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In 1988, professional painter/writer Bruce Price of Norfolk, Virginia, made his foray into the world of digital art. Since then, he has spent more than 6000 hours exploring concepts and ideas using the medium, which has become his exclusive palette.
The advantages of generating art on the computer are plentiful, Price points out. For example, the virtual canvas lets an artist merge images to create something entirely new, and allows a "creative personality" to forge new ideas quickly and focus on the ones that are most appealing. "I've always been an experimental artist; I doodle and hope to get lucky," he says. "The computer is a natural ally to the artistic explorer such as myself."
For his virtual canvas and brushes, the artist uses two Macintosh G4s running ACD Systems' Canvas and, occasionally, Pixologic's ZBrush.
Price, in fact, ...