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 (30)
Faemike55
Very lovely lady and great scene I'm actually glad to see this snow scene as the temps are going to be pushing double-digits today, so any thought of cold is going to be very nice
Tracesl
excellent
barryjeffer
Great choice of seasons at this point... anyway one can to cool off. Love the scene and you did great with the lighting Roxy, but then you always do. You pulled off a feat with the snow and creeping darkness... Beautiful work.
magnus073
I think you did a brilliant job on this dedication Roxy, the snowscape is very convincing. Then again you always put so much care into your images that they turn out great
twingo
Beautiful looking scene, excellent atmosphere.
zil2008
My thoughts are a bit different that FaeMikes as the temps around here are dropping and the thought of the white fluffy stuff coming in a few months is a downer. Love snow, not the cold that comes with it. Love this scene! Great lighting. Always love these snow scenes where the girls hardly have any clothes on running through the forests. They are pretty tough these warriors of yours. (Just teasing you!) Excellent job Roxy!
odile
I absolutely love the colors here, the blue and yellow/orange are wonderful. Superb , Roxy!
4udreamcatcher
A wonderful scene and character. Great job on the snow too :o-)
eekdog
i'm impressed by both your styles and work.
kfox
Nice piece!
brycek
Great scene and colors!!
Heitaikai
What an awesome scene in your very unique style. I can't believe that you dedicated it to me. Thank you so much for this and for your kind and encouraging words, Roxy. Your image is so impressive and as you wrote, full size is a must to see all the wonderful details. You did a great job with the snow and the lighting.
MineFujiko
Cool and Beautiful work, Roxy-sensei! love this tone of color.
FaeMoon
How lovely Roxy.. so beautiful and uniquely yours. I really am impressed with the snow and the lighting and the posing is so very natural.
Blush
Awesome image Hugs Susan~
vitachick
I think she needs more clothes on..It's cold..LOL.. Nice fur coat. Excellant work as usual!
3dpoetry
WOW, this is amazing
West_coaster07
Love this work my friend!!!
drifterlee
Very beautiful winter scene!
LivingPixels
cool work my friend!!
adorety
Super work! The lighting and color are excellent. Well done on the falling snow. You've succeeded nicely in keeping it dark, yet displaying everything. Not easy in such a busy scene. Excellent work.
twelvemark21
Oh WOW!! What an outstanding winter scene, amazing light and FX!
Arumbus
I like your choice of pov. It has helped you overcome the difficult problems of "night" renders. For some reason your pov puts me right their. Nice choice - nice work
tommorules
Have to agree with you with regards to properly-lit dark scenes. Sadly overdone by both the BBC (on this side of the Atlantic) and Hollywood (of late) to make up for a lack of substance... but done well can be awesome... think Band of Brothers (HBO, yes??). And maybe (horror of horrors) Harry Potter. If I could critique this slightly without upsetting you.... while there are lots of little details here that delight & surprise, there aren't any shadows to give the image depth (shadows in a snowstorm I hear- OK point taken). Also to get the nightime feel I would dark-grad from the top and maybe fog the last 10-20% toward the bottom. If I'm teaching you to suck eggs, as I probably am, feel free to tell me to p* off & have a glass of wine. I can take it, if there's a win-win :)
crender
superb and well done!!
adrie
This is one very beautiful render Roxy, love the blue colors against the gray ones, superb work love it.
0rest4wicked
Full view allows one to appreciate the lighting. Cool character, creepy looking critters.
Rhanagaz
Wonderful work!!! Your intentions are fully sukceeded here!! :o)
Rainework
I am always impressed at the amount of detail you can put into a scene without having it look overcrowded or chaotic... full screen versions are a must for every image you post, just to make sure nothing is missed! This is a great result for a challenging concept - as you said, the technical difficulties of snow are many, and paired with approaching dark they are doubled, so hats off to you for taking it on!
rhol_figament
After looking at this I want to do a winter scene now, thank you for the inspiration, great image!