Icarus - Lord of the Sky

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New vintage times painting. Created with bought, free and public domain resources.

Considering I am VERY afraid of heights I do a lot of pictures of flying. Maybe if I had wings heights wouldn't scare me so much? There is something that draws me to the sky.....

Edited and mixed up in Photoshop and Illustrator. :D

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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

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. 

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Whatever

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This came to me this morning when I was cleaning my teeth. It's inspired by an unknown artist who does similar work. Just felt right this way. Some days 'whatever' seems to be the only fitting word.

Mostly bought resources, some free (or public domain) and some my own. 

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The Cost of Flying - More Steampunk

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This is quite a personal image to me. I am scared of heights and I'd love to fly just so I won't have to be scared of falling. However, this is also a conceptual image, about the dangers involved in flying (free), hence the scissors, on the other hand flying is it's own reward (hence the keys). Anything we do has a cost and unfortunately nothing is free but too often we feel the dangers even before we get close to experiencing them.

Images from a disc of royalty free public domain vintage images, with my own photos and brushes and a few freebies mixed it, all coloured and mashed up by me.

I'd love to know what you think about the image, so drop me a line or leave a comment. :-)

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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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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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