Kiss Me

© Sybille Sterk

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Photograph of a (not quite so) common frog. Isn't he cute? He stayed completely still and let me take pictures of him from all sides, maybe because or despite the bright light I shone on him (her?). I love the golden ringed eyes and the lips ready for a kiss. I can see why they came up with they idea of kissing frogs. Who wouldn't want to kiss this one?

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

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Trees in the Mist

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Taken in the park a couple of weeks ago. I changed the colour and added the mist and the slight tilt-shift-blur.

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My Happy Ever After

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Another of my posters, this time with a fairy tale theme. Hand drawn on paper, then photographed and coloured in on the computer. Mostly my own patterns with a couple from Pixels & Icecream thrown in.

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Faerie Wood

© Sybille Sterk
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Row of trees in the park. Colour adjustments and magic added.

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Winter Wood

© Sybille Sterk

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This was an image I took last spring, however it was raining and the image turned out quite grainy. I liked the 'window' effect of the thickett enough though to play around with it and create this. I love the feeling of a magical winter it conveys. It reminds me of Snow White and the Snow Queen.

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

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Sleeping Beauty

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From my very first photo shoot. The model is the beautiful Francesca.

I always wondered about Sleeping Beauty, what better way to escape all the frogs than to sleep for a hundred years and be woken up by Prince Charming? :-)

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

Snow White

 

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From my very first photo shoot. The model is the beautiful Francesca.

Snow White in her coffin. It's always been one of my favourite fairytales, despite the fact that I was always annoyed that she just didn't learn from her experience, but maybe that's why it's such a good example?

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

Cut Me

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This one is an interpretation of Rapunzel, still going with the fairytale theme here.... Made me think about hair and how the power is 'ours' as long as we cut it, but not when someone else cuts it, then it diminishes us (i.e. what they used to do to women to 'mark' them as prostitutes). I remember some fairytales I read a long time ago, where the only way to 'cure' a witch was by cutting off her hair, she'd become a normal woman then. There is power in hair and the length of it...

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

Morgan le Fay - Photo Manipulation

Morgan le Fay illustration. Read more about her here.

I've always been fascinated by King Arthur and the women who play a major role in this myth. Each and every single one is interesting and multifaceted, and tragic. This is my take on Morgana. In case you're wondering, she's holding a bird cage with willow-the-whisp. :-)

Credits

Model

• Bells Falls20 by faestock

Stock

• Bird Cage by mjranum-stock
• Dead Trees by TexelGirl-Stock
• Sleeping Beautys castle by Rivendell-PhotoStock
• Dark Arch To Nowhere by RayvenStock

Backgrounds and Textures

• huangshan 1.2 by meihua-stock
• Dark Sky by raven2663
• Grunge Texture by skeelar-stock
• Stormy sky background by firesign24-7
• Splat texture by firesign24-7

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

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Titania - Photo Manupulation

 

 

 

Inspired by Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. My favourite of all his plays. :-)

Second illustration in my Shakespeare Heroines collection.

See Juliet here:

Titania has always been my favourite. Here's a quote to set the stage:

I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violets grows
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet muck- roses, and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania some time of the night
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight.

Credits
Model

• a walk in the woods part 1 by vampurity-stock

Stock

• Wings 04 - Transparent BG by DeviantNepStock
• Wings 02 - Transparent BG by DeviantNepStock
• Wings by BrokenWing3dStock
• Broken Wings by serp-stock

Textures

• Backblech 02 by sundel
• texture 161 by Sirius-sdz
• V2 of Texture 32 by Sirius-sdz

Brushes

• Sparklies Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock

All other images/textures/brushes my own.

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Wood Nymph - Photo Manipulation

 

 

 

I was playing with my own premade backgrounds. This particular image was inspired by the photos of the Cottingley Fairies. Arthur Conan Doyle was apparently convinced that the 'faries' were real, although to me they look like paper cutouts... Odd. Photo manipulation certainly has come a long way since 1917.

Created with my own textures/images/brushes, plus

CREDITS
Model
dramatic ballerina by AttempteStock

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Thank you!

Thank you to all of you (you know who you are) who supported me and sent me e-mails to enquire how I am and why I am not blogging and posting on the various mailing lists. It was much appreciated and made me feel much, much better. :-)

As a little thank you, here's the Titania dress I designed a little while ago, dedicated to all of you: