Day Dreams

© Sybille Sterk

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“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.

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The Impossible

© Sybille Sterk

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Photograph taken yesterday.  

Colour adjustments and textures.

The quote is from one of my most loved ever tv series and one of my favourite episodes within the series. It's romantic and full of hope.

The full quote is "If the impossible is possible, then someday maybe I might see him again."

Ring is from Etsy.

Quote from Fringe, Season 3, episode 6B

Font is Belisa Plumilla Manual.

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

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Icarus Series

Yearning

Flight

Falling

All © Sybille Sterk

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This is a series of three. 

I have a thing about feathers and flying. I am terrified of heights and suffer from vertigo, so I have always felt jealous of birds who have wings and hollow bones that allow them to fly so they never have to fear falling, or rather smashing into the ground. There is such an amazing beauty in watching a bird in flight. Such freedom and happiness. 

The first of the three images is about the yearning when you look up and wish yourself to be in the sky amongst the clouds.

The second of the three images is about the gift of flight, being there and feeling the air holding you up.

The third and last of the three images is about the falling, not such a scary thing when you're a bird but terrifying for me.

All three images are edited photographs of feathers. I removed the colour and reduced them to a strong contrast black and white image, then overlaid them with a texture to remove even more of the original photograph before I added subtle colour back into the images. I wanted to create the feeling of Dürer's engravings.

All other images and textures my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

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Flying

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Image of feathers and sky/clouds all mixed together. I always wanted to be able to fly so I wouldn't be scared of falling.

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

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dreams

© Sybille Sterk

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Isn't it strange how in dreams so many things make sense and are perfectly reasonable and even normal and when we wake up we are left with this feeling that we missed something, that there was a message there which we failed to understand?

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

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Love ♥

This was a bit of an experiment with a new brush I created. The brush consists of old fashioned typewriter keys and I wanted to see how it could/would work in an image.

I was going for the feeling of day dreaming and thinking of your love.

All my own resources - typewriter keys brush, textures, background images, bokeh.

MCN: CCCWQ-KMVCV-58184

Wonderland II: Dream

 

 

 Part II in my mini series to accompany my poem Wonderland

Credits

Model

• Stock Photo - Diss 57 by dead-stock

Stock

• 232 by kartoffel-stock
• Goldfish 02 by ashy-stock
• Goldfish 04 by ashy-stock

Textures

• Odds & Ends II by Shadowhouse
• Another Mixed Bag by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Space Water Brushes by Kikariz
• My own Cloud brush by MagpieMagic

All other images/textures etc my own.

MCN: C2RQ1-G3R5S-HBVUS

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

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MagpieMagic PS Meadow Brushes

MagpieMagic PS Gothique Brushes