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 (31)
Roxam
very crisp, great "motion"---perspective, shapes, colors and shadows work beautifully together
Thelby
All is so photoreal/ The models integrated very well into this HDR. Very Cool work. 2 Thumbs up from Chester and me!!!
RGUS
Hmmmmmmmm... been a while since I experimented with your lighting system again... maybe time to do that.. this looks really quite... well... cool!
Rhale
Looks great Cath. So lovely to have you posting here again.
3Dillusions
Did you just make my 4 and 9 year old really happy lol, yes you did great rendering :)
shipmanjonathan
Awesome! Its good to see you again. I'm still shooting torwards your quality. Its gonna be a long road trip.. but I'm sure I'll get there. Love it!
stonemason
nice to see you posting here again..bring on the frogs!
mauk
Great work!!!!!!
Krid
fantastic scene and perfect clear render
Biffowitz
Really nice work, the lighting and shadows look great!
Robert0921
Extra cool points for this image. :)
The_Spangle_Maker
Nice compo, well done!!!!
yelocloud
The frogs are there Stonemason...they've just "transformed" ;-) Love Peace & Poser as always Cath Bring on the light!
thecytron
Coooooooooooool render!
flaviok
Excelente, magnifico aproveitamento do PoserPro, aplausos (5)
J5ive
Really nice color! hdr looks great as does the bot shaders. nice shadowing!! Excellent scene.
brycek
Fantastic scene!!
sim3344
Excellent render and very realistic, nice work!!!
Brian S.
Cool image!
wingnut55
super work, highly photo-realistic. probably not a good environment for frogs, however.
Mec4D
Thank you so much for the comments ... ha ha ha NO not a good environment for the frogs...
fabriced
excellent light my friend!!!! cheer
aerodreams
wow ça dechire Great work!!!!!!
PapaBlueMarlin
Very cool work!
RetroDevil
awesome work!!!
JOELGLAINE
Glad to see you posting again! Where did you get that Optimus Prime? Very cool, and the image gives me something to shoot for.
Mec4D
Thank you, I found the Optimus Prime on the internet when I was searching on google for robots etc..
eportscreations
Cool!
722
awesom work
JeffersonAF
Fantastic work my friend, very good composition.