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 (19)
eekdog
sure is odd, some sort old shale slats or hmmm?, why they be stacked that way, only one can guess.
Sepiasiren
Opening to an aqueduct?
odile
Has it anything to do with the heating or cooling of the baths ?:)
SidheRoseGraphics
I'm thinking like Odile - they were heating stones, heated by the fires below the pool. Because they're thin, they heated up faster, heated each other and held the heat? Oh, oh now we have two of you playing guessing games :) It may not be one of your prettiest shots, Roxy but it's very interesting! I'm not overly fond of the Roman Empire but I do have to admire their engineers.
magnus073
I think this one is really cool Roxy and you're right about what an amazing piece of engineering it is.
blinkings
Very interesting.
papasmrfe
Air was forced through shafts beneath the baths. As the air seeped up between these layered stones, it would create small pockets of air which would rise to the surface of the water. Baths of this sort were very popular, and eventually, Rome became world-famous for creating the very first (non-flatulant) bubble-baths. Ok, not really... but I had fun making it up.
mikeerson
has something to do with heating the water or filtering it? at first sight, I was thinking maybe it's like a trap that you find in pyramids? I wouldn't be surprised if there is some form of treasure under all those smaller stones.
3dpoetry
Great capture
LivingPixels
I am intrigued Roxy! lovely shot!
barryjeffer
I won't hazard a guess Roxy... but I do know the Romans were geniuses when it came to many things. A great capture and an intriguing question. Thanks for making the old neurons bounce around for a moment.
Faemike55
nice little change up by rotating the picture 90 degrees my guess is this is an access to the fire chambers to keep the waters hot
0rest4wicked
Was thinking along the lines of the hot bath. Where the skin is then scraped clean by some hired hand at the bath or a hand already in ones service! The volume allowed doesn't seem like much in this image for a bath so maybe it's more for the creating of steam?
adorety
Yep, I think heating too. The thin rocks makes me also think along those lines. Thanks for the puzzle and Happy 4th.
weesel
Interesting. I believe the image was rotated to add to the confusion. Part of the heating system, possibly even an entrance to the fireplaces.
FaeMoon
Oh, I'm betting on heating or maybe a drain?
twelvemark21
Intriguing, I'm not even going to hazard a guess as to what it might be at this point. I shall await anxiously the answer though (just hope that answer comes before tomorrow afternoon as I may be off line for a few days).
RodS
I suspect the stones were heated by slave-tended fires. I vaguely remember seeing something on History Channel a few years ago about Roman engineering - which was quite advanced... Hmmmm.... Looking at that brick in the upper right corner.... You did rotate this didn't ya?? :-D Very cool shot, Roxy!
drifterlee
A water outlet?