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 (27)
poet001
How beautifully photographed Roxy and very appropriately titled. There is still life in this photo and you've sustained it. Excellent capture!!!
Faemike55
Very cool composition and great title
barryjeffer
awwhhh. Beautiful shot Roxy
adorety
Beautiful! The clarity and the detail is excellent. The capture of the water drops is superb. Not unlike tears. Very nice!
photosynthesis
Great DOF & detail & I'm a sucker for water drops - they add something special to any plant image...
eekdog
exceptional photography dear, Roxy.. love the water beads.
junge1
Nicely photographed!
magnus073
Roxie, this is such an amazing capture and a marvelous way to make a point.
RaykesPictures
Great point on a hard fact of nature.
whaleman
Very nice shot!
giulband
Fantastic Photo!!!!!!!!!!
3dpoetry
Fantastic
Tracesl
excellent
angora
awww... excellent image!! love the lighting!
Cyve
Marvelous creation... Wonderfully captured !
drifterlee
Very beautiful shot of the poor leaf!
Rob2753
Fantastic !! :)
RodS
A very powerful and beautifully photographed image, Roxy! The eternal struggle between life and death - so perfectly captured, my friend!
PsychoNaut
That's the thing about art. Sometimes it just reaches out to someone and they don't know why. It resonates somehow, and I used to struggle with trying to find out why. Now I only know that it does, and I must simply let it be.
rhol_figament
Cool lighting and textures, luv the water beads!
leroysquab
Beautiful shot!
JuliSonne
This leaf makes me melancholy .... Beautiful sharp focus on the raindrops that shine like pearls and refracts the light .... brilliant!
West_coaster07
Very well done!!
FaeMoon
Oh, Roxy! that is a great still life! The water droplets just capture the light like jewels!!
tetrasnake
Most excellent capture! I love the way the droplets stand out!
Rhanagaz
Top shot!!!!! :o)
Nonsolum
When "still lives" resume life by the heart of the artist which he subjects towards the spectator(s)...