Forbidden Memory

© Sybille Sterk

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

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.

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).

 Available on Society6

Lies

© Sybille Sterk

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

Make of it what you want. Sometimes we need to be savage, sometimes we need to see the monsters for what they are. Be brave.

Full poem here.

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop. Thanks to you know who for the handwritten words. :-)

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).

Scent of Roses

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

Image created for the Facebook Group/Project 1/52. This is week 34.

I combined 3 images of a reflection of a rose in a water butt and played heavily with the colours/curves, added textures (bokeh, ripples and scractches) and the barbed wire.

The idea behind this image is that some memories, no matter how beautiful are just too painful to remember, but sometimes something like the scent of roses will make you remember anyway.

I wanted the area behind the barbed wire blurred  and vague but with bright distinct colours to show the dreamlike quality of memories and the way they are distorted by how we felt at the time or feel now.

Edited in Photoshop, all my own images.

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).

Plenty More Fish in the Sea

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MCN: CV3LE-JXVD4-JS1MY

Collab with Autumnwind and her new poem Blood Moon

Also part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images (Available soon!)

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

Hollow

 

 

 

This is the illustration to accompany my poem of the same name.

Credits

Model

• Cube 2 by AimeeStock

Stock

• Rib Cage Stock by xSekhmet

Backgrounds and Textures

• Transilvanian Forest Pack by UmbraDeNoapte-Stock
• 6 Faves Texture Sets 3 by Shadowhouse
• Photo Tints Overlay Set by Shadowhouse
• All Hallows Eve Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Cobwebs Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock
• Mist by spiritsighs-stock
• Fog by spiritsighs-stock

All other images, textures, brushes (MM Crack Brush) my own.

MCN: CQK1D-GEVVN-JR9TS

Love Hurts - Triptych

 

 

 

 ...Lost in your heart, lost in your eyes
Lost every day, no map to follow
Entire days, weeks, a blur
Flickers of light, in the darkness,
Only to be enveloped in shadows once more...
Peter Winstanley

Credits

Model 1

• Heartstrings Stock 1 by Pulling-Stock

Model 2

• drowning4 by rammkitty-stock

Model 3

• Princess Stock 3 by MagicDancer23

Stock

• Ancient Life Museum 47 by Falln-Stock
• Gears Transparent PNGs by redheadstock
• Jellyfish 6 by gothistock
• Jellyfish 4 by gothistock
• Steam stock 11 by Tigg-stock
• gothika-stock335 by gothika-stock

Backgrounds and Textures

• Coming storm by bloodlust-stock
• Sky 21 by EveLivesey
• STORM AT SEA BG STOCK V by ArwenArts
• burned by Meltys
• Wind by CKdailyplanet
• Coffee Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Old books and Papers by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Stitches and Sutures Brushes by redheadstock
• Tattoo PS7 Brushes by CloakofStars
• Light Rays by spiritsighs-stock
• Bubbles by hawksmont
• Crack Brushes I by hawksmont

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

MCN: CDYP2-2RWM3-54PV8

Black Hole - Photo Manipulation

Inspired by what Bella says in 'New Moon' about her state of mind when Edward has left - 'It's as if there is this hole inside of me'.

It's one of those feelings I think a lot of us can relate to. Here's the poem to go with it.

Credits:

Model
impression by xstockx

Butterflies and moths

• Several moths and butterflies by Alison Ashwell
• Luna Wings Light by Della-Stock
• Old Moth by kayne-stock
• Moth by amptone-stock
• Lunar Moth 01 by cypherstock
• Dreamweaver 436 by dreamweaver69stock

Brushes

• Glitter + Sparkles Brushes by redheadstock
• Crack Effect Brushes by funerals0ng

Textures

• Backblech 04 by sundel
• texture012 by buzillo-stock
• Spastic by dazzle-textures
• Tongue by thespook
• BandW smoke textures by anamcr

All other textures are my own.

MCN: CQNL9-QE7LA-33NGL

The Secret in the Wall

Photo manipulation by Sybille Sterk to accompany the short story The secret in the Wall also by me. You can read the story here.

Both the story and the image are inspired by the myth that giants hide their hearts to be invulnerable.

Credits:

• Spiderweb, Alison Ashwell
• Dragonfly stock 7, Hatestock
• Grasses and Plants PS Brushes, Redheadstock:
• Grungy and Dirty Brushes, Redheadstock
• Nuit lascive, Dazzle-Textures
• Vintage Grunge Textures, Princess-of-Shadows
• Turn Back Time Texture Pack, Princess-of-Shadows
• Texture 24 V2, Sirius-SDZ (V2 is part of a texture pack, so the colour is different)

All other images - heart, brickwall, weeds, ivy, ladybird are my own. Either edited photographs or painted (ladybird).

MCN: CER1Q-P9TYN-5VXG4

Slide

Image to accompany my poem Slide.

The title 'Slide' came to me and I didn't quite know why at first. It's such an odd title for a poem, but it wouldn't go away. I then realised that it was inspired by a character in the Terry Goodkind series of books 'Sword of Truth'.  The Slide is a kind of soul eater and it can devour the soul of someone and use it to his/her own advantage.

The photo collage didn't turn out at all like I had planned it. Not that I am unhappy with how it turned out. LOL It's one of those images that grew and changed under my stylus as I put it together.

I am still quite new to photo manipulation and sometimes find it hard to find the right tools to do what I want, on the other hand I love the discoveries I make on the way.

I have used the following stock:

Model, vintage image from M3ment0M0ri
Curtains, stock image from LunaNYXstock
Negative image (to make the film at the bottom) from ArtOfDecay-Stock

Fire, stock images from shin-rhys

The photos/images used in the 'film roll' at the bottom are all my own, so are several of the background/textures.

I have also used the following textures:
Sirius_SDZ
buzillo-stock
amorosaBlack

The image is featured on RB in their featured art category:

Featured in the Photo Manipulator's Group on Redbubble:

And Feature in the community post Inspiration: Fantasay Art on Redbubble: