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 (25)
Richardphotos
same way in Dallas but there are some smaller vendors with large carts
3dpoetry
Love the effect, great shot
vyktohria
Street food...goooooood.... YUM! --with Richardphotos...in Austin, it's VERY trendy to buy street food (especially cupcakes). Most people sell out of those old "silver-twinkie" trailers from the 50's & they have "trailer parks" that are literally only for these "silver-twinkie" vendors...
Faemike55
Great capture of a timeless tradition, found all over the world
adorety
What a great shot. The culture that must go by that stand, being at a museum. That's quite a menu. I like the brightened coloring, its like a carnival.
twelvemark21
Yeeesh and WOW!! Great capture and the post-work is dazzling!!
alizsed
Love the post work on this image. Ya, lots of these mobile hotdog places.
jocko500
Shake Shack concretes lol bet if you ask to throw in a hot dog they do it. do not know how that would taste lol
renecyberdoc
now this makes me hungry. but now i come to think this food looks like it prooduces quite an amount of farts,is that not bad for environment?? considering they chase smokers around , the smoke from behind might be worse heheheh
SidheRoseGraphics
Mmmmmm, all so bad for you, but so tasty. The jumbo pretzel and Philly Cheesesteak look good. Great postwork Roxy and a wonderful capture of life in New York!
odile
Nice shot and the vivid colors give a lot of life to this street view!
whaleman
It's like looking at a flea market stand, stuff to be seen everywhere! Nice work!
fallen21
Awesome shot!
mikeerson
so if I ordered a Shake Shack concretes with a jimmy hoffa, what would it taste like? lol
Blush
Great and colorful capture now your making me want one at 1am in the morning LOL Hugs Susan~
vitachick
Imagine what they pay to get their location. One just can't set up w/o paying the price.. Oh no...Mikeerson..once again lol...
nitegrafix
Really great work!
magnus073
Fantastic capture Roxy, and your point is well made about how this is in reality a restaurant on wheels :)
0rest4wicked
Great follow up image Roxy!
drifterlee
I never saw such a big hot dog cart before. Not where I live.
bobrgallegos
An outstanding candid capture!!
RodS
Never been to NY (yet), but I understand you just haven't lived until you've had a dog from one of these stands.... Wonderful photo, Roxy!
Chipka
Chicago is known for its pizza and New York is known for a lot more than pizza! We don't have hot dog stands here. Well, we had them at one time, but they were never New York style hot dog stands. It's hilarious, because we have Chicago-style hotdogs; and you can go to a "hot dog stand" and get them, but the "stands" in question are big enough for a sit-down restaurant to fit inside, only you don't sit down in them. I rather miss the pushcart experience and it's something that I'll always associate with New York. New York and Chicago are such different cities, and I get the feeling that New York is the more authentic one. Well, it is older than Chicago. I've noticed that this is now more of a multi-national "pull-cart" and it has wheels on it, so it's definitely New York style: only now, you need a truck to pull it. I think that's what they call "progress." It's STILL a pushcart, but now they offer multi-ethnic food choices, and (as progress always dictates) "push" now means "hook it up to your truck and drag it." I love the colors and the people-focus of this shot. There are so many fragments in this as well, and they all work together, like a mosaic, giving you a kind of fractal view of New York. No, you can't see the whole city, but you can see a kind of smaller-scale "fractal" version of it. And if you zoom back, you'll see the same things: just more of them. I like the way that works in this shot, and this is a gorgeous piece of photography! Fell free to post zillions more.
photosynthesis
This is a nice companion piece to the Shake Shack & I think I actually like it a little better as you can really see these people as distinct individuals. The play of light & shadow on the folds & creases of their clothes is particularly appealing & very effectively augmented by your postwork. I remember the simple Sabrett's hot dog carts from my youth, which had distinctive yellow & blue umbrellas like this.
Rhanagaz
Great capture and work, Roxy!! :o)