Oh....I started with LiteSTEP in early '97, if you refer to 'real' customizing, rather than tweaking and hacking the standard Windblows...

That would have been around B21 and 23 vintage....LiteSTEP was basic and buggy then, as was eFX and WindowBlinds 0.something.
It was not all that long after Customize.org started, and before skinz.org...

First graphic comp work was done in Dos 4, but the first 'real' paint proggy I used was PSP3.
I really started taking an interest in drawing back in about '59 or '60....tanks, planes and cars....'72 saw me starting Architecture at Melbourne Tech...[RMIT], where Fine Art was a 'little' section, along with Life Drawing, which was fun. Now I design domestic Architecture...[houses and stuff], and annoy people on Skinning Sites [as a hobby]...
So now you know Jafo's personal history...