Short facts
Name: Martina Karlsson
Age: 27
Location: Onsala, Sweden
Pets: Cat Lakrits, fiance David
Hobbies: Poser, photography
Favorite TV shows: Stargate SG-1/Atlantis, Supernatural, Heroes, Star Trek, Buffy, Angel
Favorite food: Taco and thai
Favorite colors: Black, purple and hot pink
Favorite animal: Cats!
Afraid of: Heights, enclosed spaces, spiders (if they get too close)
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More facts...
I was born and raised in Halmstad, a nice little town on the Swedish west coast. I now live outside Gothenburg with my fiance and kitty cat =) I studied informatics at the university, and I now work as a systems developer.
My interest in Poser began somewhere around 2001-2002. I tried an old demo version of Poser and thought it was so fun to play around and pose the orange figure. I kind of forgot about it but then I found my way here and saw what amazing things could be done with it. One of my initial thoughts was to actually use the figures as a reference for my drawings, but I never got around to it. Instead I do other postwork in Photoshop when needed, like adding hair, clothes and backgrounds.
For most of my artwork I'm using Poser (7) and Photoshop (CS3) . As you probably will notice I don't have one particular style, so the images can be quite varied. That's because I like so many different things: Everything from cute faeries to blood dripping monsters =) I now have my own site dedicated to my Poser stuff, you can visit it at http://poser.roxcat.net, where you'll find new freebies from time to time.
Apart from Poser and Photoshop I also like traditional drawing with pencils and photography, though I don't get around to do as much as I'd wanted. At roxcat.net you can find some stuff that I have done, mostly photos but also various doodles.
Music is also very important to me, I can get totally lost in a good song, and it also sparks my creativity. It's a lot of 80's pop and synth pop for me, but nowadays I've turned more to styles like industry, EBM, big beat and symphonic metal. I'm not a big fan of all the new commercial music that you hear on the radio every day. Some of my favourite artists are: Roxette, S.P.O.C.K, Depeche Mode, The Chrystal Method, Covenant, Apoptygma Berzerk, Blackmore's Night, VNV Nation and Juno Reactor.
If you wonder what my nickname stands for, it shows my love for cats and my all time favorite group Roxette, which also comes from Halmstad.
Thanks to all of you who take the time to read my rambling and view my work =) /Tina
Comments (20)
rockets
Very dramatic and spooky...great image!
Feliciti
Excellent and spooky Scene!!!
JenniSjoberg
Very good mixing mood and colors together! Love the way her eyes just pop out! wonderful dak image!
iamkate101
Wonderfuly dark and also very spooky! oops think that was said already :) fantastic scene!
redbeard
Wonderful integration of the character and the photo. Love the textures and the mood, the most beautiful undead I have ever seen!
Forevernyt
Well, now, she doesn't look all that...AAAARRAGGGHHH, LET GO OF MY LEG!!! Excellent render.
pjaj
Creepy image here! Excellent lighting and postwork!!
papachile
Cool! Very wicked and evil. I love those glowing eyes and how well you incorporated her into the background.
gillbrooks
Excellent blending of photo/Poser. Love the colour - very spooky looking and she's truly evil!!
Klutz
TBH I don't go much on this genre... That said it is a superb effort.... Very menacing.
Andi3d
I love the clour of this (dark grin) and a wonderful blending of elements to produce a seamless whole
JVRenderer
Very morbib mood. Great scene.
chrislenn
wow what an entry it is stunning - good luck Chris :o)
GladysClump
Wow, this is really good, you did a fantastic job of blending her in with the bg, very spooky!! Good luck!
jwdell
Awesome entry!!!!
arwenone
Wonderful colors and image!!!Stunning work!
cliff-dweller
Fantastic job of integrating Sparrow into the background photo. The lighting and tone is perfect. I love her expression and her eyes. WOW, excellent work and best of luck!!
SK2Design
Spooky and fantastic! This gives me the chills just looking at it. You've done such an incredible job on creating such a dark and chilling image and the effects you've used work so perfectly together. Brilliant artwork and good luck in the contest!
cappy3
I love how you combined the render and the background!! Excellent lighting!!
Trickstar
Kinda looks like a photo negative, or a supernatural event that screws the film pellicle. Makes the pic seem strange and unsettling. Cool work!