House by the Sea

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I've always wondered what it would be like to live by the sea, to smell the sea and feel the waves when it's stormy. This is what I came up with. :-) 

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0195

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

Singing by the Water

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Illustration for my poem singing by the water.

Credits

Model

• Waterfall2 by faestock

Brush

• Hair brush set by para-vine

All other stock/images/brushes my own or bought.

Poison Apple

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A poison apple must be a special treasure to keep safe and secret until you use it. I wondered how you would store it. Another image in my 1/52 series (week 14).

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0197

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

It's A Love Thing....!

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Everyone who knows me at all, knows about my love for coffee. There is something about the bittersweet flavour or a little cup of Espresso with one brown sugar, please, that works for me. Puts a smile on my face and wakes me up.  And, over time, I've come to realise I also have a thing about the shape of hearts. They keep cropping up in my art, so here's my ode to coffee and hearts. Both images are available as (framed, mounted & matted) prints, posters & greeting cards on Redbubble, ArtFlakes, BlueCanvas and DeviantArt. :-)

Sisters Under The Skin

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I've been reading so much about women's rights being abused everywhere in the world recently  - from Honduras to America we seem to lose all the hard earned rights to our own body and what to do with it. Read this article here and weep.

I was so upset and angry about this article and tried to think of why it made me so upset, and a large part of the reason is that these are 'my sisters' what happens to them happens to me and it shouldn't happen. The long history of women's rights (or the lack of them) has shown we only get things done, if we stick together.

So this is what this image is about. Sisters under the skin, no matter what colour or where we are. :-)

Credits

Model

• stella-5 by xstockx

Brush

• Hair brush set by para-vine 

 All other images etc my own.

Shift Your Attitude Necklace and More Cambridge Collection

 

 

A necklace with attitude - mix of vintage and new OOAK (One of a kind).  

For sale: £28 + P&P

Cambridge Collection 

A walk around Cambridge - exclusive print collection, get them on Redbubble. 

Train Leaving in the rain....

Spring Leaves in the park...

Rain One - my new umbrella and a puddle. :-)

Rain Two - my new umbrella again with another puddle...

Pink Ivy - ivy growing on a wooden fence with a special filter.

Pink Park - images from the park with the special pink filter again...

Park - moody rain shot.

Natural Mirror - my favourite shot of the day - reflection of trees in a puddle. I love the magical feel of this. This was also my entry for week 16 of the 1/52 project.

Moody Mill - the old derelict mill in Cambridge and the train station, with the pink filter. Love the end of world feeling in this shot.

Hazel - love the sumi-e feel of  these two shots.

Eggs - a sign I walked past on my walk.

It's so much fun to walk around and just shoot pictures from the hip. I've used the random setting on my Hipstamatic app to create the different effects and then took them into Photoshop to edit them and emphasise the feeling of each one.

A Little Piece of Heaven

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A bit of fun - I wanted to create a 'personal heaven'. Lying on the grass in the sun reading a book seemed just perfect. :-) 

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0194

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

Typewriter Key Bracelets

 Commission for my friend Caroline over on Uniqart.

 Birthday present for a friend.

My own - first one and prototype.

Each bracelet is unique with a mix of semi-precious beads (above, from top to bottom: turquoise, rose quartz and opal), vintage and modern beads, charms, and chain and of course a single vintage typewriter key. The typewriter key is chosen at random unless specified otherwise.

You can order your own bracelet - you just need to let me know the size and what colours (or semi-precious beads) you'd prefer. I will either select a random key from my stash or if you are after a particular letter, I will try and order it for you (unless it's in my stash already); however if I have to order it, it will add two weeks to the commission as I have to order it in from the US, so keep that in mind if it's for a present and ensure enough lead time.

Each bracelet is £25 plus P+P (depending on where you are in the world) and will come gift wrapped, ready to give to someone special or just a pretty way to keep it safe from tangling up with other items in your jewellery box.

Watch out for the new Rockabilly jewellery coming soon....

Cambridge Collection

A walk around Cambridge - exclusive print collection, get them on Redbubble.

Towers - University Buildings on Kings Parade

Windows - Buildings with wonderful cast iron railings

Reflection - Reflection in a window

 Shops - Shops on Kings Parade

Gates - Delicate, intricate cast iron gates

 

Phone Box - Iconic red phone box

Cherryblossom - Church building with flowering cherryblossom

Cakes, One - Cupcakes in a shop window

Cakes, Two - More cupcakes this time inside a coffeeshop

Coffee Break - Two cups of coffee in a coffee shop.

All images are © Sybille Sterk and available as posters, prints (framed, matted, canvas, or photographic) and greeting cards only on Redbubble. The images were created using the Hiptsamatic app and edited in Photoshop.

This Is Who We Are

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Inspired by the stock image itself. I loved the strength in this and the absolute confidence.

For the generation of women who are who they are and who they want to be.

Credits

Red silk16 by faestock

Hair brush set by para-vine

All other images my own or bought stock.

Ida's Flowers

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Another illustration in my new fairy tale series. This one is about Little Ida's Flowers, another of Andersen's fairy tales. The flowers are freesias and anemones.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0189

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.

This Is Wonderland

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I've always had a thing about Alice in Wonderland. I love the utter whimsy of it and the way it plays and grows in my head. Here's another interpretation with the lovely Jessica Truscott as the 'centre piece'.

First proper image in a week as I've been ill. :-(

This image partners well with This is the Sea

Credits

Red silk14 by faestock

Hair brush set by para-vine

All other images are my own.

The Little Match Stick Girl

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I've always loved Andersen fairy tales, and this one is no exception, although it's one of the saddest ones (amongst a whole lot of tragedies). The Little Match Stick Girl is about the preventable death of a little girl and still as valid today as it probably was then, what with all the runaways and homeless people on the streets everywhere. I tried to tell the story with the minimal amount of symbols, using nothing but a box of matches in front of a grubby wall and a picture of snow I took a while ago. It's one of my favourite images I took this year so far. I love the simplicity and singular message in it.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0191

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop, no stock used.