Martina Cecilia is born in 1984. She's born in a family of comics lovers and collectors and read all sort of stories since she learned how to. So she grows up reading Topolino, Metal Haurlant, Linus, Corto Maltese, Frigidaire Asterix and a lot of non-children-suitable comics.
When teenage she read a lot of mangas which influenced strongly her drawing style. Finished high school she attended a professional course for comic artists and comic colourists, in 2007 she attended an internate at TopToon learning the basics of traditional animation.
She occasionally works as pixel artist for Mondonerd.com making videogames for cellphones.
She published short stories as a colourist for Module-etrange, Soleil and Cagliostro e-press.
She actually works for Coniglio Editore colouring for the magazines Winx Club and Pixie Magazine.
Her style is influenced by mangas, Barbucci, Gianni DeLuca, Guido Crepax, Milo Manara, Guido Buzzelli, Carlos Gomez, Gibrat, Guarnido, All things Disney, Hiroki Endo, Hiroaki Samura, all those wonderful fairytales illustrator from the 70es in the "Fiabe Sonore" collection and of course Vogue magazine.
She loves music (New Wave, Industrial, 80es Synth-pop, Folk, Country-folk, electroclash) and loves going to concerts and scream like a 13 years old fangirl. She loves cinema and fashion and vintage clothing. She loves colors, shoes, watercolours, her kolinsky brush, kitsch and trash, Guybrush Threepwood, design.