The Woods in Winter

© Sybille Sterk 

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

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

Woods are lovely never mind the time of year. This was my take on a Snow White wood where the prince never came to rescue Snow White. Instead red apples grew where she fell asleep in her glass coffin. 

Sometimes life doesn't work out the way you hoped.

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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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 Bears

© Sybille Sterk 

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A vintage illustration of a couple of bears (which I thought were so cute and sleepy), cleaned up in Illustrator and mixed with bought resources in Photoshop. Bears are just special. Always reminds me of Winnie the Pooh. :D 

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

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Redbubble

Artflakes

Crated

DeviantArt

and various others.

My Dear Deer

© Sybille Sterk

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I love dear and antlers. There's just something. Maybe it's Bambi. I watched that and listened to the record hundreds of times. Made me cry every time, too. Soppy I know! 

Made from bought and vintage (public domain) resources. Mad combination in Photoshop and Illustrator mixed up and coloured in (for hours and hours and hours). I am in love with it. :D 

On Casetify:

Available on various devices in various styles including wood, transparent and metaluxe. :D

On Society6:

and the cutest rug EVER:

On Redbubble:

NEW product

New Tees

I created t-shirt designs with some of my favourite designs:

The Woods at Night

The Woods at Sunset

Winter Moon

Just My Heart

All available on Redbubble also as hoodies, tees, baby and kid clothes and stickers.

Just My Heart

Winter Moon

The Woods at Sunset

The Woods At Night

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

Feet Firmly on the Path

© Sybille Sterk

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Taken in November in Cambridgeshire. No textures, just colour adjustments and a little lensblur to the bottom and top. There is something so special about the colours of autumn, with the last remnants of green and the bright yellows, oranges and vibrant reds of the leaves against the stark black of the bark and soil.

All images my own. 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).

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.

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Dissembling - Wood for Trees

 

 

 

 Sixth 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 is about the way we disguise ourselves so we fit in and don't 'stick out' by making ourselves look and behave the same as everyone else. Thus, we, in our individuality become almost invisible and we don't notice the wood or even a single tree for the multitude of trees.

Credits

Model

• Portrait by Blair-W

Stock

• Autumn In Transilvania by UmbraDeNoapte-Stock
• Grass Stock by bagnaj97
• Roots-stock by FractalAngel-Stock

Textures

• 6 Faves Texture Sets 4 by Shadowhouse

Actions

• Perfect Portrait 3 Action by TheCoffeeshopBlog
• Freebie Actions (Veruca Salt) by Apples & Sisters

Brushes

• CS3 Great Hike Foliage Brushes by mynti
• Spanish Moss Brushes by redheadstock

All others images/textures/brushes my own

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Spring - Crabapple and Japanese Quince

Another double feature from the woods and the garden...

More from the woods... I couldn't resist this beautiful tree. I took loads of pictures of this particular tree, but these two are the ones I liked best.

Credits

• Freebie Actions (Valikva) by Apples & Sisters
• Freebie Textures by Apples & Sisters

All other - photographs, textures etc are my own.

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... another from the visit to the neighbour's garden. I love, love the intense red of the blossom against the dark branches. 

Credits

• Raised Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Skeletalmess Grunge Kit 2 by Shadowhouse
• Retro Actions (Autumn) by Apples & Sisters

All other - photographs, textures, etc my own.

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