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 (19)
MineFujiko
Beautiful capture! looks another world, Roxy-sensei!
whaleman
That is certainly other-worldly! Nice work!
giulband
It seems an irreal word!!
Cyve
Marvelous shot and very great POV. Fantastically well done !
3dpoetry
Amazing photo and idea behind it
magnus073
This really is a beyond cool capture Roxie, and it sounds like you went to a lot of trouble for it.
eekdog
sure is a cool capture, Roxy. Merry Christmas..
ArtistKimberly
Exquisite image,
shingleboot
Does make a great attention getter. Great shot
rhol_figament
Cool looking portal!
Faemike55
Wonderful and trippy capture and here I thought you'd gotten back into rendering and this was going to be a new episode of Ishtar
Tracesl
excellent
RodS
What - you didn't step through it to see what parallel universe was on the other side? :-D Indeed, this is a most delightful capture, Roxy! Sometimes just saying "the hell with it, I'm shooting anyway despite the challenging lighting" can result in stunning images. This one is proof! I'm with Mike RE Ishtar.... (hint)
adorety
Hah! Very cool. It does, indeed, remind me of a what a wormhole opening might look like.
sharky_
Very nice work. Aloha
amirapsp
Stunning my friend ---> Merry Christmas....Hugs
leroysquab
It definitely does create a sense of dimensional portal... awesome!
JuliSonne
Still such a great image .... He looks like a giant crystal ... and yes, there is snow made of crystals. The crystal ball for 2014? The unwanted spots do not interfere. They give the image MAGIC ....
mtdana
Nice effect and the lighting on the snow is great!