Do you consider yourself an artist?  

i would definately consider myself as an artise, because not only do i paint and one can see my painings hanging on several walls in my house, but also cos i turn a lot of scrap into artifacts.

I to use to draw alot at school, art was always my favourite lesson, when i left school for college i studied computer, as i was told money is in computers and not art, i passed my exams in computing and started work as a programmer, i left after serveral months and took up graphic design, i had to learn the programs, but it involves drawing in my day to day work now, i have been doing it 5years and now own my own company. I do consider myself an artist as the work i create on screen makes people stop and say wow! well most of the time it does :)