I purchased my first copy of Paint Shop Pro in 1997 and my first copy of Poser (version 4) in 1999. I started creating 2D graphics with Paint Shop Pro as soon as I learned the interface and for a time offered free decorative website graphics not long after I got my first at-home internet connection in 1998 or 1999. Poser took a lot longer to learn and I didn’t publish my first “decent” art piece until 2003.