Safe (Fox Love)

© Sybille Sterk

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I have a real thing about foxes at the moment. I've always liked them, but suddenly, I don't know, they just make me smile. This is a fox I made from fimo and then placed in  his own little nest to take pictures of. There are a few more shots of him which I will show you soon.... 

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). You can now also get most of my images on cushion covers (go to Society6 for these).

All available through Society6

I am so busy with all the crochet, painting (yes, on real canvas) at the moment, it's difficult to keep up with everything. 

  

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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