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
yawn and ignore your wonderful photos! that would be like walking into the Sistine Chapel and going "yeah! what's the big deal?" you just keep posting these wonderful shots
adorety
No boredom here. Virgin wilderness is not much of thing anymore, so any views into nearly virgin wilderness is a treat. Excellent photos of this site.
leroysquab
It is an absolutely amazing shot! Wow!
AidanaWillowRaven
Majestic!
magnus073
Nice work on this truly epic looking capture, Roxie.
Tracesl Online Now!
excellent
rhol_figament
It's so cool how the rock formations almost look like weathered tree bark. I would luv to see some more of those twisted sister rock formations, rock on B-Girl... ;)
barryjeffer
I doubt anyone could get bored in a setting like this... damned beautiful.
giulband
Beautiful photo !!
mbz2662
So beautiful. I bet it is wonderful to see, hear and smell :)
RaykesPictures
Still a super subject!
rbowen
Beautiful capture!
MineFujiko
Beautiful shot! I feel the strictness of nature from your picture, Roxy-sensei!
shingleboot
Hard to be bored with scenes like these
drifterlee
Very beautiful river shot!
RodS
Yeah, I have to agree with Mike and Art..... There is such a wonderful conglomeration of textures, colors, reflections - not to mention composition and balance. These are anything but boring, Roxy - keep 'em coming!
GrandmaT
Fantastic scene!
mtdana
I have never seen a frozen area like this – a very unique place!!!
dragonmuse
I am really impressed by all the lovely winter captures. I cannot get out at all in winter so would never see these sights. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
photosynthesis
I think I see the entrance to Superman's Fortress of Solitude back there. Beautiful shot of this incredible spot...
tommorules
Not bored at all, but ticked-off that only 12 people here can be bothered to view your photo full size. Ok 13 now, but it takes like what, 5 seconds out of your life? And increases the pleasure 100%. Thank you for your comment on my pic tonight. For some reason I thought I'd upset you (no comments from you for a bit, I'm a sensitive guy!) FYI, I'm 3 times as old as the best malt whisky I've tasted, so you were perhaps a couple of years on the high side :)
phfrancke
love the dark water and the reflections. Waterfalls are wonderful, but as you have shown, especially so when it is cold!!