La Tour Eiffel

© Sybille Sterk

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This was taken a while back at a carboot sale. I added the quote (from the film Casablanca) and various colour adjustments and textures. 

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Edited with Photoshop.

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the road goes ever on

© Sybille Sterk

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The words are by Tolkien from a song mentioned in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. There are various versions of it. The image was taken at the Gog Magog Hills in Cambridge. It's a lovely quote and it talks (to me) of adventure and new beginnings, of excitement and things beckoning. It's also a good metaphor for life, because no matter how much we want to stay sometimes, life goes on, which sometimes is a good thing and sometimes not so good, but we don't get to choose.

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 toBluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

not all those who wander are lost

© Sybille Sterk

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The words are by Tolkien from the poem from the poem All that is gold does not glitter, the image was taken at the Gog Magog Hills in Cambridge. I always loved the quote because it made me wonder about the world that is out there. It's the ultimate traveller's quote, well, there is one other... also by Tolkien, but that's for tomorrow. :-)

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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 toBluecanvas). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

Samsung Galaxy S4 case, cushion cover and framed print all on Society6

Fox

© Sybille Sterk
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This was another experiment with vector graphics, drawn in Illustrator and then edited in Photoshop. I added lots of textures and a few effects to make it feel like a hand drawn cut out and glued image. Something for the kiddies (or those that are still kids at heart). I have thing about foxes at the moment... LOL Watch this space for more to come.

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

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Note: You also can get this as t-shirts, baby clothes, stickers (RB and Society6) and tote bags (Society6).

 

 Available on Redbubble

 

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Martian Winter

Martian Winter I

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Martian Winter II

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Insprired by the War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. This was taken a while ago and then edited heavily (colours and tilt-shift blur plus textures) to create the effect. I love the colours and the feeling of being drawn into the image.

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Forbidden Memory

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This was an experiment with my Lensbaby soft focus lens last week on a 'camera walk'. The more I worked on it (in Photoshop) the more it reminded me of the trailer of The Walking Dead (one of my all time favourite series). The combination of the imagery (barbed wire, viewer hidden in the trees) and the textures and soft focus made me think of those memories we can't bear to look at directly, but only sideways and with a squint, hence the name.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Grunge and emotion added in with Photoshop.

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Trees in the Mist

© Sybille Sterk

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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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It goes with the Faerie Wood I posted a short while ago:

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Herne

© Sybille Sterk

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Photo manipulation inspired by Herne and the Wild Hunt (see here). I've always had a soft spot for mythology and anything to do with King Arthur. I first came across Herne when reading Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising and I loved her interpretation of it.

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

Cushion on Society6

iPhone case on Society6

 

iPad case on Redbubble

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the long road home

© Sybille Sterk

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Home is a strange thing. It's made up of lots of little things and we never know what they are until we lose them and have to find them anew.

You can read the poem quoted in the image here

I lost my way

amongst the stars

infatuated by a

gleaming blue light

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00288

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

in dreams

© Sybille Sterk

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Image taken last weekend in Orford. Word are from my recent poem of the same name, you can read the full poem here.

the girl

who

woke with a vision

of a sky blue with clouds

that went on forever

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end of days

© Sybille Sterk
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This is an image I took at the end of a long hot day. The simplicity and light seemed to perfectly complement the poem of the same name that I wrote.

The extract reads:

everything's right here
and it's up to us
to make something worthwhile
to paint our life
in many shades of grey
in all the colours of the rainbow
to live through the ups and downs
to love all we can
until the end of days

 You can read the whole poem here.

All images and words used are my own, edited in Photoshop.

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Seeds

© Sybille Sterk

To go with my poem of the same name seeds

Model

Jessica Truscott

Brushes

Hair brush set by para-vine

BLACKTHORN brush by fiendallah

Thorn & Thistle Brush Set by Kendra Schaefer

Summer - Grass in the Wind I and II

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These two are my favourite images from the weekend. I love the light/shadow play and the simplicity of the photographs. For me it's a window straight into a lazy Summer afternoon....

I am trying to make the most of the Summer holidays and the (so far) great weather. However, today it's raining. :-( Typical, it's the start of the Cambridge Rock Festival today...

Credits for Both Images

• Freebie Actions (Veruca Salt) by Apples & Sisters
• Rich Tones Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Odds and Ends Texture Set II by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures/etc my own.

Earrings - Hoops, Black Cats, Lambs, Shells, and Heavenly Blues

I've been having fun with black plated hoops and other goodies I bought from Studio Sen on Etsy (materials for the first 3 pairs of earrings).

The first two pairs of earrings are mine... but I have more of the 'ingredient's available.

Going in Circles Earrings

The blackplated hoops are 2" (5omm) in diameter and adorned with a lovely hammered sterling hoop. The ear wires and head pin are also sterling silver.


I love the contrast between the smooth black matte hoops and the shiny textured sterling hoops. The black plated hoops are very filigree and look elegant against the silver.



Black Cat Earrings

The little black cats are made from mother of pearl and I love their cute little faces. They are surrounded by laser cut filigree hoops in the same smooth blackplating as the hoops above. The hoops are quite large (55mm) but because of the elegant filigree design also extremely light. The findings are all oxidised sterling silver.



Little Lamb Earrings

These are so cute - little mother of pearl lambs surrounded by green frosted Japanese seed beads (aka grass) on silver plated just over 1" (30mm) hoops. The headpin is sterling silver. These will either go in my Etsy shop or you can buy them directly now for £10.



Shell Circle Earrings

These are just sooooo stylish and elegant. A vintage brass shell with a lovely gingerbread patina hangs within a blackplated hoop. I've used blackplated ear wires for these as well. The headpin is oxidised brass. Available now or later from my Etsy shop for £12.



Heavenly Turquoise Earring Selection

My friend as me to make her some sterling earrings with the long oval design that I have used for other earrings (e.g. Pink Grapefruit Set and Happy Tears Set). She wanted pale blues but I wasn't quite sure what kind of feel she was after so I made three different pairs.

The first one is my personal favourite.

Pebble Earrings

I've used wonderful beads in striated blues - one pebble is a turquoise frosted blue, the other is a creamy very pale matte blue - and combined them with seedbeads in coordinating blues. The ear wires are handformed and hammered and the earrings are about 2" long. These will be £12.


Rose Bud Earrings

In this set I combined lampwork beads in a blue,white and pink rose design with Swarovski beads in pale blues and a very soft rose colour and a few matching seedbeads. The sterling silver ear wires are handformed and hammered and the earrings are about 2" long. These will be £12 now or later from my Etsy shop.



Blue Daisy Earrings

These are so pretty and dainty. Glass flowers are combined with faceted and seed beads in coordinating blues and embellished with little drops. All findings are Sterling silver. The sterling silver ear wires are handformed and hammered and the earrings are about 2" long. These will be £12 now or later from my Etsy shop.