Murder Board

© Sybille Sterk 

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I just got Ripper Street on DVD and I love it. This is inspired by the amazing title sequence. :D Public domain and personal/bought resources mixed together in Photoshop. The font is GL Steak Brush. I added drips and an FX effect.

The quote is by Aldous Huxley: It takes two to make a murder. There are born victims, born to have their throats cut, as the cut-throats are born to be hanged. 

Available as posters, t-shirts, mugs, bedding, framed prints, canvas prints, cases for phones, laptops and ipads, clocks, rugs, travel mugs in all my various outlets. :D Some samples below.

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On Redbubble:

Bloody Lips

© Sybille Sterk

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I am still find inspiration in Hannibal (the TV series) although I went back a bit further for more ideas to the movie poster for Silence of the Lambs. This is my interpretion.

Three of my own photographs (butterfly, blood), vector drawing (lips), the unicorn is a public domain vintage image. All mixed up in Photoshop with the help of textures (all bought) and some curve and colour adjustments. :D

See it on Society6:

Tristesse

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A sort of Jack the Ripper's London version of Cambridge. :-) Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0224

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).

Bound IV

 

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The final in the series. Sometimes even tears aren't enough....

No one was hurt when I took this picture. :-)

Created with my own photographs and bought stock in Photoshop.

Bound III

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Part 3 of the series.

Some crimes are just too big to be hidden, they'll always shine through, and they always keep us bound. 

Again, no one was hurt in the taking of this image. All 'bloody' effects including the plastic sheet were added in Photoshop through textures.

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Created with my own photographs and bought stock in Photoshop.

Bound II

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Second in the series. Sometimes the scars are on the outside, sometimes they're visible, but most of us are bound by the things that happened in our past and it affects our future.

Please note, no one was hurt in the taking of this image. All the effects - blood, scratches etc - were added afterwards in Photoshop.

Created with my own photographs in Photoshop and my own or bought stock.

Bound

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One of four images. I'll upload the other 3 over the next few days.

No one was hurt during the taking of these images. :-) The rope was loose and all the effects (including the barcode) were added in Photoshop.

Although it's a 'scary' picture with all it implies, to me it also has a strange beauty. In a way reconising you are bound is the first step to freedom. The barcode is to indicate how much we are bound nowadays by brands and labels (not just the marketing kind either). We all seem to be held fast by the labels people attach to us to make it easier to put us into a drawer and forget about us.

All images my own or stock. Edited in Photoshop.

New Calendar - Season of Love

My new calendar with all the recent mock book covers is now available on Redbubble. Just click on the images above to see the calendar in all it's glory or click here to see my other calendars. :-)

The China Doll Murders - Photo Manipulation

 

 

 And another mock book cover, this time with a crime thriller theme. :-)

Credits

Model

• China Doll v.2 - 9 by squid-STOCK

Backgrounds and Textures

• Oriental Black 1 by inspyretash-stock
• Oil Painting 5 by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Tattoo PS7 Brushes by CloakofStars
• Hair brush set by para-vine

Font

• Belisa Plumilla Manual by Lughdailh

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

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