Ribcage Heart

© Sybille Sterk 

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Another in my vintage hearts series. This one was created from an upside down ribcage (yes, I know it's the wrong way round but it fitted better with the shape I wanted to create), and ivy (several public domain images) and lots of textures, mostly bought but I think one freebie. 

Subtitle for this one is: love grows in the strangest places. 

Don't forget, hearts are for forever not just for Christmas. :D

On Society6

On Redbubble

and in all the other places. :D

the heart collector

© Sybille Sterk

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Image to illustrate another instalment of the Secret Keeper stories.

Read it here

The heart was made from Fimo by me and then photographed in various positions in the chest of drawers. I added all the other bits afterwards.

All my own images. Edited with Photoshop.

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bitter taste

© Sybille Sterk

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only a hint of flowers remains
like a dream and a kiss
a tiny little speck of hope
a seed for a future far away

Words and photographs my own, textures/brushes my own or bought. Edited with Photoshop.

The complete poem can be read here.

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). 

Ivy - Autumn

© Sybille Sterk

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Pictures of ivy taken yesterday at Byron's Pool in Cambridgeshire. I love the beautiful heartshape of ivy, and although this part of the ivy was dried rather than juicy and green I loved the copper colour against the rough bark.

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).

Safe Worlds

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We're all trying to build safe worlds, for ourselves and our children, women, especially mothers even more so than everyone else. This is the unattainable dream.

See also my poem suspended

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0235

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

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.

Rapunzel

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This is another shot from my first photo shoot. It's my favourite because of the amount of emotion that comes through. I always liked Rapunzel; children always seem to pay for their parents' mistakes and in that way the tale is quite realistic. Depending on the version of the tale you read Rapunzel does quite a lot to free herself, other than most of the other princesses, which only seem to hang around, often asleep or otherwise incapacitated, waiting to be rescued. ;-) I am still waiting for a gung-ho princess, although, saying that Fhiona from Shrek was a good start....

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0186

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

Red Shoes

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The fairy tale The Red Shoes is one of the most disturbing and scary ones I know. Andersen wrote a few of those.... however, the picture of the red shoes is one I keep coming back to in my mind. Here's a poem I wrote called plans that I felt worked with the picture.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images

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

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

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This was originally designed for the new FB 1/52 Project whereby we have to take one image per week of an everyday object. It doesn't have to be the same everyday object each week, but has to be the same object type, i.e. if the theme is glasses, then I can use beer glasses, wine glasses, tumblers, etc. The shot can be of the object as a whole, in part or multiples.

My theme is mirrors, not because I am so vain, BUT because I have a collection of unusual mirrors. To me they're all magic. :-)

This is also part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0087

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

Star Light, Star Bright and Mystical

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Inspired by the nursery rhyme Star Light, Star Bright and the film Stardust.

Credits

• Titania Preview by faestock
• Hair Stocks by Dezzan
• HairStock III by Dezzan

All other images/brushes/textures my own. Created in Photoshop.

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This image is only available on DeviantArt at the moment. I hope to be able to release it to my other sites soon. Click here to see the large version (and print) on DeviantArt.

Credits

• Gold Corset 8 by sd-stock
• Textures from Shadowhouse

All other images/textures/brushes my own or bought. Created in Photoshop.

Now for something spooky and a new story

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I wanted to have a play with a hand coming out of the ground. The hand is my own. :-) Maybe this means I am going to come back and haunt you all. LOL

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0071  

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


You can see the whole collection of images I have on Arcangel-Images.com here on my Facebook page.

 All my licensing images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas).

Here's a new story called The Heart of Wood for everyone who liked the Secret Keeper series. It's related to the Secret Keeper Universe. :-)

The Sky is Blue Somewhere Else

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I am still going with the Snow White theme here. Don't we always think that somewhere else the grass is greener, the sky more blue... etc? And whilst we think that, we neglect what we have.

Part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images - use this code: SYST-0042 


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

All my licensing images are available on Redbubble, Artflakes and Bluecanvas as prints, cards, posters, skins for laptops, Blackberry, iPhones and other phones (for the skins go to Bluecanvas).

Wall Flower

Another in my hipster series.
Don't you just hate waiting for your date? All dressed up, ready to go, and a no-show. :-(

Credits

Model

• dress stock 003 by deadstarx-stock

Stock

• bow by KAWproductions

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

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Wonderland I: Nightmare

 

 

 

 

This is the first illustration in a mini series to accompany my poem Wonderland.

The poem is about dreams and this is the depiction of nightmares. I've tried to pack in as many of the fears most people encounter in their nightmares as I could think of. LOL 

There'll be another one or two to follow.

Credits

Model

• Stock Photo - Diss 53 by dead-stock

Stock

• Fire Stock 001 by tirascao-madawa
• Fire Stock 002 by tirascao-madawa

Background and Textures

• DarkWorld Textures Set by Shadowhouse
• 6 Faves Texture Sets 3 (Bloodshead & Soft-n-Gray) by Shadowhouse

Brushes,Actions and Gradients

• Perfect Portrait 3 Action by TheCoffeeshopBlog
• 50 Photoshop Postwork Actions (21 Ghost Glow) by Manicho
• Teardrop Brush Set by Cynthetic
• Tears by nemo-stock
• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Nature's Beauty Gradient by Liasmani

All other images/textures/brushes my own.

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Touch - Photo Manipulation

 

 

Illustration for my poem of the same name.

All my own images except for:

• Smashed Glass Texture by dozystock
• snack-bar lies by CKdailyplanet
• Scratch The Surface Texture Set by Shadowhouse

MCN: CQJ85-T1JMG-J4V63

Becoming - Photo Manipulation

 

 

Part of my Head Space series... portraits with a difference... The things we do with our head. It's becoming quite a series:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (All available as prints and cards from my Redbubble account.)

Credits

Model

• Bite Me5 by faestock

Textures and Backgrounds

• Oriental Black 1 by inspyretash-stock
• Distressed Texture Pack II (Texture 4) by texurestockbyhjs
• Dark Sky by raven2663
• Smashed Glass Texture by dozystock
• Backblech 02 by sundel

All other textures/stock/backgrounds my own.

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