Sweet and Pink

© Sybille Sterk

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

Cherryblossom image taken on Saturday, a vignette, colour adjustments and a texture. I love spring and the new fresh light and the blossoms and colours everywhere. Makes you hopeful after all this winter darkness and these sweet pink cherryblossoms are particularly pretty and lovely..

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

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6and 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).

Golden Light Cherryblossom

© Sybille Sterk

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Taken a few days ago on the one sunny day we seemed to have last week. I love cherryblossom and magnolia and the plumtree in my front garden because they herald spring and that winter is almost over. I am not a winter person, unless it's big drifts of snow and blue skies... However, spring is almost here... despite the snow last week.

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).

All available on Society6

 

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Cherryblossom a la Chinoise

© Sybille Sterk

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

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

Taken a couple of days ago. The first spring blossom. Makes you hope that winter might be over again for a year, maybe, even if there's snow on the ground in March. :-) 

 

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).

All available on Society6

Use this code to get free shipping worldwide until March 17, 2013 at Midnight Pacific Time.

Spring Glory

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I love spring. By the end of winter I usually feel so depressed by all the grey and dreariness that spring can't come soon enough and the first little sign of it cheers me up no end. Suddenly there's colour again and light and everything and everyone seems to wake up and come alive again. That's what this image is all about. Dig it?

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0178 

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

 

Spring in Tokyo

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Not quite taken in Tokyo, I just wish it was. One day I'll go and see the cherryblossoms flowering in Japan. :-)

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0156

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

 
All my licensing images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas).

Girl With Hummingbird (Photo Manipulation)

Sub Title: The Betrayal

 

 

 

I think I might need to explain the sub title. This image - although very pretty and seductive is actually about the way we 'deal' with beauty. It's more often than not something we use and abuse rather than just admire. The flowers (my own pictures of cherryblossom) symbolise the lure whereas the hummingbird symbolises, the 'vampires' that feed on the beauty. Of course beauty isn't always seen this way, but open a magazine or watch the ads on TV and you know exactly what I mean.... In part it was inspired by Madame Butterfly, a tragic opera by Puccini about a geisha abandoned by her American lover, hence the slightly 'oriental' feel.

Credits

Model 1

• Kimono 31 by Kechake-stock

Stock

• Hummingbird Stock 02 by rml-stock
• Gothic Lace fan by allyekhrah-stock

Backgrounds and Textures

• mr youngstrom by CKdailyplanet
• just gave it to him by CKdailyplanet
• blood red bokeh by DyingBeautyStock
• floral embossed texture by beckas
• BlueTextures by letinhastock
• Oriental Black 1 by inspyretash-stock
• 6 Faves Of Mine Texture Set # 4 by Shadowhouse
• Rich Tones Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• 17 Grunge Border Bars Brush Set by Shadowhouse
• Hair brush set by para-vine
• czchagas decorative curlys by caiojosechagas

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

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Spring - Cherryblossoms (Diptychs)

 I love Spring and looking at all the new green and blossom coming seemingly from nowhere. So here is another image to celebrate Spring.

Credits

• Sweet Valentine Action by Apples & Sisters
• Square 54 by Shadowhouse
• Grunge 1 Fave Texture Set #4 by Shadowhouse
• Old Paper 5 by Shadowhouse
• Glitter Texture 6 by Tracie76Stock

All other images/textures/brushes my own.

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Credits

• L'Air du Temps action by Apples & Sisters
• New Square Texture Set by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures/brushes my own.

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Snow Dreams - New Collection

Available from my Envelop shop

I am not a great fan of Winter unless it’s cold with a blue sky and sun shine…. Here’s my remedy to counteract it, the Snow Dreams collection. Romantic, feminine flower blossoms reminiscent of Spring and Summer in soft, dreamy colours. Who could resist them?

Also available as prints on Redbubble

MCN: CYUV4-3NTPB-1SERL

  

MCN: CKPYE-VJTYT-WKTAD

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Shop Update - New Designs

New collections available!

Heart Seeds

Pea Pod Hearts

Dragonfly

 Paper Crane

Cherryblossom Dreams

All available from my new shop:

Prints for the designs are available from Redbubble:

Paintings - Sunflower and Spring (Cherryblossom)

Here they are finally - my paintings.

Sunflower

This was a Christmas present for Steve as he loves sunflowers. :-)

It's acrylic on canvas and was my first ever painting on canvas....

Here's another shot:

and here's a detail that is also available as a greeting card on Redbubble:

 

Spring

This is my second ever painting on canvas.

  

This is available on Redbubble as a print

or as a greeting card, created with a detail of the large painting
and a texture (Sirius_SDZ) and a photo filter.