My name is Martina Karlsson (most people call me Tina), and I'm a 27 year old girl born and raised in Halmstad, Sweden. Now I'm living in Onsala which is south of Gothenburg. I've studied Informatics at the University in Halmstad for three years and I now work as a systems developer at StroedeRalton. I spend a lot of time with the computer, and here I mostly surf, listen to music, and try to make art. I have a wonderful boyfriend named David, and a cute black/white cat named Lakrits (means liquorice). He's got the cutest little belly, and the funniest sleeping positions! I'm talking about my cat now... =)
Personality
When it comes to my personality I'm a quite silent person. I'm more of a listener than a talker, except for my closest friends, which I can babble a lot with. I also need to have my privacy, even if I like to spend time with friends. Sometimes I'm a perfectionist, I can spend hours on getting the details just right for something. But if you take a look at my desk you wouldn't use that word... =) When you look at this it may look like I'm a bit contradictory, and I guess that's just what I am. I'm afraid of the dark, yet I still love it...
Music
Music is an important part of my life, and I like lots of music! The genres I listen to are mostly pop, rock, synth and trance. Favourite artists include Roxette, Bryan Adams, S.P.O.C.K, Enya, Apoptygma Berzerk, Juno Reactor, Alphaville, Depeche Mode, Chicane, Delerium, And One, Puss, Eurythmics, and Pet Shop Boys. Ooops long list =) When it comes to my own musical talent (or the lack of it!) I've tried to learn how to play the guitar and keyboard but it's not often I have time for that. And I gave up on the guitar, I just think I can have a slight chance to play something on the keyboard.
Art
Drawing is an interest I've had since I was a kid, I made a lot of pencil drawings. A few years ago I took the step to paint on the computer also. And somewhere in this I discovered Poser and found out that this was a pretty neat program for making great looking images. Now I'm totally hooked on this, and I don't think anything can take that hobby away from me. In the gallery you can find some of the stuff I've done using Poser. Most images have been postworked in Photoshop. For other medias you can check out my other site at
roxcat.net. I haven't thought about making art for a living, I think I want to have it as something private that I do just for fun. My images go in many different styles, ranging from simple pin-ups to gothic. So you'll find a little of everything from me.
