Editing Gerald Brom (section)

==Early life==
Brom was born March 9, 1965, in [[Albany, Georgia]].<ref name="Dragon #264">{{cite journal| last = Kenson| first = Stephen| author-link = Steve Kenson| title = Profiles: Brom| journal = [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]| issue = #264| page = 112|date=October 1999}}</ref> As the son of a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] pilot he spent much of his early years on the move, living in other countries such as [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] (he graduated from [[Frankfurt American High School]]), and in U.S. states including [[Alabama]] and [[Hawaii]]. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only, and now signs his name as simply '''Brom''': "I get that asked more than just about any other question. It's my real name, my last name. I got called Brom all the time as a kid, and it just stuck."<ref name="Dragon #264"/>

Brom has been drawing and painting since childhood, although he had never taken any formal art classes. "I wouldn't exactly call myself self-taught, because I've always looked at the work of other artists and emulated what I liked about it. So you can say they taught me." Brom cites the work of [[Frank Frazetta]], [[N.C. Wyeth]], and [[Norman Rockwell]] as influences on his style: "Okay... Rockwell isn't the kind of inspiration most people expect from me, but he just painted things so well. To me it's not so much the genre but the way it's done, and you have to admire his technique."<ref name="Dragon #264"/>