A Sunday by the Seaside

I am so glad we went to the seaside on sunday. Got a lot of fresh air, and although it was quite bracing it was wonderful as we got a little sun and no rain until the drive home again.

Shingle Street. Probably one of my favourite beaches. I love the sound the waves make on the shingles and it's usually quite empty.

 Treasure. All the shells have perfect holes for hanging. The cats are very interested.

 The other side with the Beacons.

A soldier by the seaside - although this never happened. Apparently the Germans had planned an invasion here... but for some reason they didn't in the end. Just as well.

 Orford. One of my favourite places. Again, it's quiet but with a lovely cafe and a place to buy nice fish. :-)

The harbour.

Some photos shot with my camera and a Lensbaby lens. And below (just because) an American Horror Story version of the pictures. LOL

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Holidays by the Seaside

© Sybille Sterk

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

Imagine a Stephen King-esque holiday. :-) This is a photo manipulation using 4 of my images. I love these bullet shaped caravans, although I am not usually a fan of caravans. I could imagine this parked in a big garden though and used as a studio. :-)

All images and textures my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

on Society6:

Outdoor cushions now available on Society6. 
How great is that, now you can take your favourite cushions outside with you. :-) All my images that are available on cushion covers already are also available as outdoor cushions (special pads can be bought with the covers). If there's an image that isn't available as a cushion cover yet, send an me a quick mail and I see what I can do. :-)

Longing

© Sybille Sterk 

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The words are from Inkheart by Cornelia Funke and they are so true for me. I love the sea and it always fills me with longing to watch the waves, but in some magic way the sea satisfies the longing as much as it creates it.

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

Font is Amatic.

On Society6

Nomination for Solo Exhibition

Seaside Living

by Sybille Sterk

This has been nominated for the May Exhibition of the Solo Exhibition Group on Redbubble. :-)

The Sky Above

The Sky Above

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

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00280

The image was taken at Holme Beach in Norfolk, England. Poem to go with the image is here

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).

Soirée

Soirée

© Sybille Sterk
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All three images were taken at Sheringham. I was so pleased with myself as I managed to get really close to the seagulls. The tide was just coming in and I got wet feet but it was so worth it. I love the reflections of the birds in the wet sand. There was also the most wonderful sunset (more picture coming) that evening.

All photographs my own, edited in Photoshop. Background texture from Shadowhouse, Darkworld.

Waiting for the Tide

© Sybille Sterk
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Photo I took a while back at the Suffolk Coast. It's one of my favourite shots, especially with the new curves I used on it to give it this almost (for me) ethereal feeling. I am so in love with this. :-) This is the kind of place I imagine when things are bad or I feel sad. I am sure you have a place like that, too, if not, you can share mine. :-)

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-00267

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 to Bluecanvas).

Seaside Living

© 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-00262

I bought a few wooden print blocks and letters a little while back and took pictures of them from different angles and in different positions. This one, when I looked at the S on its back, looked to me like it would make the perfect house. :-) The beach image was taken at Holme Beach, UK. I'd love to live there and always wanted to live in a really unusual house with higgledy piggledy rooms and secret stairs. LOL

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).

Flight

MCN: CEB87-8FLGL-VC1ET 

Collage of my own images taken at the Suffolk coast. I added a more interesting sky and enhanced the image colour-wise. I also added the mist to the front of the image and textures.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0086

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

Love of the Sea Calendar

Collage of my “Love of the Sea” series (credits with the images themselves, see below for image links).

A calendar including all image is available on Redbubble:

Images in the series

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I have used the following to combine them all into a cover page for a calendar.

Credits

• Coffeeshop Frames 12 by TheCoffeeshopBlog
• 100+ years old 7 by crisazi
• Square Texture Set Vol. 6 by Shadowhouse
• Square Texture Set Vol.25 by Shadowhouse
• Square Texture Set Vol. 19 by Shadowhouse
• Funky Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Font is Carpenter ICG.

All other images/textures/etc my own.

MCN: CDRHJ-8Y6RE-4D7ST

Love of the Sea IX and X

Misty Morning
Part of my Love of the Sea series.
Picture taken at the Suffolk Coast.

Credits

• 6 Faves Texture Sets 1 by Shadowhouse
• You'd be Surprised Texture by Shadowhouse
• Subtle White Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Odds and Ends Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Photographs and all other textures etc my own.

MCN: CBCYW-H69T8-8WTV3

Sunny Afternoon
Part of my Love of the Sea series.
Picture taken at the Suffok Coast (Shingle Street).

Credits

• Subtle Tones Texture Set Part Two by Shadowhouse
• Chaos Grunge Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Yesteryear by Kim Klassen

Photographs and other textures/etc my own.

MCN: CW5DA-6YNFS-LYBC9

The last two images (for now) to follow tomorrow. A calendar of all images in the series will be available on Redbubble at the same time.

Stranded

I finally got to spend the day by the sea yesterday. After a really interesting visit to Bawdsey Radar Trust (check it out here) we made our way along the coast and stopped at Shingle Street and Orford.

This picture was taken at Orford. I loved the contrast of the peeling turquoise paint next to the red rust and the tattered beauty of the boat. (Click on the image to see it larger.) I had to remove the background for both shots as they were too busy and distracting and replaced them with a couple of sky pictures and added textures.

Credits

• Subtle Tones Texture Set Part Two by Shadowhouse
• Rich Tones Texture Set by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures/etc my own.

MCN: CAJNC-2TLV1-XJVA2

Christmas Cards

Christmas by the Sea

MCN: CW1V9-AHRU3-XKLR7

Christmas Roses

 MCN: CY1Y4-3K9C1-KP9P4

Christmas cards - both are available from Redbubble. 

 They are both photo manipulations and created completely from my own resources.