be used to quickly draw/paint anything and simulate a wide range of styles and mediums.

[FlavorSweet]

Older versions of illustrator but still useful:

http://www.sketchpad.net/illustrator.htm
http://video.about.com/graphicssoft/Basic-Drawing-in-Illustrator.htm

[livtf]

Graphic design sites will offer the best info for learning Illustrator, though projects will be commercial arts specific.

I've never used it in this way, but I could see Illustrator used as a tool for cartoon style skins or mattes then shaded in Photoshop.

Here's a site with a lot of illustrator tutoials:

Vectortuts (http://vectortuts.com)

Good luck,
Brian

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