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.
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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 (39)
3DClassics123456
Impressive!!!
2Loose2Trek
Really excellent work!
Krid
fantastic realistic portrait with excellent morphs and perfect skin texture
drifterlee
Awesome!!!!!
yelocloud
Beautiful texture. It captures the age & light so well
3Dillusions
OMG no not the frogs, hard drives are a menace. Love this, great work :) Angela
sim3344
Beauttiful realistic portrait,great skin texture.Excellent work!!!
ragouc
Great realistic render. Well done.
chrispoole
That's a top texture, should expect nothing else I suppose and great lighting.
HHDrache
awesome, it looks like a real photo :-)
Thelby
WOW, I am So Impressed! The Realism is Astounding and the textures Incredible!! I bow to your expertise and creative ability!!! 10+++++
maxxxmodelz
WOW! Incredible lighting and texture, Cath! Very photoreal and I love the translucency on the skin.
Danceswithroos
Strewth! Incredible work!!!!
Robert0921
Excellent character work.
Li-C.
WOW! SO REALISTIC! Excellent work!
mylemonblue
Sorry to hear your machine crashed. I know how it is. About a week ago I had a barely used hard drive suddenly die in the middle of a render. I hope you can raise the frogs back from the dead some day. This image is an amazing portrait. This one looks like a real person. I love it. ^____^
Brian S.
Truly a lifelike character!
agdink
Awesome! The only thing that keeps me from believing it's a photo is the collar and the shirt. You even got the ears right! Wonderful and inspiring work. Thanks for sharing.
Soulpainter
ACK sorry to hear about the loss of your frogs...is there no way they can be retrieved? I do hope so! This is a very well done image, excellent work. Cant beleive this is M2...WOW, again you amaze us all with your skill in 3d Best wishes to you Jay
3dvice
Sorry about the frogs :-/ Very naturalisic portrait, excellent morph, textures and lighting.- What a lovely and enchanting new avatar you have!!! :D
alltheoriginalnames
Frogs R.I.P. lol, thats sucks, sorry to hear. Excellent work on the textures and detail in this. Very well done
HighPriest
Amazing as always!! Excellent texture work and love the detail in the beard. Love the age spots, they add to the realism wonderfully. Lighting perfect as always. When will your site be up and running?
heller_berlin
Wow, great portrait and texture!! Excellent!!
RGUS
OK.. humbled again... I'm so glad I got your lighting pack... and this image just reinforces it. Sorry about the frogs... damn computers!
brycek
Excellent Work!!
wingnut55
he looks very distinguished. sorry about the frogs.
fran_joel
Sorry about your frogs. My condoleances !! Awesome textures here Great work !!
PapaBlueMarlin
Awesome work, Cath :) I love the realism of your textures and hope someday you'll do some for Apollo. Keep up the excellent work :)
npauling
A super portrait and he looks to have seen lots of life in that face. Wonderful and natural work. What a shame to loose your frogs, it always happens when you haven't saved eh!
kcorbett
Ahhh, those poor frogs! (sniff sniff) Great render with this one!