Brad,
Thanks a million to you and Martin.
I too have a day job in which I design and publish Quality Control standards and assembly manuals using Photoshop, Publisher and other programs as well as helping the Information Systems department maintain desktops in a hardware capacity when time permits.
This graphics side of the science is for fun and ultimately to keep me from getting bored looking at the "same old, same old".
With any luck I will have a better grasp on Illustrator soon and then be able to design some drawings which can be enhanced in photoshop and then used to create WindowBlinds, Icons, Docks, and DX Objects.
Thanks for all your help, and I look forward to contributing some art to this site to help the community in return.
For now, please accept my gratitude.
