Questions About Digital Art

• How did you learn to create digital art?

  I am mostly self-taught though I do read the odd tutorial when I am able and often browse digital art forums for new tips and tricks to improve my techniques. I’ve also learned the valuable lesson of asking for help when I need it. Thanks to Facebook and the 3D art community’s openness to friend everyone in our little community, I am able to ask a great number of very talented people for help when I need it most. If there had been a place to study in my area, such as a university that taught this subject, I would have studied. Unfortunately I live in a rural area so there wasn’t anywhere for me to go. I honestly had no choice but to be self-taught.

• How long have you been a digital artist?

  I got my first copy of Paint Shop Pro in 1997 and my first copy of Poser (version 4) in 1999. I started creating 2D graphics with Paint Shop Pro as soon as I learned the interface and for a time offered free decorative website graphics. Poser took a lot longer to learn and I didn’t publish my first “good” art piece until 2003.

• Can you teach me how to do this?

  I’m sorry, but no. I’m not the best at explaining things long distance, or in person for that matter. You would be far better off asking someone else or searching for online tutorials. There are a lot of free tutorials out there these days on YouTube and elsewhere.

• What software do you use?

  I currently use Poser 11 Pro and Photoshop CC as my main tools. I also use BlackSmith3D 7 and Zbrush as needed along with a plethora of Photoshop plugins. I am attempting to learn some newer programs but it’s slow going because I’m rather stuck in my ways of using what I already know and love to use.

• What sort of hardware do you have?

  The desktop PC that I use is one that I built myself with the best and most powerful components that I could afford at the time. I usually buy one component at a time when they are on sale and slowly improve my PC over time as I am able to. My current PC build was mostly put together in 2017 but I am hoping to upgrade as soon as I am able to. I currently have a AMD FX-9590 Vishera 8-core 4.7Ghz CPU, 16Gb of RAM, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 4Gb GPU along with a lot of hard drive space and plenty of cooling fans.

• Will you create something for me?

  I might just be able to do that. See my Commissions page for details and we will see about working something out. Just know that I do not work for free anymore; my time is not worthless. Thank you.