Hello from México, I have been using Synfig for a while now (like for 4 years). I almost graduate from my Software Engineering carrer, so I want to take part in some insteresting open source projects (since I consider myself an artist too). I want to involve more at teir communities to see what can I do for them. I see Synfig like a really promising project.
Welcome to the forums and welcome aboard if you are interested.
Please let us know any help you need to dive in into this amazing project.
Any help is welcome. 
-G