1) what brought you into 3D?
I read a review of the first version of Bryce, bought a copy and started playing around. That was a very long time ago.
2) How did you choose your nickname?
The 'K' stands for Khajuraho, an Indian city where the walls of the temples are covered with erotic sculptures showing an amazing range of different sexual acts.
3) How long have you been creating your artwork?
More than two decades.
4) Where do you draw your inspirations from?
My own imagination, mostly.
5) what are the specs of your render machine?
It's a MacBook Pro with 16GB of memory, 2.8GHz Intel Core i7.
6) Poser or Daz Studio and why?
I actually use DAZ Carrara for most of my images, although I often pose figures in DAZ Studio and then import them to Carrara. A few of my images are made in DAZ Studio, and I've played about with Poser, but I usually end up going back to Carrara.
Why? Because it's the program I know best. The trick to getting a good image is mostly down to lighting, and I have a better idea of how to light images in Carrara and get the effect I want than in Studio or Poser. I haven't really mastered lighting in Studio or Poser yet. That's probably just laziness on my part. I've seen people produce amazing work with Studio and Poser, so I know it can be done.
I do like the rather 'painted' look that the Carrara renderer produces; it's a bit different from the look that you get from Studio or Poser's built-in renderers.
7) What renderer do you use? (Stock Poser or Daz or 3rd party) And what lead you to use it?
I use the stock renderer in Carrara. With DAZ Studio, I sometimes use the Reality plugin to send renders to the LuxRender unbiased renderer. Again, I found it easier to get results that I liked from Reality/LuxRender than the built-in Firefly renderer in DAZ Studio.
8) what is your favorite work you’ve created?
I think it might be
It reminds me a bit of an Edward Hopper painting.