Definitely don't consider myself an artist just a Photoshop aficianado with a penchant for the surreal, the bizarre, sci fi, the past, the future, science, and the natural world. All with a soundtrack of spacey electronic and Industrial music.
I have always been into art but never created it myself (other than calligraphy) until I bought Photoshop 3 back in the 90s.
Use Photoshop CS2, Illustrator, Bryce 6/DAZ, Artmatic Voyager, and ZBrush.