Deer Dreams

© Sybille Sterk

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

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.

Hope is the thing with feathers...

 

 

 

...that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all. (Emily Dickinson)

This image was inspired by the Godess Ma'at (see here) as she is described in Tad Williams' Otherland series.

'The dead person's heart was placed on a scale, balanced by the feather of Ma'at.'

Normally Ma'at is represented by an ostrich feather, however, in this case I've used crow feathers as they worked better with my overall image - note the small hieroglyph in the bottom right-hand corner.

Credits

Model 1

• Stock-79 by Dagwanoenyent-Stock

Model 2

• Stock-135 by Dagwanoenyent-Stock

Stock

• Crow Feather Wings Stock by RockStock

Textures

• Dark Classic Gray by Shadowhouse
• Square 88 Aged Parchment by Shadowhouse
• Square-152 by Shadowhouse
• Hazy Shade of Winter from 6 Faves Of Mine Texture Set # 2 by Shadowhouse

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

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Svaha - Photo Manipulation

 

 

This is the illustration to my poem. Both were inspired by a Charles de Lint novel of the same name. In the novel 'Svaha' = (SVA-ha) means the time between when you see the lightning and when you hear the thunder - (Native American, tribe unknown).

Although a little research showed that this may be a myth and that the name is actually of Indian origin and is used as a mantra or the name of a goddess or both...

However, to accomodate both ideas (although I prefer the first one) I added both to the poem and image.

The novel is pretty good, and I just love the idea of that moment when you see the lighting and wait for the roar of the thunder. A pretty special moment as far as I am concerned.... :-)

Credits
Model

• Stock-1 by nanfe-stock

Backgrounds and Textures

• Bubble web by Alison Ashwell
• Moonchilde Nebula. 29th by Mithgariel
• Lightning Graphic 2 by SB-Photography-Stock
• Unreleased Texture 1 V2 by Sirius-sdz
• Texture 161 by Sirius-sdz
• Texture 98 by Sirius-sdz
• Texture 157 by Sirius-sdz

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Feather Brushes PS - 01 by silinias
• Glitter + Sparkles Brushes by redheadstock
• Star Brushes by kuschelirmel-stockn

All other images/textures my own.

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