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 (29)
shrinkers
A wonderful day for England. I hope I live long enough to see William crowned!
Faemike55
That's Ebenezer's new office....Bob is still working there all these years.... Great capture then again, this could be the inspiration for CCR's "Long as I can see the light"
barryjeffer
A most beautiful view Roxy... awesome shot!!!
adorety
Dizzying perspective and excellent shot. That is funny about the one light. Excellent post work and I still can't believe they changed the name. Well, I guess it is true some companies give their long term employees a clock or watch after so many years of service so, Queen Elizabeth gets one of the biggest!
eekdog Online Now!
cool view Roxy, love your shot.
tennesseecowgirl
I am watching the concert now.. Great show so far. And great photo.
twelvemark21
Marvelous photo, glorious Victorian architecture!
Sea_Dog
Great POV! Well done.
magnus073
This really is a magnificent capture Roxy, those lights are breathtaking
Tracesl
Excellent
pixeluna
The perspective is very impressive and just love that contrast of colors from bright gold to bluish tint. It looks like it has two sides, a very good interpretation and very meaningful too.
whaleman
Awesome shot! Perhaps they were inside cleaning up all the paperwork to do with the renaming of the tower, so maybe your photo is historic as well as interesting!
SidheRoseGraphics
This is an awesome shot of ahem 'Big Ben'. That's sort of cool though that they named it for Elizabeth. Wonderful light and colors in this, Roxy!
odile
Big Ben as never seen before! Too cool! :)
BIPOLARTWO
Amazing view-funny how many people still refer to it as Big Ben and always will i suppose.
pauldeleu
A very beautiful shot.
3dpoetry
Stunning work
nitegrafix
Excellent, well done.
nefertiabet
Fantastic perspective Roxy and capture!!! Love the wonderful lighting!!!
vintorix
Great shot of the most famous landmark in Britain looking like it was made of gold dramatically set against black sky. This building reminds me of a quotation by Kenneth Clark who when he was asked why old buildings are so much more beautiful than the modern variety exclaimed, "But the builders were artists!" (as opposed to architects..;). They leave the last light on to discourage thieves...
0rest4wicked
A very dramatic presentation of this well known landmark!
vyktohria
WOW! Powerful image here, Sweetie!!
drifterlee
Really beautiful shot of Big Ben!!!!!!
LivingPixels
Super capture Great POV!
RodS
I think it was some one staying up late to surf the web..... And what a wonderful angle on this, Roxy! I've never seen a shot of BB from this angle - very cool! Great eye as always, my friend!
galung
Great photo
Ash888
I like the upwards perspectice and the way the walls come out so warm and golden in the night light. And yes, it is eery to see that single light. This setting tempts the mind to come up with all kinds of gothic stories for this.
mikeerson
is this the famous clock tower also known as big ben? this is an excellent shot.
Dreamdesigner
Yes,Again a belated comment from me,sorry again my friend!:-))Everyone has already said everything,and..I have to say "Magnificent photo of old BigBen" your POV is superb as usual Roxy!:-))Thank you again for your wonderful photography sharings:-))))