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 (22)
Faemike55
and the child seems well-dressed Great capture isn't this scene replayed over and over again in countless cities around the world?
abreojos
Great perspective...makes me feel I am right there looking down the street for something!
adorety
Beautiful shot and compositon. The treatment you gave to the image is excellent. The prominent colors make it like a mosaic. The backstreets always have the most telling views and some of the most interesting.
mtdana
The buildings seem worn but not totally neglected and I don’t see any trash in the streets which to me reflects on the dignity of the people living there. Great looking capture, nice colors and perspective!
RodS
Frankly this alley looks a lot cleaner than most alleys in Kansas City... These people may be poor in monetary means, but not in spirit.. Wonderful capture, Roxy!
SidheRoseGraphics
And still life goes on with what little they have. A beautiful image Roxy!
whaleman
The irrepressible nature of people will always be to lift themselves out of squalor through such simple things as beautifying their suroundings! Nice shot!
ToniDunlap
Marvelous Roxy!
Ash888
Even though the people liding here might be poor in a material sense it does not appear they are poor in the way they embrace life. I can almost feel the dense but calm everyday life atmosphere there. Great shot!
magnus073
Very dramatic capture Roxie, and thank you for sharing you're thoughts also.
eekdog
sure does not look llike a cup of tea there. great shot hon.
nefertiabet
Fantastic capture always!!!
alanwilliams
i love this, very Cartier Bresson
vyktohria
Still, this is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!
netot
Great capture! There is a lot of this here, but you allways will see plants and flowers, no matter how poor the houses are.
photosynthesis
A fine example of gritty realism, though the color does give it somewhat of an uplifting, optimistic tone...
Tracesl
excellent
drifterlee
This reminds me of a watercolor. Cool shot!
JuliSonne
I find it good that you go in the streets, away from tourism. This is where the people live their traditions. A - for me - a moving picture!
mairekas
Fantastic image!
FaeMoon
Blues not just in the doorway, but the puddles, up the building.. they lead the eye around the photo in a journey of discovery!
poet001
This is such a very good shot of this old and worn down backstreet. Thank you for sharing what sometimes we are not even aware of. Excellent capture!!! And thank you also, for your very nice comment on my work "A Quiet Place". I just love how you put in at the end of your comment "Did you happen to say that you like red? Very good sense of humor and I like the way you worded that. Thanks Roxy!