Queen of Autumn

© Sybille Sterk

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Photograph of one of my crowns... rather abstract I know, but I love the movement and flow in the image. :D

Available in all the usual places. :D

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Butterfly Witch

Just in time for Halloween

© Sybille Sterk

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This started off as a self portrait and they I went to town on it in Photoshop. The lashes are part of the original photograph I just enhanced what was there already. 

Created for a contest.

Prints available on 

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Something I've been working on....

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From my recent shoot with the lovely Vaida. 

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

Just so you know what I've been up to. :-) Lots of new photographs. :-)

Day Dreams

© Sybille Sterk

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“She never felt like she belonged anywhere,except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else.” 

(Rainbow Rowell)

I love day dreaming. Model myself, edited in Photoshop with my own and bought resources plus one texture by the amazing and generous Brooke Shaden.

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this is not wonderland

© Sybille Sterk

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Inspired by the quote. Created in Photoshop with my own and bought resources. Font is a free font called Maenan 2.

Available as posters, canvas and framed prints on Society6, Redbubble, DeviantArt (greetings and postcards there as well), Artflakes, and Viewbug.

The Bear

© Sybille Sterk

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A little finger puppet that I couldn't bear to part with. I had such lovely memories of the bear, the bear, the bear.... that's what we called him whenever we had a story with him in it. I tried to capture the happiness of the moments we shared with him.

Straight from the camera, no textures just a few colour adjustments.

All images my own. Edited with Photoshop.

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The Black Cat (Sammie)

© Sybille Sterk

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Most of the time my cats just run off or are moving around a lot to make sure I can't get a decent picture of them (except for by accident), however, now and then they take pity on me and pose. Sammie was obviously in a generous mood and sat there, completely still and as perfect as can be. :-)

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).

All available on Society6

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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

This Haunted Life

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Image to go with my poem The Glass Coffin

Model: Jessica Truscott, Faestock

All other images my own or bought stock.

Rapunzel

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This is another shot from my first photo shoot. It's my favourite because of the amount of emotion that comes through. I always liked Rapunzel; children always seem to pay for their parents' mistakes and in that way the tale is quite realistic. Depending on the version of the tale you read Rapunzel does quite a lot to free herself, other than most of the other princesses, which only seem to hang around, often asleep or otherwise incapacitated, waiting to be rescued. ;-) I am still waiting for a gung-ho princess, although, saying that Fhiona from Shrek was a good start....

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0186

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

Snow White

 

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From my very first photo shoot. The model is the beautiful Francesca.

Snow White in her coffin. It's always been one of my favourite fairytales, despite the fact that I was always annoyed that she just didn't learn from her experience, but maybe that's why it's such a good example?

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

Essential Cat

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This is the best photo of my cat I've managed to shoot so far. I love the 'in your face' feeling of it and it shows his personality so well. I've done very little editing except for a little enhancement.  

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

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

Head in the Clouds

Don't you sometimes get this feeling? :-)

Credits

Model

• Crack by Nikxstock

Stock

• Hair stock PSD files by Dezzan
• Lomo Light Leaks by Denny Tang

Textures and Backgrounds

• Photo Tints Overlay Set (Lichen) by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine

All other images/textures/brushes my own.

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Circles Within Circles

 

 

Illustration to go with my poem of the same name.

Credits

Model

• 33- verde by petronieska-stock

Stock

• Butterfly by dreamweaver69stock
• wave 3 by stockofshutterbugmom

Textures

• 6 Faves Texture Sets 1 by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Eyelashes Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock
• Waterfalls II by midnightstouch
• Teardrop Brush Set by Cynthetic

Actions

• Freebie Actions by Apples & Sisters
• Perfect Portrait 3 Action by TheCoffeeshopBlog

All other images/textures etc my own.

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Dissembling - Reinforced Fragility

 

 

 

Fourth in the series.

dis·sem·ble  (d-smbl)
v. dis·sem·bled, dis·sem·bling, dis·sem·bles
1. To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.
2. To make a false show of; feign.
To disguise or conceal one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.

From The Free Dictionary
The series is about the different guises and masks we wear.

This particular image is about the armour we wear to hide our own vulnerabilities and fragility. The more we reinforce that outer armour though, the more fragile we are when that armour is penetrated as the armour is often an inability of dealing the issues that make us vulnerable and fragile.

I've painted the face armour and then texturised it and added the screw heads (my own photographs). The fragility stickers are photographs from a parcel that we recently received. It's funny you never realise what may come in handy, so I am constantly snapping away at everything.

