Nevermore

© Sybille Sterk

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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.

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Whatever

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This came to me this morning when I was cleaning my teeth. It's inspired by an unknown artist who does similar work. Just felt right this way. Some days 'whatever' seems to be the only fitting word.

Mostly bought resources, some free (or public domain) and some my own. 

Have a good weekend. :-)

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Growing Up

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A picture of some pretty hair slides. When I played around with it, this nostalgic sad emotion developed within the image and reminded of childhood and how we lose our sense of wonder and the assurance that there always will be a happy ending. The quote by Virginia Woolf seemed to match my feelings exactly. 

All images/textures/brushes my own or bought. 

Edited with Photoshop.

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on days like this

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I took this picture of a tulip (or rather what is left of it) a while back with the idea of decomposition and age in mind but when I tried to find a picture to go with my poem of the same name I came across it again. I hadn't done anything with it yet and it seemed the perfect partner... 

You can read the complete poem here

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one last kiss

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View from the back of the house when it was misty and foggy one day. Heavily edited to go with my poem of the same name.

Words from the poem:

one last kiss
scented with
almond bitterness
flavoured with
salty tears

shimmering in the light of the moon

Read the whole poem here

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words from the dark

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Illustration for my poem "words from the dark" which can be read in full here.

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a song in the dark

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A photograph I took a couple of weekends ago. I love the autumn colours and the last of the fruit of the season. There's something so precious about this and it gives hope for another spring.

The words of the poem are mine:

the pyramids still stand
so why shouldn't I walk away
with a smile in my future and
a seed of hope
like a spark in the night
why shouldn't there be
a crown somewhere ahead or
at the very least
a rosebush
thorns and all

The whole poem can be read here

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

six degrees of desperation

© Sybille Sterk
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Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00304

Inspired by the phrase 'the six degrees of separation' and my poem of the same name here

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

Scent of Roses

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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.

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Silent Tears

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When I created the book cover for Elemental Rising, I bought a simple papier-mâché

mask, which I wanted (and did) to include in the final image. However, I also wanted to create an image with just the mask. This is the image I made with it. :-) There is something about masks... something magical and a little scary and something a little sad. It always makes me think of Carnival in Venice but also of the Phantom of the Opera.

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

Soul Mirror

 

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One of my latest images for the 1/52 project. This is week 21. All my own images. I am still thinking about what you see in the mirror and how it reflects not just what is there, but also what is in your head.

All my own photographs.

Poem to go with it here.

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Singing by the Water

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Illustration for my poem singing by the water.

Credits

Model

• Waterfall2 by faestock

Brush

• Hair brush set by para-vine

All other stock/images/brushes my own or bought.

Rocks

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Illustration to accompany my poem rocks.

Credits

• Park Portrait 8 by faestock
• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Starry-Night by moda-fokka

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

Tortured heart

The third in the series.

Is your heart torn up, shredded and full of gashes? Do you keep vile poisons ready for anticipated slights? Are you sure everyone is out to get you? Then this heart is for you.

Tip: There is far more kindness and goodness around than your past experiences led you to believe.

Stock:
Top vulture
Middle vulture and
Bottom vulture

Textures: Sky and pebble beach (at the front bottom) my own plus several on the heart itself.

Blood spatters by Khaosdog
Victorian Grunge textures by Freaky665
Various textures by Sirius_SDZ

Sutures/stitching - brushes by Redheadstock