The Valiant

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.
A quote by William Shakespeare

I wanted to play with some of my new fonts and some of the cool vector graphic sets I just bought and a couple of vintage illustrations. The fonts are (from top to bottom): Times New Yorker, Appendix3, Dyers Eve and Charlemagne, and  18thCentury. All combined and coloured in a played around with in Photoshop. :-)

On Society6:

the view from the tower

© Sybille Sterk

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

Image taken at Hedingham Castle. I've changed the view through the window, added the water, the mist, the crow and the necklace... and changed the colours and played around with it quite considerably. LOL I like the fairytale atmosphere. :-) I think this would make the perfect book cover.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6 and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go toBluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

Also, on another little bit of news, my art will soon be available on displa.io. They print images on metal plates. The site isn't open to the public yet, but feel free to as for an invite, just leave your e-mail address in a comment and I'll send you one.

Past Glory

© Sybille Sterk 

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

Original image was taken at Hedingham Castle. There are several antlers in the entryway to the castle. It's a great place to see medieval life and the castle has great atmosphere. This is my take on its past glory, now long gone and only remnants are left.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6 and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

Floating Islands

 MCN: C3NUN-TW8C9-LJGP3

 

Detail image of the three islands in the top left corner.

The image was created with images of actual moss to make the top of the island, the bottom is either part of the moss 'pads' or bits of wood, stone, and bark.

I had great fun making them into little islands, each different from the others. I've included images from Leiston and Ely Cathedral, a tower in Happisburgh, an old beach torch as seen in Aldeburgh, trees from Rome, bunting from Cambridge and old watch parts for the gears.

The image took a week to create and pull it all together.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00136

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

The Dream Lord's Gift - Photo Manipulation

Illustration for my poem of the same name, The Dream Lord's Gift

 

Credits

Model 1

• TWS_1 by AttempteStock

Model 2

• yellow 4 by rammkitty-stock

Stock

• Rugged Male Hand Extended by FantasyStock
• Butterfly 3 by Sammykaye1sStamps
• Veil Stock Package 2 by almudena-stock
• and more birds by mimose-stock
• Whitby Abbey Ruins 3 by FoxStox
• cathedral by bloodydawn
• Remnant by Elandria
• Fingers to the Sky by Elandria
• The moon crescent image is no longer available on DA, but it was downloaded from Stormpenguin-Stock.

Backgrounds and Textures

• field 5 by F3rd4
• Darkness Descends by Book-of-Light-Stock
• Sky 46 by Sed-rah-Stock
• Mixed Sets 1 & 2 by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine

All other images/textures/stock/brushes my own.

MCN: CJKYV-SPYYH-SM44H

Once Upon A Time - Diptych - Photo Manipulation

 

 

 

Credits

Model

• Pascal Flowers 4 by Tracie76Stock

Stock

• Braid by NiennaAlatariel
• Ghost Key by bluewave-stock
• tree 16 png by gd08
• tree 14 png by gd08
• tree 15 a png by gd08
• Tree0002 PNG by nearstar
• Tree0003 PNG by nearstar
• Tree0001 PNG by nearstar
• Goldfish 04 by ashy-stock
• Goldfish 02 by ashy-stock
• 232 by kartoffel-stock
• Castle on Water by SweetSoulSister

Tutorial for floating island by PsdDude

Backgrounds and Textures

• Grassy Stuff by FoxStox
• landscape 25 by night-fate-stock
• A Rather Large Hill by Mourge-stawk
• clouds 102 by kasienka-nikki
• Very blue sky and clouds by Sinned-angel-stock
• sky 9 by night-fate-stock
• psychosomatic texture by Princess-of-Shadows
• Grunge 1 from 6 Faves Of Mine Texture Set # 4 by Shadowhouse
• Daguerro 12 from Daguerreo Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Oilpainting 5 by Shadowhouse
• Oriental Textures Pk12 by inspyretash-stock

Brushes

• Spanish Moss Brushes by redheadstock
• Ropes -n- Chains Brushes by redheadstock
• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Lines and ribbons- Sp. Edition by aeiryn
• 24 Clouds by Mila Vasileva

All other images/textures/stock/brushes my own.

MCN: CYD9B-CST7F-TTJ93

Dreaming of Camelot - Photo Manipulation

I was playing with my textures/brushes to create a background... Of course I had to try out if it worked... This is what came about.

Inspired by my love of all things King Arthur. :-)

All images/textures/brushes my own, except for the stock below.

CREDITS

Model 

Ana25 by faestock
Castle

We Shall Have Spring Again by Elandria

MCN: C6E48-RESKD-6N9XK

Download my brushes

MagpieMagic PS Meadow Brushes

MagpieMagic PS Gothique Brushes 

Mind Castles - Photo Manipulation

This is the illustration to accompany my poem of the same name.

It's easy to be smug about other people's escapism, but I believe it's an essential survival tool for most of us, be it watching a soppy film, reading a thriller (and imagining yourself as the dashing hero) or sitting on a bench during your lunch break and day dreaming. Let's face it, most of our lives aren't the kind you find in films, often there isn't a happy ending and a deus ex machina is a rare occurence.

So this is for all the daydreams that made our lives a little brighter and a little happier.

The image was as difficult to get right as the poem... however, I am happy it has the feel I was after now. :-)

Credits
Model

• Portrait by Blair-W

Stock

• Chateau 16 by greenleaf-stock
• Dragonfly stock 7 by hatestock
• And more birds by mimose-stock

Textures and Backgrounds

• Cloudy sky stock by ArwenArts
• Smoke textures by mysnapz
• Adult about this by CKdailyplanet
• Texture 140 by Sirius-sdz

All other images/textures are my own.

MCN: CA3DL-TQW5E-34DWQ

The Secret in the Wall - Part V

Read Part V here.

The other parts are also available:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Enoy!

The Secret in the Wall - Part IV

Here's the fourth part of the story so far, read it here.



First part, read it here.
Second part, read it here.
Third part of the story, read it here.








To read my story The Secret Keeper, click here.

Enjoy....

The Secret in the Wall - Part III

The third part of the story, read it here.

First part, read it here.
Second part, read it here.

Enjoy! :-)

The Secret in the Wall, Part II

Read the next installment of the story here. Enjoy. :-)