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 (45)
3Dillusions
Cath I could set up DS for you in 2 Minutes flat and show you how to render in it easy in 5 minutes its a basic program, compared to Poser which has some many things in it a first time user would pass out lol. But you are right the mats you make in Poser would be Different to DS Mats. But he would work in Daz I am sure, I don't have problem with Poser Characters in DS :)
rocker333
Any extras you do will be amazing, I am sure! I can't wait to see your new work, am also waiting expectantly for Buddy! Lol......Byson looks good here, but then he was fantastic to begin with...........:-)
adiemas
Excellent!
Mec4D
Angela, the Mats do not work the way they should, specially the subsurface scattering create some funny things and without that the model will be just another flat doll ... if I get the SSS working then it would be great for the D|S and no problems ...I use also different P.nodes that are not in the D|S tree so just a lot of extra work I just give up... sniff sniff
ricardo719
Beautiful portrait! When will we be able to get Buddy? ;^)
Mec4D
Thank you, very soon, a lot of work it is a megapack ;) I started to have a dreams about too ...lol decided to make happy everyone possible .. you know hair , no hair and all the stuff.. I think it would be around 10 different looking characters in one pack.. BUDDY FOR EVERYONE !!! LOL .. more about later
thundering1
Holy crap that looks realistic! Well done!
npauling
He is very smooth indeed. Excellent work and textures.
Mec4D
Thank you, forgot to add it was Poser pro HDR render tonemapped in Artizen HDR..
RAMWorks
Couple of wishes for Byson.... I see that his head map is singular. So it would be nice to have these options: Scruffy face Smooth or clean shaven face Mustache only face Other than that I think I'm cool... let me look at the folder again... Oh yea... while I don't want to take him out the realistic realm it would be nice to have at least one or two other eye options. I've met African Americans with green eyes and lighter brown eyes. So that would be cool too!! Thanks Cath!! :-) Stunning render!! DS is very possible with Byson. It's all I use but I'm very limited with time these days so who knows when I'll get some DS MAT files done!! :-(
alan42
stunning - not just great texturing but a great image too:)
Thelby
Spectacular outcome on this work Catharina. If he looked anymore real he would be standing in front of me!!!
yelocloud
Beautiful! I can't even begin to tell you how good this looks. You've once again breathed life into Poser & can only imagine what Buddy & Sylvana will be like when they're finished. Go Cath Go!
shipmanjonathan
Awesome Cath! Byson looks even better. Super detailing here. He's going to be even better than before.
pops
Wonderful work
Mec4D
Thank you so much !! and @ RAMWolff .. yes I have it on my list as well , I have black friends that have different eyes colors too , and he would looks even more exotic with that for sure ...plus my dear friend Manu take care for me with the INJ system and she did great job on that so you would be happy for sure to use him with the rest of the morphs that are on the market...
nosawayne
Awesome!
anitalee
Wonderful work. You would sell more if you had someone help you get him Daz Studio set up too.
Mec4D
Thank you...I know... but I can't complain ;) most problem are the D|S mat files here so maybe someone help me next time ..
Krid
perfect photo realistic portrait with fantastic skin texture and lightning
Purrdey
Oh he's looking good! (I have dreams about him too but don't tell anybody!)
joaq
Another great piece, Cath!Congrats to have the courage of one's convictions!Hugs!
ann-graphicsontheweb
Looking good ...:)
mauk
Excellent!!!!!
mathman
Wonderful render, Cath !
Thetis
awesome skin and character
Bossie_Boots
He looks so realistic superb textures eagerly await this package hugs lou x
thecytron
Great render!
MysticDaniel
love his eyeLashes Cath LOL He looks even better now! I absolutely love the lighting! You're a genius Cath!!!
fabriced
excellent light!!:)