Credits

Model

• Portrait by Blair-W

Stock

• Blue by RhapsodyinAlto

Textures

• Another Mixed Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Darkworld Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Actions

• Perfect Portrait 3 by TheCoffeshopBlog

All other images/textures etc my own.

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Dissembling - Beauty Pageant

 

 

Second in my new series called Dissembling

dis·sem·ble  (d-smbl)

v. dis·sem·bled, dis·sem·bling, dis·sem·bles
1. To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.
2. To make a false show of; feign.
To disguise or conceal one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.

From The Free Dictionary

The series is about the different guises and masks we wear.

This particular image is about the efforts we make and the pains we are prepared to take to be beautiful and to adhere to the beauty standards and trends of our time. From designer eyes (coloured contact lenses) to makeup to surgery to turning ourselves into animals or vampires (and so on) there are many ways to hide ourselves until we cannot tell where the mask ends and we begin. The saddest thing of all is that we seem to forget that outer beauty is nothing without inner beauty. However, any inner beauty we possess is often overshadowed by the pursuit of outer beauty.

I am not saying that a little makeup is evil or that you shouldn't look after yourself and make the best of your assets, however, in recent years the concerns with our 'outer' shell seem to have taken over any concerns we have with our inner selves, the content as it were. From trying to be size 0 to wearing the latest fashion to cosmetic surgery we seem to have forgotten who we are and where we come from.

Credits

Model

• Portrait by Blair-W

Textures

• NF Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• 6 Faves Texture Sets 1 by Shadowhouse
• Bokeh Set 2 by Shadowhouse
• Another Mixed Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Rich Tones Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Actions

• Perfect Portrait 3 Action by TheCoffeeshopBlog

Brushes

• Eyelashes Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock
• Stitches and Sutures Brushes by redheadstock

All others images/textures/brushes my own

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Dissembling - Age of Technology

 

 

First in a new series called "Dissembling"

dis·sem·ble  (d-smbl)

v. dis·sem·bled, dis·sem·bling, dis·sem·bles
1. To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance. See Synonyms at disguise.
2. To make a false show of; feign.
To disguise or conceal one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.

From The Free Dictionary

The series is about the different guises and masks we wear.

This particular image, the first in the series, is about the way technology changes us. From the internet to the way we interact with each other to the way it allows us to hide who we really are and what we look like to the effects it has on our every day lives from the way it brings us closer together to the second hand nature of many of the things we experience.

Just in case you're wondering, I don't think technology is an 'evil thing' but I think it sometimes changes and affects us and the way we live in unexpected ways and it's important to consider what is happening to us with technology more and more taking over.

Credits

Model

• Portrait by Blair-W

Textures

• Odds & Ends Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Daguerreo Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Actions

• Perfect Portrait 3 Action by TheCoffeeshopBlog

All others images/textures/brushes my own:

• MM Industrial Textures Set - my own
• MM Sky Textures Set - my own
• MM Crack Brushes Set - my own

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Girl With Ribbon - Girl With... Series

 

 

 

Sub Title: Entanglements

Again, a deceptively romantic and sensual picture with a totally different message. This is about the traps we set ourselves and the traps we're caught in - from self perception to role models we find ourselves tangled up in sometimes barely visible constraints - the way we look, the way we behave, what we're supposed to do and what we want to do - signified both by the (outer restraints) spiderwebs and the (inner restraints) ribbons and bow. The sky and clouds can be seen two ways - the striving for 'enlightenment' and the freedom from the restraints we seek, or maybe it's just about the way we often walk around with our heads in the clouds, totally unaware of the constraints that hold us back? There are fragments of fairy tale princesses in there as well - I can see Rapunzel and he hair, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White both asleep and all of them waiting for Prince Charming. However, in real life there rarely is a Prince Charming to rescue us and, personally, I'd rather rescue myself. LOL

You can see the whole series here:

Credits

Model

• Shampoo Commercial 1 by AimeeStock

Stock

• Bows PNG by AWorldOfMagic by aworldofmagic
• Spider webs - my own

Backgrounds and Textures

• mr youngstrom by CKdailyplanet
• Wind by CKdailyplanet
• All Hallow's Eve Texture Set (Ghost Matter) by Shadowhouse
• Damaged Goods by Shadowhouse
• Grungesque Texture Set (Soft Turbulence) by Shadowhouse
• Worn Thin Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Sky - my own textures

Brushes and Actions

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• 17 Grunge Border Bars Brush Set by Shadowhouse
• Cloud Brush - my own brush set
• Retro Actions by Apples & Sisters
• Perfect Portrait 3 Action by TheCoffeeshopBlog

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

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