Catharina has a passion for and has followed after many traditional kinds of artwork however she has discovered her greatest love lies in the creation of digital computer graphics. Catharina is highly recognized within the 3D community, and has acquired a reputation as one of the best creators of digital character and UV texture maps. Her photo-realistic textures have become best sellers on the Internet and she attributes much of this success to her mastery of the products Deep Paint 3D and DeepUV. Much of Catharina's work reflects a distinct originality and is unique in its ability to evoke emotion. As such, Catharina has won many awards. Her characters portray a high standard of realism, and her work is now considered to be revolutionary in character believability. Catharina's understanding and use of technology along with her understanding of photography, use of light and 10 years experience with Modeling/TV/Film work allow her to display her artistic talent giving her artwork a definitive presence. She has been in the industry for the past 24 years, her work never seizes rise to expectation. Her creativity is without boundaries or limits, she is an inspiration to other aspiring artist.
Catharina's works featured by Media and Press:
* NVIDIA worldwide social media feature " The New Face of Iray "
* FOCUS Print News Magazine 03/04 Germany
*3D World Magazine 43 /03
*FXSoftwares- Creature Creator and Creature Creator Pro soft.Box cover -Europe
*Right Hemisphere - Visual Communication -USA
*TV 60 Film-Productions -Germany ARD/ZDF
*John De Mol (Endemol)TV Production for RTL/TV show- Netherlands/Germany
*Editorial Illustration/Business and Finance The New York Times Various issues USA
*Computer Graphics World Anniversary Issue Print Magazine
*Yahoo! Life Print Magazine Korea Middle-earth map characters of "Lord of The Rings "
*Editorial Illustration/Discovery Science Newsday Various issues- USA
*Ziff Davis Media Inc. New York Opener for "Lord of the Rings" The Fellowship of the Ring.
*Press Release for Poser/Right Hemisphere Community
*AV Video Multimedia Producer Print Magazine- USA
*Digital Photo User Print Magazine -England
*Computer Arts Print Magazine - England
*Right Hemisphere - Featured Artist of the Month -USA
*AV Video Multimedia Producer Print Magazine Interview- USA
*Digi Vision Print Magazine and Magazine CD-R cover-Interview Taiwan Books:
*Poser 4 Pro Pack f/x & Design from Coriolis Autor: Richard Schrand
*Poser 4 Handbook by R. Shamms MortierCharles River Media
*Poser5 Handbook Manual by Curious Labs �2004
*Poser6 Tutorial Manual by Curious Labs �2005
*Poser6 Revealed: The Official Guide by Kelly Murdock, Thomson Course Tech. �2005
* Poser6- Secrets of Poser Experts, Official e-frontier Guide by Daryl Wise and Jesse DeRooy �2006-2007
* And many other........
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Comments (30)
Erynn
Really fantastic scene!! Excellent landscape and lighting :)
PapaBlueMarlin
Fantastic seen Cath! It reminds me of that animation you did a few years ago :)
arcebus
Hey! Wheres the frogs? No - great work (again)
chrispoole
Top scene once again, the DoF really does add to the realism.
j_campbell
Great work and information.
flaviok
Fantastico realismo na cena, aplausos (5)
Thelby
What an Excellent use for the Dragons! This has So Many Realistic Qualities it is hard to say what I like the Best!!!! 5x5 Stars ;^D Brilliant, Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!
agdink
I totally dig the work you've done here. I'll have to play more with the DoF to see what settings work. Nice to know that the fStop will help that. Awesome work!
MarciaGomes
GRANDE CENA,FANTÁSTICO REALISMO.MAGNIFICOS DETALHES.BELA ILUMINAÇÃO.+++++++5
2Mylent
Interressant et superbe :)
DIDIERM
The small frogs became tall and took their take-off. Good luck with them and congratulation for the quality of the image. Have agood day, Cath...
2Loose2Trek
Very nice and superbly interesting work. Very well done quickie.
comjek
Great image, I like your background and they way it turned out. Thanks fr sharing the hint about DoF.
npauling
Amazing sense of distance in this scene, it is super and thank you for explaining DOF though I am still a long way from trying that. I just think that I have done a good job if I can get a pose right with all the fingers going in the right direction. LOL. Beautiful work.
3Dillusions
Cath this could be in a Dragon Movie well done, more please Angela
RGUS
Catharina Harders!!!! you got a lot to answer for... i used your settings in firefly.. Imean I have been rendering now my "Supergirl" omage for about 8 hours now.. and um... I can't see the difference.. I really must be doing something srong... cause this image is BRILLIANT!!!!
fabriced
the setting in forum is excellent, and the result on this image is fantastic! the great, great, great POSER user. cheer my dear :)
mauk
Excellent work!!!!!Brava
maxxxmodelz
Awesome, Cath! Great composite. The things you do with Poser are just amazing to me. Now how bout some motion blur to go with that DOF? ;-)
Krid
..fantastic scene...
sim3344
The land of the dragons.Awesome scene!! Excellent work !!!
yelocloud
Excellence as usual :-) Thank you so much for the DOF tips.
3dvice
Excellent set-up and render. DoF looks very realistic. I wish I could use this feature myself.
PhilW
Excellent realism in this! And thanks for sharing something on how you did it!
Mondwin
Realistic and fabulous scene...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
UCDesigns
As always, excellent work.
JeffersonAF
Wonderful art work, very beautiful.
Seaview123
Very sharp looking scene.
masleslie
You have got to be kidding!! Too cool. Perfect lighting.
Carlazzo
Beautiful artwork. Wonderful.