I used to be a "traditional" artist. That is, I used oils, charcoals, pastels, etc. Painter transformed me to a digital artist, primarily because it was "media without the mess" and I could use the same principles that I used with the other tools. However, once I saw 3D software (back in the DOS 3D Studio days), that was all she wrote. My art took on a whole new dimension (no pun intended). To me, the computer is just another medium that I can use to express my creativity, and it is no different than the other tools that I used to use. The only difference is that the computer allows me to express my creativity in ways I never could have imagined.