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 (32)
Erestorfan
Awww...such a pretty 'old girl'...so sad she has out lived her kittens...I hope she can enjoy her final years!! She deserves it!
eekdog
my cat cleocatra out live three litters, she lived to neary 20 my friend. adorable cat, great shot Roxy.
Sepiasiren
Wow, look at Luna! She is GORGEOUS! I love the treatments on this image--I MUST ask your secrets--do you create PS actions--if so, I would buy one or two off you, I adore how you showcase your subjects.
Faemike55
She is a Grand Dame Matriarch who shall be obeyed! Wonderful photo and treatment
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful Image,
brewgirlca
Alicia: No not done with an action done semi-manually in PS5. Took a RAW image and made it warmer and then increased contrast by making the blacks darker and the brightness lighter. Also increased orange color depth on slider to give her fur more richness. Saved this. Then took the saved image and applied a beautifier filter which softned the image and further increased contrast while smoothing out all the edges. Saved this. Then took the RAW image and the saved beautifier image and went to file/automatic/merge to HDR pro. Selected surrealistic, adjusted gamma and again dialed up shadow depth and added brightness to highlights. That's about it. PS5 does a pretty good job of HDR even if you weren't shooting in that mode and you can even fake HDR with a single exposure like I did here - there are specialty programs that really pump up the volume Photomatrix pro 4 and HDR efex Pro both have trial versions. I will post the beautifier version of her in a few days.
MineFujiko
Cool Cat!! Roxy-sensei
Canassa
Very cute
0rest4wicked
Terrific textures!
SidheRoseGraphics
This is a wonderful image Roxy! A grand old dame she is indeed. Of course she must have her place on the couch!! She is the queen! I really like your effects here. Very unique and look excellent on this image of Luna kitty.
morningglory
Very different, cool cat capture.
odile
Beautiful portrait of a fair lady!:)
3dpoetry
Stunning
nefertiabet
Wonderful cats and friend for you!!! Have a nice time with the kitties!!!
Heitaikai
A very beautiful image. As always I admire your postwork very much. Thanks for the explanation how you achieved this great result.
vintorix
Very interesting composition, I love the wood-tiles texture and the fur on the cat. The effect is maybe a little too strong but for a first it is excellent. It will be very interesting to see how Roxanne will combine her vast knowledge of Poser with HDR photography in the future.
photosynthesis
Very cool postwork. I've played around with HDR a very little bit & haven't had great results, but will keep plugging away at it...
barryjeffer
Beautiful feline Roxy, and I like the warmth of your HDR image. Way cool work.
drifterlee
Gorgeous cat! I have five of them inherited from my daughters when they moved out.
nitegrafix
Absolument Splendide!
adorety
Nice story to introduce this fine feline. She looks great for her age. I like how you put "That's about it." after this long process you went through to get to these beautiful results. I love the contrast and all the work you did to get the effects. It's great to get such a high contrast while maintaining the integrity of the original photo. Nice work.
shingleboot
Very pretty image
FaeMoon
What a grand lady she is. Lovely photo and I am glad you shared how you did it too!
Tracesl
excellent
ragouc
Cool postwork.
4udreamcatcher
Beautiful! I have a soft spot for cats ..... Maine Coon?
Blush
She is a beaut Hugs Susan~
RodS Online Now!
That's a really cool shot of this kitty, Roxy. I like the effects on this - and got a good chuckle at the part about Luna forcibly evicting you from her favorite spot ;-D Sounds like you're having a great time!
twelvemark21
Wonderful photo!!
vitachick
Ya don't forget I've had that place on the sofa for years..It's mine!!