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 (21)
magnus073
Roxy, I'm so glad to see you're back and can't think of a better way to close out my evening than with a visit to your lovely gallery. This really is a nice photo to show off this majestic setting. This view from the catwalk shows off the express dock perfectly, and is a splendid way to celebrate 400 images in the gallery. Huge congratulations and hope you're over that artistic burnout :)
eekdog
welcome back Roxy. i myself ready for the sack, glad i viewed this also like Dave. beautiful capture of the catwalk.
SidheRoseGraphics
This is a lovely scene. Looks so idyllic and peaceful in the dwindling hours of the day. Love the black and white treatment too. And...nice to see you back Roxy!
JuliSonne
When the picture was in color, my view would be distracted. So my view it follows the lines in the picture. right, left and then the infinity of heaven ..... A picture full of wide and deep!
photosynthesis
Very nice. I like the silhouetted row of trees, the high contrast reflections & the scattering of clouds. The sun is almost invisible, I didn't notice it at first...
9002434
Nice shot and interesting lights and atmosphere!!
jarmila
nice sky and capture
rockstrider
Excellent capture - looks great in b/w!
OddMuse
This is really beautiful, it makes me a bit homesick for California. Excellent shot!
Tracesl
great looking place
Faemike55
Fantastic capture Roxy! wonderful lighting Glad to see you back with us Hope you have a lot of photos to share with us.
drifterlee
Very pretty shot!!
Dreamingbee
wonderful photo!
alanwilliams
beautiful, i love the depth to this
adorety
Very nice scene. The high contras makes for a sharp scene.
whaleman
Lovely work!
RodS
A lovely scene and a great photo, Roxy! Of course now I have that old song about Santa Catalina running through my mind.... Or what's left of it.. Good to see you back, my friend! Hope the artistic burnout doesn't last very long – you do such magnificent work!
Blush
Great pic Hugs Susan~
3dpoetry
Awesome
vitachick
What a place to live with palm trees lining streets.. We have telephone poles and lots of cars hehe..
Cyve
Great wiev and great perspective... Fabulous shot!!!