Die Trying

© Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.
A quote by Groucho Marx.

I wanted to play with 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): Abegnale, Bobbin, Eveleth Slant and Monstro. All combined and coloured in a played around with in Photoshop. :-)

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Better colour than dead - Collaboration

© Denis Marsili and Sybille Sterk

Collaboration between my dear friend Denis Marsili and myself. He started the skull because of a challenge I set him. He'd asked what he should create next, so I suggest a skull, paint splatters and some floral accents. He did the skull and the spattered paint but couldn't do anything with my suggestion of floral accents. So we decided to make it a collaboration. This is what happens when two people get together and have fun. A wonderful experience. :-)

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Mural

I've been busy redecorating the house. Not that I am anywhere near finished, but this was the first step. I bought myself the most gorgeous black mirror and the perfect place was over the cast-iron fireplace in the bedroom. However, that meant I had to paint over the original design that I had created specially for the fireplace wall.

Here it is:

I first created the new design on the computer so I'd get a feel for what went where. I find it easier to do such things on the computer as you can move them around a lot easier until everything is just where it ought to be. :-)


Here's the new design in chalk on the wall, this time drawn freehand:



And here's the new design all handpainted with a mix of the original raspberry red wall paint and black acrylic paint (a blackberry colour rather than the black it appears to be):



Sorry for the quality of the photos - red is notoriously difficult to photograph and the light in the room is awful for taking pictures, especially with a flash as the paint is reflective....