Oh well no you're not dumb, everyone starts off not knowing anything!If it helps I'll try and break it down simple:- A program used for editing photographs, but it's used for digital art as well. There are many different programs such as, or. Those you have to pay for though, and they are quite pricey! (of course there are less honest ways to obtain them) There are plenty of free art programs out there for you to try though! I recommend. The basic version is free and you can download here: [link] - Usually called a Flatbed Scanner, pretty much a big steady camera used to get your images into the computer. You don't even need this if you want to only do art digitally, but personally I recommend it because it's great to be able to scan in drawings.- A tablet is used for drawing straight into the computer. You can use the mouse to draw but it is very restricting and a tablet is like drawing with pencil. Again there are many different brands, but the Wacom Bamboo is the one recommended for beginners as it's the cheapest and simplest. (it's the one I have!) And then of course there's the Cintiq, but that's more of a far off dream for most artists as they generally start at $1000...Bamboo: [link]