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I enrolled in a computer graphics design course in early 2004. When I started, I barely knew anything about computers. My background is in more traditional art, drawing and oil painting. When I was younger, computers filled whole rooms and were owned by the government. When I graduated from high school, computers were for math freaks; and you could only play Pong. The idea of doing art with a computer was an absurdity. In the 1980's and early 1990's, I laughed at what computer art I saw. It was still vastly inferior to traditional art. I assumed that computer art would make its appearance when we built our first colony on Mars. I did not expect to see it in my lifetime. By the late 90's, I was surprised to see stuff that looked pretty good; but I assumed only places like Lucasfilm had access to it. It was impossibly expensive. Then prices on computers with good memory and artistic programs started to drop. It was finally a possibility for the common man. I started to get curious about it.

There was just one problem. It was not as simple as going down to the art supply store and getting a new kind of paint. Traditional art isn't so much about complex operations as much as a sensing. It is a feel developed by just simply doing it a lot. I've been drawing and painting since I was three and a half years old. It is more like using the Force. "Feel, don't think. Use your instincts."

Using a computer is more like mastering the cockpit of a huge jet. There is a lot to know and millions of buttons to push. It is a very alien media. The media is electronic pieces of light. The ancients would have called it wizardry.

I knew if I wanted to try it I'd have to go to a school. So off I went. I'm glad I did though. For one thing, I have wanted by own web page since the year 2000. Now I can have one. I can also communicate with the English speaking world. Pretty cool.