What are your hobbies?
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erikuri: I like to read, watch movies, make some handicrafts, and create something using Photoshop, of course!

Who is your favorite actor?
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erikuri: I like Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson and Morgan Freeman. Totally different!

What is your favorite movie?
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erikuri: A Dog's Story and A Walk To Remeber, so far...

What is your favorite cartoon?
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erikuri: I don't watch cartoons anymore... But maybe it WAS Wood Woodpecker, but the old one.

Who is your favorite singer/band?
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erikuri: I like all kind of music, since it doesn't hurt my ears! But if I have to mention someone... Bruno Mars, Pet Shop Boys, Tears For Fears, some Brazilian singers (Sandy, Maria Gadú, Paula Fernandes)...

What is your favorite song?
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erikuri: Miracles, by Pet Shop Boys.

What is your favorite television show/soap/sitcom?
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erikuri: I love Law & Order: SVU!

The most beautiful man in the world according to you?
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erikuri: Well, there's an actor here in Brazil, his name is Reynaldo Gianechinni. He's very handsome, and he passed through a treatment for cancer. Now he helps children with cancer as well, so I think he has, besides his face, a very beautiful soul.

Do you have any pets?
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erikuri: I had a dog called Mabel, but she passed away last year. Now I have only a cat named Mimi, that I love!

Do you watch sports and which ones?
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erikuri: No, but sometimes I watch Brazilian Team soccer games. But only in the World Cup or the Olympics!

What is your favorite holiday destination?
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erikuri: I like to go to the beach. The sand and the waves sound relax me.

What is your favorite food?
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erikuri: Pasta with homemade tomato sauce.

What is your favorite colour?
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erikuri: Light blue.

Love or Lust?
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erikuri: Love.

Vanilla or chocolate?
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erikuri: Chocolate!!!

Morning or evening person?
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erikuri: Morning person.

Summer or winter?
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erikuri: Summer.

Van Gogh or Picasso?
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erikuri: Van Gogh.

Black or white?
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erikuri: White

Coffee or tea?
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erikuri: Tea.

What is your favorite type of photoshop contest?
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erikuri: It depends on my inspiration. Sometimes I like it when it's a themed contest; sometimes, when it's free.

What is your favorite photoshop tool?
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erikuri: Patch tool. For small imperfections, it's simply fantastic!

What is your favorite photoshop filter?
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erikuri: Gaussian blur, which I use to apply on my works to give softness.

What do you love most on PXLEyes?
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erikuri: Everything! The people that make it, the members, the variety of contests, and specially, the submit time that is given. We are plenty of time to work with no hurry.

What do you hate most on PXLEyes?
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erikuri: When we have an entry removed, we lost that space. In other words, if we can submit 3 entries, and we submit one that is removed after for any reason, we have only two chances, and not 3.

Did you make any new friends on PXLEyes?
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erikuri: Yes! Some of them are contacts out of Pxleyes too!

How much time do you spend on PXLEyes?
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erikuri: Less than I would like...

What graphical programs do you use?
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erikuri: Photoshop CS5, sometimes GIMP, Inkscape and Corel Draw.

What kind of contest entries get the highest scores from you?
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erikuri: Photoshop.

Who is your idol at PXLEyes?
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erikuri: Can I mention more than one? Ponti55, Hereisanoop, George55, Artgirl1935, Daniela Owergoor, langstrum... there are a lot of great artists here.

When did you start with computer graphics?
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erikuri: Around 2009, when I did a Web design course. I always admired those photomanipulations I saw on the internet, and I was curious to know how they were made. So I decided to take a quick course. I know I have a lot to learn yet, it's a matter of training and time.