Hey folks, finally made myself an account so I could participate instead of just reading 
I’m an artist on a few fronts, most of them digital. You can have a peek at my website if you want to check some of it out: webmadman.net
I’ve been running Linux on my machines since the late 90’s, and came fully over (leaving Windows behind completely) in 2004.
Synfig caught my eye a while ago, though I didn’t get very far with it, but a few weeks ago I came back to check it out and was amazed by the recent developments! It inspired me to jump in and see what it could do and start climbing up some of the inevitable learning curve of a new program 