I have a project -> to create a tank battle game using threads in C#( or W/e lang ).

now i need to use drawings in order to make a game interface (visual, not logical which is not a prob).

anyways, i started using GDI and quickly realized that its crap, so i need to find other alternative to draw.

now i started reading tutorials about directX and try to avoid the 3D in it, but its very complex and takes time to learn it from 0 alone, specially when i've never used to draw anything before ...

anyways, my friend came up with SDL which i've no idea what it is, so my question is:

what should i use?

there are couple more engines but i dont know how 2 find them/ find tutorials for them.
i already googled stuff but it didnt give me anything better then directX...

/thank_u