January 2013
Been at this site five years now and have seen a lot of growth - both artistically and spiritually thanks to the many good friends I have met here. I work with Poserpro2012, photoshop CS6, PSPX2, Perfect Effects 3 and Photomatrix 4. I love working in the material room and continue to find lots of growth there. I also do a lot of postwork fixing, special affects, and framing, all for which photoshop is indispensible. I love doing postwork; no image is anywhere near complete without it.
In the last year or so I've added quite a bit of photography to my gallery. I started with a Nikon Coolpix 9100 point and shoot. It gives amazing quality and its small size makes it easy to pack around and just grab some shots as they come into my vision. I still use it for sneaky people shots but now I use a Nikon D5100 DSLR for my more serious keeper work. Had I known how all consuming my passion for photography would become I should have jumped to a D600 low end pro camera.In my gallery you will see mostly storylines based upon my own visions and versions of Mesopotamian Mythology, sprinkled with some Celtic works and an occasional pinup or two and quite a few special requests. I have long been a writer, though a terrible speller, and so most of my images come with a storyline or poem. No image seems complete to me without words to accompany them.In high school I trained in both the Sciences and Fine Arts but when I went to university I had to choose one or the other and so I went with the life sciences. Art dropped out of my life for a long time... though I never gave up my interest in archeology and mythology. I wound up with a graduate degree in the life sciences with majors in physical geography, ecology and evolutionary biology. My love of nature and a deep naturalistic spirituality eventually led me to the wikkan tradition.Some five and a half years ago I discovered poser after coming across some great 3-d art on the web and after some six months of stumble bum practice I joined this site.Doing this type of art has released many visions and stories that were locked up inside my soul for many ages. It has allowed me to explore the life and times of my primal spiritual ancestor, a girl also named Roxanne, who lived in the Sumerian regions. She whispers the stories of these classic legends in my mind and I create the images to go with them.My stories are mostly written as dialogue and they tend to be rather long. So grab a coffee, a tea or better yet a beer, kick back, relax and stay a while.I hope you enjoy your stay here.Hugs and blessed beRoxy
Comments (46)
shamstar
You always do a magnificent job of making the lights fit the story and enhance the mood. This is a great example of that.
Valery3D
WOW this is amazing work, so much details wow!!! i love what you done here Rox...thank you! :D
scifibabe Online Now!
A must zoom for sure. Fabulous texture and mood. Really rich color here. Hope all goes well in your traveling.
FaeMoon
This is beautiful, Roxy! And sad too, you captured the mood so well! Love that glow and the way you used the props! Hope you have a wonderful trip and I can't wait to see what it inspires!
RJS
A brilliant image, and a sage observation. Hope you have a wonderful vacation, Roxy.
3dpoetry
Amazing work, great expression and emotion. Well done
nefertiabet
Very nice scene and wonderful lighting!!!
adorety
Very poignant. Beautifully done. Her pose and all the props detail a great scene. The postwork work looks excellent on this image. Great lighting. I'm jealous for your travels. Have fun and be safe. Turkey's pretty safe, but you never know. Take some photos of those ruins.
velleman
Exquisite composition and image, superbly artistic!
Rhanagaz
A very wonderful creation - beautiful and dramatic in tone and as always a lot of fine details! Excellent! :o)
ssteph
Great composition ans posing....love the heat if gives off and the rat is a nice detail.
JOEANOMALY
Composition, light, character all fantastic. The painted on woodboaerd effect even better. I hope you're enjoying your trip and staying safe.
amirapsp
Beautifully composed!
NetWorthy
Wonderful work Roxy. Yes the warriors work is dirty and ghastly, and you've captured it nicely.
twelvemark21
Amazing work! Wish I had more time to spend in your gallery (I will be back soon). Fabulous postwork and your lighting amazes me (a little more with each image I view).
Tea_Rex
Well .. this year has me so far behind with you, Rox', that it's hard for me to know where to pick things up. So I am looking over the main page of your gallery and ... well, you know my eyes ... the warmth which emanated from the thumbnail for this work pulled me right through the door. :-) The thumbnail did not exaggerate; the warmth of this scene is luscious. The overall work, on all counts, is wonderful. If I had to place this within a specific genre of art it would be within the canon of Pre-Raphaelite expression. It is always story which inspires you and in this case the illustrative tale captures the imagination straight away and holds it well. I will enjoy returning to this for a long time and just gazing for a while .. discovering something new with each visit. There are so many delightful details for the eyes to feast upon. It is imagery such as this .. true to your own inner yearnings .. where you should focus with intensity. Can you image this as a greeting card or a framed print?.. I can. It is inspired craft which people can live a long while with. ummm ... they're raising up the music .. I better go for now. With dear warmth, Terry