I completely did not expect that I would ever be nominated as a merchant of anything at all. I thank you for the honor. I also hope this means that Uzilite products have satisfied many number of customers. Before I go on mumbling utter nonsense, I must admit that my English is beyond poor. Notice how awkward that last sentence ends. Should I somehow offend anyone or anything kindly understand that I am writing in a language that does not slur comfortably from my tongue. Hard as I try, Grammar always eludes me. Perhaps it is due to my deep infatuation with Words that have led me astray and betray my betrothed Grammar. Paragraph, my true best friend, hates me for my infidelity. Conjugation is not as supportive either. Despite my passion for my beloved Grammar, at every period I am lost, thinking about Words. How did you get started in 3D art? I started with digital 3D art in my senior year at the university some eight years ago. My final school project was to create a short film with a science fiction theme. Computer was the only inexpensive alternative. Well, I actually seduced this one female student to buy a Macintosh program called 3D Strata studio for me. Thus, in terms of cost, it was really about the price of a dinner. A romantic one, of course. The film was finally shot in video with live actors against a blue screen. We accomplished the compositing of the live image with the 3D modeled spaceships via analog machine in real-time. Non-linear digital video editing facilities back then were out of reach for a poor college student like me. I could not find any student on campus that had a $50,000 Avid editing system sitting around in their dorm room. After I graduated I completely ignored computer 3D. Honestly, back then I had very little respect for any computer art or computer artists. I always believed that any so-called artist should begin to draw first with a pencil not a mouse. Computer was just another tool in addition to other facilities available. Anyway, just a year ago, I came up with another idea for a short animation. I chose to go digital. The idea of drawing 24 frames for every second of the animation did not seem very exciting. While researching I was introduced to Daz3D Vicky. I thought, cool, I did not have to learn how to model anything and concentrate on the creative aspect of the animation. Unfortunately, I was not very happy with the available wardrobe on the market. After six month of painful struggle due to an overdose of Cosmopolitan magazine, the first Uzilite LoungeWear, HellAndBack the morphing undergarment, appeared in Renderosity. With thousand dollars of software and equipment, the first thing I created was underwear. What software do you use and why? The software I used mostly is that nifty program in my microwave. Imagine, with just one press of a button I could make edible food. How cool is that?! Hey, that is way so important, especially when you are working on a project in your studio until the next morning. The Power to create dinner in under two minutes is phenomenal! For my computer art work I use, Macromedia Director, Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. I extensively use After Effects for that Nike advertisement type of look. I use Curious Labs Poser for character animation and NuTek Lightwave for modeling. Poser has such an easy interface for animating characters movement and expression with their dial interface. Everyone who watches Star Trek knows how amazing Lightwave graphics are. Any advice for getting started in selling 3D work? I do not think I have any good advices to give. Somehow, I still believe to be somewhat incompetent in that field. If I do have one, then I suggest that you seek and find the One. He goes by the name Jaager. He will reveal to you the secrets of the Universe, the true unspoken name of God, the intricacies of Quantum theories, the real reason why women behave unexpectedly sometimes and how to weld geometries in cr2 files. Where do you find inspiration for your products? Baywatch television series, of course. Oh, and every time this Renderosity gal with a screen name Xena calls me Handsome and Beautiful. Little does she know that I am a hideous, indescribable monster, an abomination to mankind. Muahahaha. Seriously, I worked from a storyboard where most of my Uzilite Clothing items were based on. Their basic design was from magazines or women I saw on the streets. Before I began modeling, I would play certain music that may fit the mood of the fashion I designed. I believed it was Armani or Karl who said every clothing spoke a unique feeling. I couldnt remember. The music varied. They ranged from Khaled, Kid Loco, and BeeGees to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Then I just let the rhythm guided my hand. Each mouse click represented a drumbeat. Second, women deeply inspire me. Their curvaceous shape, the way they play with their fingers, how they bite their lower lip, how they whisper in my ears and how their clothing slips to the ground as they undress, everything about them inspire me. The Universe is a Woman. God is a Woman. Art is all about worshiping women. How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning? Hmmm... Its an interesting question, indeed. First, I am getting some income through Renderosity Marketplace, which helps me buy Cup-o-noodles that will give me some energy to complete work to give to my client whom in turn pays my rent and a vacation in Paris. Therefore, this online community do enhanced my work. In regards to relationship? Well, a woman I am pursuing now keeps quoting Cosmopolitan magazine like some bible to second-guess my character as a person. Dont you just hate that? Now she says that I am a passive type B womanizer. What the heck does that mean? Unless Renderosity opens up a forum specific to that case then the answer to the second question is not really. Third, everytime I read the viewers comments about Dr. Legumes artwork I learn something new. By the way, although, my birth name is Wusamah, everyone mostly calls me Uzi. I was born near a bridge named Musi. While I was a tiny baby, somehow the sight of that bridge tickled me funny. I was strange. Every time I cried in my crib my parents would say, Hey, look! Its the bridge Musi, Musi. Then for some unknown reason I started to laugh. Based on their story anyway. I was strange. As time passed by, it just evolved naturally to Uzi. And Uzilite because I am a lite kinda guy. Do not even THINK about trying that Musi, Musi on me now. Je tembrace Uzi