1 - Could you tell us a little about yourself, and when did you find that you were interested in creating digital art? I am Alexander Rommel, was born in Russia, now living in Germany. I have studied landscape architecture and urban planning. I have always been doodling around, but have been mostly too lazy for painting. In 2012, I came in contact with digital art for the first time, realized how cool it is and bought a graphic tablet in early 2013. Since then, digital painting is my favorite technique. 2 - How did you end up joining DeviantArt? I had a Deviantart membership even before I started digital painting. I uploaded some photos I considered good and was experimenting with photo-manipulation. 3 - What is it that attracts you to digital art? A great thing in it is, that the software gives you nearly unlimited possibilities of creation. Still, you need your own hand and mind to create a good artwork. Against the common opinion, its wrong that the computer does most of