dubird's ark has been around for a long, long time. It started in 1996 as my original, all-purpose site. It has since grown and expanded. When I purchased my domain name, I originally kept the ark as a 'personal' type site. I realized later that it wasn't working very well. I was reluctant to rename the domain, but I liked the concept of 'dubird's ark', so I decided to revamp it as my art site. That is the incarnation you see before you now.
All images for this were created by me, Dubird, and the layout was made for this site. The Catboy was not, as he was an image I did a while back, but I like him. Dubird and her minions use Notepad for the actual codeing for the site, PHP and mySQL for the database functions, and Paint Shop Pro for the images.
Dubird has been around since 1978, though not in a form most online would recognize. She started life in Arkansas, and continues to live there, despite dreams of moving to Texas. She hopes one day to become a famous website designer, creating layouts and graphics for lots of people. In the meantime, she works as a typesetter and graphics designer for a local copy shop.
As for what she likes to do in her spare time, she reads, plays computer games, watches Mythbusters, and plays around with lots of types of graphics. She wishes she could draw better, but is happy with her mad CG skills and always looking to learn new techniques. She has tried her hand at webcomics (and really needs to finish the current storyline), and has recently gotten interested in doing game mods.
Dubird uses JASC Paint Shop Pro for all her computer art. She uses a plain sketch pad and pencil for the sketches, and if she decided to an image completly on paper, uses colored pencils or a simple ink pen to finish it.
Dubird likes fantasy and science-fiction, cats, plush animals (mostly cats), collecting things, anime, building houses in Sims 2, and hiking.
She dislikes stupidity, most customers, large crowds, green beans, and being in front of group.
Does any of this matter to anyone? Probally not, but it's fun to write and someone may find it important someday.