Recommended Resources

 I've recently discovered creativemarket.com and it's become one of my favourite places to shop for resources. To keep on top of my game and produce interesting art that's on trend - be it vintage or futuristic or just nice and clean - I use everything from fonts to textures to actions to the odd design element. It can get expensive very quickly but I found Creative Market to be very reasonable, which is why I am recommending  the products I bought there for you to go and buy so you can be as amazing as me... just joking, more amazing, of course, (and I make a little something, too, which helps me keep up the good work). :-) I have bought and tested all the items below, so I know they're great.
Just click on any of the images to be taken to the respective page on Creative Market.

So here's my vintage collection

Actions

Textures

Design Elements

Beautiful fonts

Day Dreams

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

“She never felt like she belonged anywhere,except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else.” 

(Rainbow Rowell)

I love day dreaming. Model myself, edited in Photoshop with my own and bought resources plus one texture by the amazing and generous Brooke Shaden.

On Society6

Cupcake Love

Raspberry and strawberry cupcakes with buttercream icing and a raspberry on top and chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing and a chocolate heart on top.

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Happy Valentine's Day

© Sybille Sterk

Feel free to share this, but please link back to this post. :-)

Homemade double (triple?) chocolate muffins with homemade chocolate hearts and sprinkles. Enjoy your day. :-) ♥

Wild Thing

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Winter bare plant (my photograph) with words from Andre Breton. 

Edited in Photoshop with bought and free resources. 

Font is the most wonderful Pacific Northwest by cultivated mind.

On Society6:

Vintage Romance

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

A little bit of vintage romance.

Model in both cases is a (heavily edited) me, the flower garland and veil are handmade by myself.

Available as prints on Society6, Artflakes, Redbubble, DeviantArt and ViewBug.

this is not wonderland

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Inspired by the quote. Created in Photoshop with my own and bought resources. Font is a free font called Maenan 2.

Available as posters, canvas and framed prints on Society6, Redbubble, DeviantArt (greetings and postcards there as well), Artflakes, and Viewbug.

The Ravages

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

As per usual I used various sources for the vintage images within the picture including Vintage Printable and Graphics Fairy. I am still not quite sure where I was going with it myself. It's about age and time and the way we slide through them and the way they affect us mostly. Or maybe something else entirely. :-)

On Society6:

Sneak Peeks

I've been working really hard, truly, I have. Mostly photography for book covers, so not that much to show, but at least you'll be able to see what I did with the paper flowers. :-)

I am also working on two vintage images (sometimes ideas come in twos and if you don't grab them really fast they run away). So there will be more soon, just not quite yet. 

Here's a sneak peek of the book covers I have been working on. A romantic theme (mostly) with Valentine's Day coming up. 

There are also a few Valentine's Day cards available right now on Society6 (similar cards are available on my Redbubble and Artflakes accounts).