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)
SidheRoseGraphics
What a great shot and perspective on this amazing place, Roxy! Thank You for sharing it with us :)
adorety Online Now!
Great series. This vertical image goes well with your first view image. Nicely composed and great parting shot. That must have been a great journey with an enlightening arrival. At least the return journey must be downhill and give you time to contemplate. Thanks for sharing all this.
photosynthesis
I've missed some of these since I was traveling, so will go back & check them out when I have time. This is a fine view of this fascinating location & though more sophisticated architecturally, in it's basic geometric structure it reminds me of some of the native American cliff dwellings I've visited in the southwest...
mtdana
A very amazing place and a great informative tour! Probably will not see the place for myself, so really appreciate you posting your photos and impressions - only sorry we can’t get the 16 mega pixel version :) Thanks Roxy!
renecyberdoc
fantastic panaorama,this place smells history.
shingleboot
Very beautiful closing image
abreojos
Cool place and awesome shot..the people look staged..did you bribe them lol? Just kidding but it does remind me of a Poser scene without Poser making it even more interesting!
clbsmiley
Excellent!! :)
magnus073
What a wonderful photo Roxie, it was the perfect one to conclude on. I have really enjoyed this series.
MineFujiko
Another beautiful capture, Roxy-sensei!
eekdog
you take such amazing shots dear Roxy, can't wait for your next series my friend..
Faemike55
Very beautiful series and great journey thank you very much, Roxy, for taking us with you
nefertiabet
Wonderful Sumela Monastery series! Great info and capture!!!
Cyve
It's absolutely marvelous... Amazing capture my friend !
RodS
This is absolutely mind blowing, Roxy – both the structure and your photo of it! How lucky you are to be able to experience this firsthand..... And how lucky we are that you've taken us on this journey as well. I'm definitely looking forward to more of your explorations!
Tracesl
great location
rhol_figament
Humans construct all sorts of things, nice one!
3dpoetry
Awesome pics
4udreamcatcher
Super shot and such history and presence :O-)
Blush
Super capture and I also like the read as well Hugs Susan~
0rest4wicked
A great tour Roxy! I'd scramble to this given the opportunity.
FaeMoon
The angles of all the photos you shared are just wonderful. You pick the best places of which to view these exotic locations! Thank you for sharing them.. I'm working backwards. LOL
Rhanagaz
Wondeful shot, Roxy!! :o)
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work
JuliSonne
The architectural styles fascinates me. Angled corners, old paths, romantic landscape. Protected in the rock and the roofs offer at the same time as sun terraced. As aerial view of the village as in stone beaten relief see!
pauldeleu
I love the composition.
waldodessa
Beautiful photo!
Annie_Photography
wonderful work, every part looks perfect in this image,
voyaguer
When I was looking through the thumbnail in your gallery at first I thought is was the clift dwelling from southern Colorago then a reconstruction of them so I just had you look closser. To my delight it was in Turkey, a beautiful photo and now that I have seen the serries, many thanks for takein us along., Photosynthesis has some beautiful shots of the southwest cliff dwellings if you haven't seen them yet.