I know nothing about coding, but I'd suggest you to go to #blender and #blendercode IRC and also on Blender's Artist "Beginning Blender Code" session. Good luck on this :D
@hobodactyl Have you considered joining the #blender and #blendercoders channel on irc.freenode.net? Thats the best place to get answers and the developers will actively work to help find a solution if none exists. Also a good place to jump into helping with the development of Blender.
If anyone can... please hop on to their irc channel #blendercoders @freenode and start talking to them (kaito = Ton btw). The reason for this is they desperately (in my opinion) need more input from those who have been in the industry/studio environment and have more grounded expectation & needs... any influence or…
To get rid of a window, drag back in the opposite direction you would when you create it. An arrow should appear, and you should release the LMB. Painting is the thing I know the least about, but I might be able to help you out. -I'm not sure exactly what you mean with unified brush strength and size (proportional to each…
here are some links which may or may not be redundant. http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/ http://cgcookie.com/blender/ <-- not all free, but ecpecially watch all the vids in the tips section there great. http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/ <-- probably the main forum for blender related stuff, more searching…