Golden Heart

© Sybille Sterk

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Brand new design. Combo of mostly bought resources and a public domain handwritten letter. Mixed up in Photoshop. 

It's nearly Valentine's Day after all. ♥

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On Society6:

Sea Queen

© Sybille Sterk 

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This is another of my Vintage Times mix ups. I used public domain images from Graphics fairy and other sources and combined them with bought resources of textures and my own colour adjustments to create this. I love the sea. This is my whimsical interpretation of the queen of the sea. :D

Available on Redbubble, Society6, and all my other outlets. A few samples below. :D

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© Sybille Sterk

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A new poem and a picture to go with it. All my own photographs plus free and bought resources. 

You can read the poem here.

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Early Autumn Glory (Diptych)

© Sybille Sterk

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I went to the woods yesterday and, no, I didn't find any teddybears having a picnic, but I found this, the most glorious golden light shimmering through the trees. I love the colours in the autumn and the wonderful light, even though it always reminds me that winter is coming and that summer is over. :-( 

I love the woods and the serenity that can be found in the wind making the leaves rustle and the smells wafting from the ground with each step you take and the light that shines through the trees like some benevolent spirit. :-) Sorry. I get carried away sometimes.

My own images plus bought resources.

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Also available on Redbubble, on DeviantArt, on BlueCanvas

and on ViewBug.

Have you seen the cute new style tote bags on Society6? Check them out. They're too cute:

Magic Leaves

© Sybille Sterk 

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the world in a leaf

A picture of a birch leaf mixed with a map of the world. Leaves travel the world on the wind... :-)

© Sybille Sterk 

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the magic of the leaf

I always felt leaves were magic - the way they begin from simple little buds and then the way they change their colour through the year and fall to the ground to make a rustling carpet of leaves to return on the tree the next spring. Wonderful.

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

1st leaf on Society6, 2nd leaf on Society6

Feet Firmly on the Path

© Sybille Sterk

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Taken in November in Cambridgeshire. No textures, just colour adjustments and a little lensblur to the bottom and top. There is something so special about the colours of autumn, with the last remnants of green and the bright yellows, oranges and vibrant reds of the leaves against the stark black of the bark and soil.

All images my own. Edited with Photoshop.

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6 and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

upon waking

© Sybille Sterk

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The image was taken this week at the park. I lvoed the wonderful golden leaves of the beech trees, especially as a lot of the other leafy trees are still green. The poem came to me yesterday when I woke up, hence the title. My mind seems to be very active when I am asleep which explains why I am always so tired in the mornings. LOL

the many nights
that found the morning light
glittering on my cheeks
like shards of glass
and my heart
running through my fingers
into the ocean of
might-have-been
and never-will-be 

 You can read the whole poem here.

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

All my images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes, Society6 and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas).

Chinese Lantern

MCN: CUXU4-JR3SE-U72XQ

I just love the stark branches of winter with a few berries leftover like little treasures. :-)

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0108

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

Waiting for Love

 

MCN: CDG7J-CCYVE-RJU81 

This was an experiment with a heart cut out from some packaging material and a ribbon. I love the magic feel this has. :-) Just right for the first blush of love.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0045  

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