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 (25)
Forevernyt
Nice job on the postwork! The lightning looks awesome, but not as half as cool as her expression! Well done!
cappy3
Awesome character and image!! Love the dress and textures!! Excellent job with all the postwork, I especially like the lighting and effects!!
Klutz
Previous posters have about covered it for me! A powerful image. I like the lighting.
Feliciti
Excellent Scene !!! i like her Hair and Expression!!!
SeaCrystal
Fantastic scene and character!! Love that background and the energy between her hands!! Fantastic!!!
papachile
Awesome power and colors! Absolutely excellent work!!!
Doodles
I love the hair! The backgroundand lighting is wonderful.
magickmedbh
Excellent image, love the postwork!
Trickstar
Very good work! Excellent atmosphere, the lighting gives the whole of it a painted feel! Again, good work!
odf
Great atmosphere. Love the lighting and the flashes. I agree with Trickstar, it has a painted feel to it.
GladysClump
great lighting and effects, well done!
Fogge
Fantastic expression and light! I love the dress and lightning effects.. Excellent work!
iamkate101
wow fantastic postwork!! the effects are awesome! excellent job ;)
redbeard
Wonderful portrait of a very powerful woman! Love the night time setting and the sparks she is generating!
SpiritofGabriel
Excellent effects. Cool picture.
DirtyFairy
wonderful lighting! really sets the mood! the pose and expression are also wonderful and i really like the hair.
chrislenn
very mystical and what an expression :o) lighting is perfect Chris :o)
GrayRock
Excellent job on this one! Excellent postwork!
jwdell
Excellent POV, lighting, textures and effects!!!!
cliff-dweller
This is really excellent! That's a beautiful outfit she is wearing, and I really like her hair and the lighting effects. The background is perfect for the scene. Very well done!!
kathymoon
beautiful effects,i like her outfit!
Sylvia
~Magical~ BEAUTIFULLY created!! :)
pjaj
Excellent postwork and lighting!!
venerella
Awesome. You did a real great post work. Your background is just fabulous and hair too (I bet you had a lot of time to work with it). Great idea also those lightnings from hand to hand ;)
ModestyB
Thrilling :)