A very nice and easy to use graphics creation and manipulation program.

Artweaver functions :
* Realistic imitation of brushes, chalks, charcoals, ...
* Detailed adjustment possibilities for altering existing brushes and creating new custom brushes
* Common image processing tools like gradient, crop, fill and selection tools
* Countless file formats like AWD (Artweaver), BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG
* Transparency and layers
* Large number of filters like sharpen, soften, emboss and mosaic
* Many effect filters
* Editable textlayers (Font, Size, Color, Leading, ...)
* Support for pressure sensitive pen tablets
* History function to undo or redo last working steps
* Support for Plug-Ins (Artweaver standard)
and much more...

There is also a portable version of ArtWeaver which can be found here.