Some new stuff

I've had a busy few weeks preparing for my next photo shoot, taking photos and editing and just life in general, I thought it was time for an update. 

You can always follow me on instagram to see what I am up to...? :D

I've been making flowers...

playing with fimo:

painting:

playing with paper:

making flower branches:

painting masks (not finished):

and I've created these two:

Both are available in all of the usual places in various forms. :D

 So, hope this explains the lack of posts... :D

Sea Queen

© Sybille Sterk 

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

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

Cthulu

© Sybille Sterk 

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

My interpretation of Cthulu - 'a fictional deity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft and first introduced in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928' (from Wikipedia)

A mix of textures, brushes and public domain images all mixed up in Photoshop. I love how it turned out. :D Hope you do too. :)

On Redbubble:

Take Cthulu with you and fill him up with coffee. :D

On Society6:

High in the Sky

© Sybille Sterk

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

Just imagine all the different places clouds see... that's what inspired this work of vintage art. A combo of public domain images and bought resources mixed up in Photoshop. I love the idea of fish seeing the world from the sky. I am sure they'd love it. :D

On Society6 and all the other places:

live so deep

© Sybille Sterk

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

More Vintage magic… a combination of bought and (found) public domain resources, combined as always in Photoshop. I know I’ve been a mermaid once, a long time ago… this is how it felt. I couldn’t find out who coined the quote, if you know, please send me a message.

On Society6:

The Perfumed Garden

© Sybille Sterk

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

This is the first in a new Vintage series titled The Garden. I read a sign for a beauty salon somewhere called 'The Perfumed Garden' which inspired me to start this series. 

These vintage works are almost like picture puzzles, one element leading to another.I am sure each viewer will have his/her own interpretation. It all started with the idea of a garden and a lovely picture of an octopus, next came the skulls and the trees and then it grew to what you see now. Every garden carries it's death already in it and each death feeds the flowers to grow from it. It's all intricately spun together by the master of the web, which has eight legs, like the octopus who connects both life and death (in my head anyway). The beauty of this cycle is a heady perfume to those that see, from the scent of the flowers to the rotten stench in death. :-)

Assembled with the help of Photoshop and Illustrator, using free and bought sources and public domain images, and of course as always my own kind of magic.

Available as always on Redbubble, Artflakes, DeviantArt, FineArtAmerica, and Society6: