My road is/was similar to AetherDream's.  I worked in CG for a number of years, though, then, during a spot of R&D into 3D modelling, I discovered Poser.  

Still can't beat the old brushes and pencils, though.  :)

Good luck with your new interest, Tunesy.  I guarantee you'll get a lot of enjoyment from it.  As an idea, leave the Wacom and PC alone for a while, get yourself some good drawing pencils and paper, get out into the big wide world and draw stuff around you.

Learning to draw what you see - rather than what you think you see - can be the hardest lesson you'll ever learn but once you grasp the concept, you'll never look back.

Oh, and real men (or women, for that matter) use Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils.  Anything else is just firewood. ;)  

 

 

 

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