the emperor's new clothes

© Sybille Sterk

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

Another digital collage of images from various (vintage) resources, including some I bought, some which are in the public domain and some from The Graphics Fairy.

I love fairy tales and this was one that always made me laugh and think at the same time. It is a rather clever story the way it makes you think about rules and preconceptions and even more appropriate nowadays when everything is about image and more about seeming than being. 

Read the story here

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Spring in Tokyo

MCN: CCXE4-NEV11-2PN52

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).

Alice in Wonderland - 20 years later - Photo Manipulation

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Alice looked around. She'd found the right rabbit hole, but this is where the similarities ended.

The rabbit was grey not white and he looked old and sleepy not excited and in a hurry. The doormouse was on the pot, not in the pot. The Cheshire cat left a trail with its tail not its grin. And the magic bottle was empty.

It had all been so easy, long ago, when she was little and full of magic herself.

What was she to do? she asked herself. Go back? Stomp her foot and cry?

Alice closed her eyes tightly and wished....

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Details:

 

 

Credits
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Stock Images

• 'Alice' - Cutoutstock10-Gotherina05
• Cat 001
• Mouse stock 49
• Rabbit 8 from Oh Mr Rabbit_Pack 1
• Tea Pot Stock 2 
• Top Hat I
• Stock- Gold Pocket Watch, open
• Apothecary Bottle 2
• FREE STOCK, Key 2
• FREE STOCK, Playing Cards 2 edited with Sundel Backblech 01 (see below)
• FREE STOCK, Playing Cards 3 - edited with Sundel Backblech 01 (see below)
• Old door
• Curtain 01

Textures and backgrounds - used on the 'room' and some of the objects

• Aged Vintage - Background (bottom half)
• Premade background 11(bottom half)
• Art Nouveau Pattern Texture (for wall)
• Red Gold Floral Background (rabbit's waistcoat)
• Texture 26
• Texture 49V4 (one of the unreleased textures of one of the texture packs)
• Backblech 01
• Paint on window texture
• Texture 10

All other textures are mine. Image created with Photoshop CS4 and Painter X.

MCN: CBJ2R-2QBBH-WVUM6