Icarus - The Romance Version

© Sybille Sterk

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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:

Icarus Series

Yearning

Flight

Falling

All © Sybille Sterk

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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.

Available on Society6:

On Redbubble you can also get stickers and kids/baby clothes of the first two:

Flying

© Sybille Sterk

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

Image of feathers and sky/clouds all mixed together. I always wanted to be able to fly so I wouldn't be scared of falling.

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