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

The Woods in Winter

© Sybille Sterk 

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

Created using both Illustrator and Photoshop, bought resources and my own illustrations and photography. 

Woods are lovely never mind the time of year. This was my take on a Snow White wood where the prince never came to rescue Snow White. Instead red apples grew where she fell asleep in her glass coffin. 

Sometimes life doesn't work out the way you hoped.

Available as prints, phone and tablet cases, mugs and travel mugs, wall hangings and shower curtains, cushions and various bags and pouches, duvet covers and stationary cards. Oh and mouse mats. :D Have a ball. Have a set. :D

Society6, Redbubble, Artflakes, DeviantArt, Casetify 

In the Woods Tonight

© Sybille Sterk 

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

Created using both Illustrator and Photoshop, bought resources and my own illustrations and photography. 

I can never decide if I like the woods better or the sea, so here's a mix of both in on of my favourite colour combos. :D And, don't forget the cool raven. :D 

More to come... So watch this space.

Available as prints, phone and tablet cases, mugs and travel mugs, wall hangings and shower curtains, cushions and various bags and pouches, duvet covers and stationary cards. Oh and mouse mats. :D Have a ball. Have a set. :D

Society6, Redbubble, Artflakes, DeviantArt, Casetify 

Icarus - Lord of the Sky

© Sybille Sterk

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

New vintage times painting. Created with bought, free and public domain resources.

Considering I am VERY afraid of heights I do a lot of pictures of flying. Maybe if I had wings heights wouldn't scare me so much? There is something that draws me to the sky.....

Edited and mixed up in Photoshop and Illustrator. :D

Available as prints, phone and tablet cases, T-shirts, hoodies, mugs and travel mugs, wall hangings and shower curtains, cushions and bags, duvet covers and stationary cards. Oh and mouse mats. :D Have a ball. Have a set. :D

Society6

Redbubble

Artflakes

Crated

DeviantArt

and various others.

Nevermore

© Sybille Sterk

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

Inspired by The Raven, poem by E.A. Poe. :D I always loved the poem. :D

The image is a mix of the type (font is Skumfuk), which I bought a while ago and was dying to use and a raven silhouette I bought as part of another font (Gentlemen's Poison) and some textures and my own blood texture. :D 

Edited and mixed up in Photoshop as always.

On Society6:

© Sybille Sterk

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

Still with the feather theme. Five crow feathers in a line made me think of five ravens. There's a story in there somewhere. :D

This is a combo of lots of textures and my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

There is one more to come in the next few days. Available on all sorts of merchandise in the usual outlets - check the links on the right - Redbubble, Society6, Design by Humans, Artflakes, etc. :D

The Writer's Feathers

© Sybille Sterk

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

Writer's needs special feathers, also called quills. Sometimes it may appear as if the ink they use is in fact heart blood.

 This is a combo of lots of textures and vintage public domain images plus my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

There are two more to come in the next few days. In the meanwhile this one is available as prints and other merchandise in the usual outlets. :D

Mixed Feathers

© Sybille Sterk

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

I love feathers. Nothing new there. LOL This is a combo of lots of textures and vintage public domain images plus my own photograph, edited and mixed up in Photoshop.

There are three more to come in the next few days. In the meanwhile this one is available as prints and other merchandise in the usual outlets. :D

The Raven

© Sybille Sterk

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

I love the poem of the same name by Poe. This is my interpretation of the poem.

Created in Photoshop with bought and public domain and free resources.

On Society6:

The Valiant

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.
A quote by William Shakespeare

I wanted to play with some of my new fonts and some of the cool vector graphic sets I just bought and a couple of vintage illustrations. The fonts are (from top to bottom): Times New Yorker, Appendix3, Dyers Eve and Charlemagne, and  18thCentury. All combined and coloured in a played around with in Photoshop. :-)

On Society6:

the view from the tower

© Sybille Sterk

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

Image taken at Hedingham Castle. I've changed the view through the window, added the water, the mist, the crow and the necklace... and changed the colours and played around with it quite considerably. LOL I like the fairytale atmosphere. :-) I think this would make the perfect book cover.

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).

Also, on another little bit of news, my art will soon be available on displa.io. They print images on metal plates. The site isn't open to the public yet, but feel free to as for an invite, just leave your e-mail address in a comment and I'll send you one.

a broken heart lasts forever

© Sybille Sterk

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

This is a photo collage inspired by a picture of some glass shards I took a little while ago. The shards made the shape of a heart and I added the photo of a hand drawn heart and clouds and lots of textures to create this.

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

cushion cover on Society6

tote bag on Society6

 

hoodie on RedBubble

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), t-shirts and tote bags.

the things I allow myself to think

 

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

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00161

The image has been edited slightly from the original and my words from the poem the things I allow myself to think have been added:

the things I allow myself to think
are few and far between
like a necklace of islands in the ocean
never precise and harsh
like the cries of seagulls by the beach

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

 
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).

Songs of the Wild Wood - Triptych

 

 

 

Inspired by the Paul Weller song, Wild Wood

 

Poem to accompany the illustration here

Credits

Model 1

• raid2 by rammkitty-stock

Stock

• Grackle 'Raven' by Della-Stock
• Antler Pack - Feb11 08 by markopolio-stock
• Toadstools_cutout by Goblin-stock
• Sunstone72-Stock 227 by Sunstone72-Stock
• Wings Stock06 by KLStock
• Leaves PNG by Sammykaye1sStamps
• Creeper_vine2 by Goblin-stock
• FEATHER 06 by goth-stock
• Grunge Hang Tag by RapidYak
• Heart Locket 1 by shelldevil
• Brown Pouch Stock by PirateLotus-Stock
• Tubes by xxsqueekbatstockxx
• old padlock and key by ftIsis-Stock
• Ribbon png by GabiGlam

Backgrounds and Textures

• Oriental Textures Pk10 by inspyretash-stock
• Transilvanian Forest Pack by UmbraDeNoapte-Stock
• Nakusp Forest (no longer available) by AntithisisStock
• Another Mixed Texture Set by Shadhowhouse
• Coffee Paper Texture Set by Shadhowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine

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

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