I really enjoy working with Nemesis Now and it is always very exciting when they send me photos of how their sculptures are progressing. Here are two new ones. On the left my designs and on the right a preview of how the sculpture is looking. These and many other new products from my designs will be launched at the Spring Fair in Birmingham NEC, UK, in just over 2 weeks time. I can't wait to see the finished painted versions at the show!

Lots to tell you about today! Firstly my new Facebook page about my art  link has got over 700 fans in just 5 days! That is certainly a result. Thanks very much if you've stopped by and joined up.

I finished another unicorn painting...

In this set I am aiming for variety both in the style of the unicorns and the scenes in which they are shown. This is a forest scene with a smaller creature with cloven hooves and long mane. More like the look of the classic historically described unicorns. I hope you like it :)

Below is a preview photo of a new sculpted wall hanging to be released very soon by Nemesis Now. Made from my Woodland Guardian design which you can see here . It is so cool to see my artwork brought into 3d by Nemesis Now's excellent sculptors!

Current Mood: chipper

One of my New Year Resolutions is to do more internet promotion for my art. So I now have a Facebook page. If you are on Facebook you can become a "fan" there and follow updates http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anne-Stokes/413050710170?ref=nf . Plus if you do it will look cool that I have fans so go on over and sign up ;) Myspace account to follow soon also when I figure out how on earth it all works!

EDIT: Thanks very much to all the people that have become "fans" on FB already. I have 302 already! :) I do also have a personal proflie on Facebook but I don't accept friend request there from people I don't know. I like to keep this private for just my social friends and family connections. I hope everyone understands this and don't think I am being rude.

Here's the first in the series of new unicorn artwork that I am working on...

It is a simple colour scheme but I hope envokes an air of magic/mystery. More unicorns to follow over the next couple of weeks!

Current Mood: optimistic

Here is another preview of one of Nemesis Now's fantastic sculptures from the new Dragon Friendship range they are producing from my art. This one is the Secret Garden. The photo is taken of the sculpture from a slightly different angle to my picture, but thats the beauty of the scuptures, you get to see the characters from all the way round!

...and here's my painting...

They will be launched early 2010 and be on display at the Spring Fair on Nemsis Now's stand. I can't wait to see the whole set! :)

Current Mood: excited

We had a very nice Christmas, made more enjoyable by seeing the excitement in my son's eyes. He loved all his presents and was a very good boy ;)  Really great to have my parents and Ralph's parents here with us also. My husband Ralph got me a signed dragon anatomy print from artist Todd Lockwood and had it framed up for me. A very thougthful and wonderful present, now hung on my office wall. Over the holidays I finally got my huge new computer up and running with everything installed an ready to go. I also have a shiny new Intuos 4 Wacom graphics tablet to paint with. First off I am working on a set of unicorn artworks for Eastgate Resource to be launched on cards and prints at the Spring Fair in February, along with a new range of silver jewellery that I have designed for them. Eastgate do lovely products and are very nice people so it is always a pleasure working with them.

We are past midnight now here in the UK so officially it is Christmas Day! It is very special this year as we have both my parents my husband's parents staying with us. To me this festival is all about family and being together, so it is lovely that we are all here. Another bonus is we have loads of snow here in Leeds and so a white Christmas! Below is a photo of me, my son Leo and my dog Obi, out for out walk in the local woods on Christmas Eve. It was just magic.
My best wishes to you for a very happy holiday.

Current Mood: thankful

We have snow here in Leeds! Very lovely it looks too. Here is a photo from my morning walk with Leo and Obi yesterday. Our local churchyard looked really magic. All that snow on the old stone tombs made me want to paint gothic angels trailing their wings through the scene.

More exciting images emailled to me by Nemesis Now. This time some work in progress photos of a sculpture they are making from my Dragon's Lair artwork. Coooolnesss!!!

I cant wait to see the painted version!

...and in case you forgot, heres what my picture looks like :)

This artwork is also available now as a poster published by Reinders.