Penultimate Impressions

This isnt my first game,however this is my first game I actually tried to finish.
For the story im still working on it because I havent had a stedy idea for a story.
In the game so far the story develops it self after a certain event.
So the story builds it self up from an event and gets biger after awhile.
The reasorces I try to get from uncommon places so I don't end up geting stuff that everyone else would also had. I even made a few of my own reasorces from scratch.They kinda suck though.Right now the only program I could use for graphics is windows paint , which did a good job non the less.Here are some screen shots of it  so far.
Does anyone know of a good program that is free but can do a good job at helping with graphics?
(Besides piant shop pro which is not really free anyway)
I even made some events on my own that I never knew I could do!
Ill post more details as I go further into development.The funny thing is,ive been working on this game for about 2 months now and I never released one demo or even said  a word about it until today.Mainly because I had to go through so many editing process that stoped me from continuing with finishing the game!

http://img460.imageshack.us/my.php?image=startoffarea265rk.jpg

I would upload more pictures but imageshack is being a buttface right now.

looks kinda plain.

Too plain.
Vary your terrian a 'bit and put more grass spots, plants, rocks, etc.

Too plain?
-_-'
It's funn because I just finished watching american idol....
Anyway I thought It was o.k.How else can I make nit better?
jeez...too plain.....

Vary your terrian a 'bit and put more grass spots, plants, rocks, etc.

Make everything more random. Remember, Nature= random. How ofthen do you go into nature and see everything square, symmetrical, and straight-edged? Never.

Lol o.k I get it.
By anychance is there a good program for graphics editing?

Supposedly peope prefer "Idraw"
But I'd prefer Microsoft Paint.