In the Woods Tonight

© Sybille Sterk 

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Created using both Illustrator and Photoshop, bought resources and my own illustrations and photography. 

I can never decide if I like the woods better or the sea, so here's a mix of both in on of my favourite colour combos. :D And, don't forget the cool raven. :D 

More to come... So watch this space.

Available as prints, phone and tablet cases, mugs and travel mugs, wall hangings and shower curtains, cushions and various bags and pouches, duvet covers and stationary cards. Oh and mouse mats. :D Have a ball. Have a set. :D

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The Raven

© Sybille Sterk

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I love the poem of the same name by Poe. This is my interpretation of the poem.

Created in Photoshop with bought and public domain and free resources.

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Kiss Me

© Sybille Sterk

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Photograph of a (not quite so) common frog. Isn't he cute? He stayed completely still and let me take pictures of him from all sides, maybe because or despite the bright light I shone on him (her?). I love the golden ringed eyes and the lips ready for a kiss. I can see why they came up with they idea of kissing frogs. Who wouldn't want to kiss this one?

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

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On Redbubble you can get the design also on kids clothes and stickers.

Sleepy Daisies

© Sybille Sterk 

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Image of daisies closing up and going to sleep taking at the weekend. I wanted to show the night time cosy feel I got from looking at them. Lots of colour adjustments and a texture.

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

The Woods at Night

© Sybille Sterk

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A little magic on a grey day. This was another experiment. Vector graphics aren't my thing normally, but I thought sometimes it's good to do something outside your comfort zone. This was inspired by the opening screen for Once Upon a Time and then it turned into something else and I think there's more where this came from. I have already started on "The Woods at Sunset". 

I started off with vector graphics for the trees (drawn in Photshop and edited in Illustrator), then I took them back into Photoshop and added colours, textures, the water for the little fish to swim in and the fish themselves. The fish are vintage images which I cut out (digitally) and added into the image. Then I played around with it to add all the magic. ;-)

All images/textures/brushes my own, public domain 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 on Society6

dreams

© Sybille Sterk

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Isn't it strange how in dreams so many things make sense and are perfectly reasonable and even normal and when we wake up we are left with this feeling that we missed something, that there was a message there which we failed to understand?

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).

Plenty More Fish in the Sea

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Collab with Autumnwind and her new poem Blood Moon

Also part of my new series of images for licensing on Arcangel-Images (Available soon!)

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

that room in my head

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Illustration for my poem of the same name. Read it here

Credits

• Ash38 by faestock
• Fave Texture Set 4 (Optional) by Shadowhouse

All other images, textures, brushes etc. my own. Created with Photoshop (and lots of time).

Hollow

 

 

 

This is the illustration to accompany my poem of the same name.

Credits

Model

• Cube 2 by AimeeStock

Stock

• Rib Cage Stock by xSekhmet

Backgrounds and Textures

• Transilvanian Forest Pack by UmbraDeNoapte-Stock
• 6 Faves Texture Sets 3 by Shadowhouse
• Photo Tints Overlay Set by Shadowhouse
• All Hallows Eve Texture Set by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Hair brush set by para-vine
• Cobwebs Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock
• Mist by spiritsighs-stock
• Fog by spiritsighs-stock

All other images, textures, brushes (MM Crack Brush) my own.

MCN: CQK1D-GEVVN-JR9TS

Just Another Friday Night at the End of the World

 

 

 

The triptych is inspired by the quote 'Just another Friday night at the end of the world' in the book Otherworld, Volume 3, Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams

Although there are vampire elements in this photo manipulation which doesn't quite fit the original setting of the quote, it was the quote that made me wonder about the end of the world - as a place and as a time. So this is my take on it.

Credits

Model

• raid4 by rammkitty-stock

Stock

• PQ Cliff III by PirateQueen-Stock
• apple from cozycomfycouch - no longer a member of DA
• Nightstock 863 by Nightstock
• Cherry Blossom Tree 2 by TexelGirl-Stock

Backgrounds and Textures

• Sky stock 199 by hatestock
• Clouds n Sky Stock 17 by SimplyBackgrounds
• Fish Bite Moonbeams by Smoko-Stock
• square 64 by Shadowhouse
• Chaos 4 by Shadowhouse
• Grunge 1 from 6 Faves Of Mine Texture Set # 4 by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Light Rays by spiritsighs-stock
• Aurora by midnightstouch
• Bat out of Hell by XenomorphAkA

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

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Moth Love

Took this pictures a couple of nights ago. Thought they were fascinating:


It took me quite some time to take the pictures and the moths were staying perfectly still the whole time, despite the flash.I am not quite sure which one is the female and which one the male, but I thought it was so lovely how they 'become one' during the mating. You can hardly tell where one begins and the other ends. Also check out the detail on the feelers, they almost look like feathers or one of those combs with teeth on either side.

I'd love to know what kind of moth this is, I know more about butterflies.... and especially dragonflies, but they're so quick and I don't have the patience, so I look at other peoples pictures of them! I prefer mating moths for photos, at least they stay still! ;-)