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 (44)
shrinkers
Wow, that's beautiful! Absolutely stunning!
Faemike55
Very cool and extremely creepy image! Most excellent work these questions are the type to keep a very lively discussion going for a while
bobrgallegos
Wonderful photo manipulations and very interesting thought provoking narrative!!
eekdog
guess you would have to interview some of them to come to aconcept on that my friend. love the distorted and cloudy look, i would say you have a superb idea to it and perfectly captured it.
zil2008
Looks like a real creepy place Viewed from the eyes of a distorted mind. (Not you of course LOL).Great effect with the HDR filtering!
KatesFriend
A beautiful shot. But you are right, beauty to one set of eyes is darkness and despair to others. To victims of Jack this place would always be a place of fear and dread.
vyktohria
WOW! Incredible shot & postwork...very profound as well! :D
renecyberdoc
yep i would say jack rippenberg (lol)was roaming here.creepy athmo,could also be a charles dickens environment. the deepness of the street is well crafted.
twelvemark21
Amazing post-work (reminds me of some of Dave McKeans pcs. He's one of my all time favorites so please accept that as high praise.) Fantastic photo!!
magnus073
This is an amazing image Roxy, and what a wild idea to see the world through the eyes of a stalker
odile
Fantastic postwotk. You made this place full of mystery. Excellent!
whaleman
An interesting view (perhaps) into the mind of a predator. Well done!
jclP
excellent work
West_coaster07
Fantastic work!!!!
legolie
Interesting concept and effects ! I like the idea !! I wanted to thank you for your nice comments on my work, your French is very good and I appreciate the effort, thanks :-)
ragouc
Very good postwork and coll picture.
vitachick
First thing I thought of was Jack The Ripper. Excellant photo and postwork!
micturn
Thought provoking shot
tommorules
I confess "Jack" was the first thing I thought of - even before reading your text. Creepy but fascinating!
vintorix
Thsi is a real piec of art that I would like to hang on my wall! I love the lamps! Also: This is a perfect setting for a poser figure..
tofi
Interesting and insightful thoughts indeed. It would be perhaps "enlightening" on some level to know the answer to that... but then again, what is normal? What is blurred or fuzzy? And what are we comparing it to.... a relative situation, nonetheless. An awesome depiction, my Friend. Made me look over and over again at this... evoking a peculiar feeling, one that I wish I could become in touch with instantly.... well done!
MagikUnicorn
TRIPPY FX
barryjeffer
You've managed to create the sense of apprehension and almost dread in this image my friend. Totally cool... I think the stalker would feel an extreme sense of being alive when he is prowling.. hyper-awareness, like a jungle cat stalking its' prey.
3dpoetry
WOW, incredible capture and postwork
drifterlee
Really excellent scene!!!!!!!
etoiledumatin
Très belle ambiance on dirait une peinture.
adorety
The effects you've done have really taken this into that dark realm. My first impression, knowing the title, was shades of Jack the Ripper. If we were to look through their eyes, the world may look like this to us. But even scarier, I think they see the world very clear, it's just not the same world we look at. Beautiful image an work.
4udreamcatcher
Beautiful capture and an interesting commentary/thoughts ;O-)
0rest4wicked
Excellent in every way!!! The mysteries of the mind may always remain a mystery!
Sepiasiren
I love, love , love the colors and shadows in this--amazing shot and postwork Roxy!!!