Fragile (three feathers)

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The last in the current feather series. Three mixed feathers shattered. There's something fragile about feathers and birds, maybe it's the hollow bones that allow them to fly. Not sure but I always think of birds as being fragile. Maybe not emus. LOL

This is a combo of lots of textures and my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

Check out the other three feather images in this series in the previous posts.

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Still with the feather theme. Five crow feathers in a line made me think of five ravens. There's a story in there somewhere. :D

This is a combo of lots of textures and my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

There is one more to come in the next few days. Available on all sorts of merchandise in the usual outlets - check the links on the right - Redbubble, Society6, Design by Humans, Artflakes, etc. :D

The Writer's Feathers

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Writer's needs special feathers, also called quills. Sometimes it may appear as if the ink they use is in fact heart blood.

 This is a combo of lots of textures and vintage public domain images plus my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

There are two more to come in the next few days. In the meanwhile this one is available as prints and other merchandise in the usual outlets. :D

Mixed Feathers

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I love feathers. Nothing new there. LOL This is a combo of lots of textures and vintage public domain images plus my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

There are three more to come in the next few days. In the meanwhile this one is available as prints and other merchandise in the usual outlets. :D

Deer Dreams

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Inspired by Hannibal the TV series. I have a thing about antlers, so the dream like sequences in Hannibal impressed me greatly. 

This is a composite of free and bought resources, and my own images combined and mixed up in Photoshop.

Check it out on Society6.

Please note there is a special (dark) edition of this image only available here on Redbubble. I will only sell 20 of that version:

This one is only available as a print/poster.

Icarus - The Romance Version

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A new piece based on my original Icarus - The Yearning. It's one of my favourite images and I thought it was time for an update. 

This is a mix of a photo I took of five feathers, which I then edited in Photoshop to look like a painting and overlaid with vintage images of wings and a Delft blue colour. It reminded me of Delft porcelain and the delicate blue designs you find on that. 

On Society6:

Looking back

at some of last year's images

My love of feathers and all things vintage is undiminished. There is beauty everywhere and vintage is still cool. :-)

All images © Sybille Sterk 

You can buy most of my images on Redbubble, Society6, Artflakes, Posterlounge, Displa and DeviantArt (see links in the bar on the right) or license some of them through ArcangelImages.com or RedEdgeImages.com

In the darkest hour

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Another a 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, Vintage Printable and Karen's Whimsy. I added my own flair and and imagination and a little magic to make this. 

Even in the darkest hour there is a light to be found... maybe. :-)

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emotion:wishes

This image is part of a three part series all about emotion.

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Build Your Wings

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For my friend Denis - I hope your dream comes true sooner rather than later.

Magpie wing vector graphic drawn by me, textures added in Photoshop. I love feathers and wings. This was going to be a logo, but it's too detailed and, I think, too pretty to use just as a logo. 

Quote by Kobi Yamada

Font is Amatic.

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

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Hear My Heart Break

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Illustration of my poem of the same name. Font is Amatic, as always. The lizard was a tiny common lizard in my garden. The petals are from a peony.

Read the poem here.

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

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Icarus Series

Yearning

Flight

Falling

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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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