I've been fooling around with computers and digital art for years and have used a great many different programs. While i'm not really tied to any genre, my finished works tend to favour science-fiction. Somehow it seems easier to achieve an acceptable standard of quality in SF.
I'm always interested in talking with other people about anything.BIOReal Name: Gordon Robert Horne

Meaning of Name: "Great (stoney) hill" "Bright Hero" "Rock outcrop"

Colloquial reading: "Between a rock and a hard place"

Nicknames: g, geek, gotchan, big guy (i'm losing weight)

Source of nickname: gotchan - given to me by female coworkers for my love of Soseki's novel "Botchan" and my resemblence to the title character. Translation of "botchan": someone else's son. Translation of derived nickname "gotchan": someone else's undefined something.

Age: Middle aged. (I don't expect to live much past 108.)

Gender: Bearded

Occupation: Professional dilettante.

Employment status: self employed | unemployed | between jobs (pick one)

Place of residence: Lotusland

Speling: Indifferent

Can afford art materials: When employed

Has time for art: When unemployed

Likes computer art: Once materials purchased, cheap to use.

Computer systems: Mac user at home. Anything at work.