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 (20)
eekdog
cool pov on the steps Roxy, would not like falling down them. would be a bitter ending.
drifterlee
Very nice shot!
magnus073
This is one very cool capture Roxie, I really like the pov you went with here. I have a feeling many people fell down them over the years.
netot
Great capture and POV! I love the use of the human figure, it gives the sense of distance
barryjeffer
Another excellent shot of something most of us would never imagine... Thanks for sharing these amazing images Roxy.
angora
agree with Neto, amazing pic!
RaykesPictures
You have a great subject for manny shots. I watch out what will come next. Each time well done and good info.
whaleman
Nice photo!
Mondwin
Fantastic image my friend!!!Bravissima! :DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
abreojos
I say make all castles a homeless shelter and put it to good use and make it unpopular to be so decadent!
3dpoetry
Brilliant photo
Faemike55
Very cool view I would venture to say that the steps were a bit intimidating back then
FaeMoon
I don't really like stairs even with handrails, gets my vertigo going. I can imagine in the day that they were treacherous indeed! Great shot!
mtdana
The archway details are repeated here – I would think the walls of this entrance would have been as richly decorated as the main chambers – must have been very impressive (or decadent as abreojos said)!
adorety
Excellent! Love those arches. I feel a little vertigo just looking at this. The idea of walking on slippery steps without the rails is rather scary. Especially in the winter, I imagine they could even freeze up.
Tracesl
excellent
RodS
Firstly, I love the leading lines here, drawing your eye to the doorway to the outside. The repeating pattern of the arches is wonderful as well. What is really amazing is the exposure here - usually a hallway like this; even illuminated with lights winds up being underexposed. And if it isn't, the area outside, and the first few feet of the inside are blown out with little detail. Not so here. Another excellent capture, Roxy!
twelvemark21
Beautiful shot, great POV love the framing and B&W!
nefertiabet
Very nice capture my friend! Have a wonderful new week!
tommorules
A good place for ancient thugs to hang out and cause trouble!