Favorite Quote: Marvin the Martian : I must destroy the Earth because it is ruinning my view of Venus...there are to many Marvins on the Earth today saying the same thing...STOP IT!!
Favorite Movie: Walt Disney`s Fantasia -the original
Favorite Book: The Cosmic Trigger : F.S.o.t.I.
Favorite Bands: Lots:Hendrix ,SRV etc
Favorite Songs: Lots :Axis Bold as Love by Hendrix
Favorite Photoshop Tool: the mind behind the tool
How did you get your PSC nickname?
My real name is Luis thus the Lu and i,so instead of putting an s at the end,I threw in a z...but that sounded silly (Luiz the sleeze,hehe) so I looked at the other three last letters of the alphabet to see what 7 letter name I could come up with.Luiz + wxy.I put them in a hat waved the magic wand and pulled out Luxwyiz.Well the i and the y were redundant,so I kept the i and discarded the y and decided on Luxwiz.Lux is light in latin and is the term used for the measurment of light (The International System unit of illumination,one lux is equal to one lumen per square metre, where 4 π lumens is the total luminous flux of a light source of one candela of luminous intensity).It also rhymes with luck.Wiz is short for wizard.A wizard of light seemed appropriate enough for an art form that deals with electrons,photons and pixels.Now the trick was first to learn to chop (I love photography,drawing and painting but I didn't have a clue about photoshop) and try to live up to such an exotic sounding name...Well once I started I couldn't stop,and Luxwiz it was
What is your real name and age?
Luis Matias Nuñez Sanchez-Chaves (really!) and I was born on 09-23-53 so that makes be 23 years old forever.
Where are you from and what do you like best about being there?
I was born in Granada,Spain.Our family moved to Canada when I was 7.Lived in Kingston,North Bay,Guelph then Toronto where I went to RCI High School in Etobicoke and U. of T. where I got my Hon. B.of Sc. degree in molecular biology.After 30 years in Canada I moved back to Spain where I now live in a small town south of Granada on the mediterranean "Costa Tropical" called Almuñecar with my wife and 12 year old daughter.We have a temperate climate all year round,grow sub-tropical fruits (avocados,chirimoyas,nisporos,mangos,bananas,etc.) The med. sea shore is 500 mt. away.In the summer we are an international tourist town and the pop.swells to more than triple the 25,000 people that live here in off-season.And you get to meet very interesting people from all over the world.What more can I say.
What do you do to keep the bills paid?
I ran my own bar here called "El Hotelito" for 15 years so have a drink on me...now I'm working on opening a second hand goods store and workshop with digital image services on the side.
What do you do in your spare time?
...play electric guitar in a local band called "Lighthouse Café",photography,drawing,painting going hiking on local walking trails,PSC off and on and dedicate time to my family including my pet African Grey parrot "Koko".
How did you find PSC, and what do you like most about the site?
browsing the web.When I started dabbling with PS I was looking for tutorials or web sites wher I could learn and I came across PSC.I joined back in 2004 but it wasn't until 2006 that I actually started participaiting in the day to day contests.I love the community feel here,lots of great creative talented altruistic people to learn Ps with.Also I enjoy checking out the day to day comps and seeing the chops people come up with,some incredibly awesome images other not so incredibly awesome images,but almost always interesting and inspiring.
If you could change one thing at PSC, what would it be and why?
Is there any other information about you would like to pass on?
How many hours per week do you spend on PSC?
What other sites, not Photoshop related, do you like to surf?
What tools do you use to chop?
What gets your creative juices flowing, how do you create a masterpiece?
What inspires you?
Do you have a system? Does a chop have to be done a certain way following steps or are you a messy chopper and just go with the flow?
What style of chop do you prefer to create?
Filters, brushes and techniques: Which do you use, and not use, and why?
When do you know that you have it just right, or is it constant changes up until, or after, you post?
What is the limit to what you will chop?
Are there any tips and/or tricks that you would like to pass along to less experienced choppers?
What is your favorite type of source image, and why?
There is often talk about how the source is used and to what extent it should be. What are your views on all sources, outside source use and animations?
What is your preferred resource for outside source images?
In your opinion what makes a good chop?
Do you have a system to get things started?
Have you ever completed a chop and then decided not to enter it in the contest? If so, why?
After you finish your chop do you just post it or seek opinions of family and/or fellow choppers first?
If some one finds a fault in your work do you change it or stay with what you posted?
What qualities do you look for when deciding to vote on a chop?
Some member prefer not to vote for filtered chops or animations. Is there any particular style/type of chop you won't vote for?
Time is always a factor, how much time do you spend on a chop and how much time is too much?
We all love to get votes. Now are you a constant vote checker or do you just let it go and check once a day? (be honest)
What chop of yours did not do as well as you expected?
What do you consider your best chop so far?
What do you consider your worst chop so far?
Who is your favorite chopper out there and why?
What do you NOT like to see in a chop, and why not?
What is the best chop of all time?
Do you have any other PSC related comments to add?
