Digital blasphemy

What initially got you interested in computer graphics? I’ve always been interested in science fiction movies and special effects, since I was a child watching Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind back in the ’70s. Attempting to create my own artwork was out of reach however, since my lack of manual dexterity kept me from doing anything more than rudimentary drawings. I focused all of my creative energy toward writing instead. This all changed in 1994 when I received my first personal computer as a graduation present. I had received my English degree from the University of Iowa and my plan was to use the computer to write my first novel. Instead I became engrossed with the computer graphics programs that came bundled with it. I remember it came with Aldus Photostyler and KPT Tools and I used these to create my first planetary scenes. Using KPT tools led me to try out Bryce 2.0, which was my first exposure to 3-D rendering. The rest, I guess, is history.