The Valiant

© Sybille Sterk

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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:

Love's Labour's Lost - I & II

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I can spell...honestly! This is the title of the play in my version of it (quite an old edition from 1905). I love old books and I've got three teeny editions of Shakespeare's plays (Love's Labour's Lost, MacBeth and the Taming of the Shrew).

The pictures were taken outside in my garden and edited with my own textures. No stock materials used.

More images with books to come... 

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind - Triptych - Photo Manipulation

Quote by William Shakespeare from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

My triptych series seems to be based on quotes... so I couldn't let it go without a quote from Shakespeare. ♥

 

 

 

 

Credits

Model 1

• Princess Pack 4 by lockstock
• Photographer, Cobweb-stock
• Model 2
• White 35 by lockstock

Stock

• Steam punk'd stock 13 by Tigg-stock
• Heart 01 by SweetSummerStock
• 4 stock images - mirror by mr-tiefenrausch
• STOCK PNG hearts in the wind by MaureenOlder
• full colours ribbons by valkiria-stock

Backgrounds and Textures

• 2 textures from 6 Faves Of Mine Texture Set # 1 by Shadowhouse
• Chaos / Grunge Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Layer Overlay/Mask Set by Shadowhouse
• Coffee Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine

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

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Kate - Photo Manipulation

 

 

 

 Inspired by Shakespeare's Taming the Shrew.

Kate is another of my favourite heroines. I love her spirit and passion.
Here's a quote to get you in the mood:

You are called plain Kate,
And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst;
But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom
Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate,
For dainties are all Kates, and therefore, Kate,
Take this of me, Kate of my consolation.

(The Taming of the Shrew, 2. 1)

Part of my Shakespeare's Heroines series

Credits
Model

• Happy Halloween - Mummy XI by fetishfaerie-stock

Stock

• Place 163 - stairs to light by Momotte2stocks
• Thorny Locust by Stock-by-Kai
• Raining Petals 0050 by Akuard-Stock

Textures

• Silk Stock 1 by gild-a-stock
• Texture 06 by Wu-KillahD
• texture 26 by aleeka-stock
• Fire Stock by Zuziza
• Rusty Scratches Texture 3 by Bound-By-Leather
• Backblech 01 by sundel
• 218 by DadiLights
• Texture IV by IllusionalReality
• Free blood splatter textures by khaosdog

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Lace mix by NadinePau-stock

All other images and textures are my own.

 

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Titania - Photo Manupulation

 

 

 

Inspired by Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. My favourite of all his plays. :-)

Second illustration in my Shakespeare Heroines collection.

See Juliet here:

Titania has always been my favourite. Here's a quote to set the stage:

I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violets grows
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet muck- roses, and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania some time of the night
Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight.

Credits
Model

• a walk in the woods part 1 by vampurity-stock

Stock

• Wings 04 - Transparent BG by DeviantNepStock
• Wings 02 - Transparent BG by DeviantNepStock
• Wings by BrokenWing3dStock
• Broken Wings by serp-stock

Textures

• Backblech 02 by sundel
• texture 161 by Sirius-sdz
• V2 of Texture 32 by Sirius-sdz

Brushes

• Sparklies Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock

All other images/textures/brushes my own.

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Juliet

 Illustration inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

"It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale."

I am one of those mad people who actually really like Shakespeare. I love the way he uses language and sometimes it totally takes my breath away. I remember reading it as a school girl and whilst all my class mates were complaining about having to read Shakespeare, I went to the library to read more. Mad, I know. :-)

Credits
Model

• Fairytale princess pack 2 by faestock

Textures

• grunge textures 01 by buzillo-stock
• Bokeh Texture Pack 004 by regularjane
• Backblech 02 by sundel

All other images and textures my own.

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Shakespeare Collection

Been having fun with my wire and thought it'd be nice to have a new collection. I decided on a Shakespeare theme because he's one of my favourite authors, and here are the first two of my creations, both bracelets. I've started off each of the bracelets with a bar made of wire with feature beads (some are vintage) in a row, decorating the bar at either end with little swirls. Then, I've created a chain from lots of different handmade links, added charm(s) and a clasp made by me to finish them off.


Desdemona

I chose deep dark reds (for the jealousy and the blood of her murder) and sky blue (for her innocence) for the beads. The chain is made from bronze wire and connected with gingerbread brass jumprings. About half the beads are vintage, so is the Japanese little heart charm. The bracelet has been antiqued to give it a more aged look. You can read an overview of the story here.




Kiss Me Kate

For this bracelet I've chosen fiery colours for Kate's fiery temperament. I've complemented the fiery colours with oxidised copper and three little heart charms. I couldn't resist adding a little skull, a bit like on a bottle of poison... Read the story here.


Both bracelets should be available in my Etsy shop soon....