Anne Stokes

The artist name is Anne stokes. She is one of the artists I picked for the group art gallery project. She does fantasy art features striking designs and life like portrayals of fantasy subjects. Anne stokes art covers different kind of themes, from the romantic and magical enchanted Forest, to the dark underworld of gothic vampires. Classical topics are reinvented with a strong design and impact, and new creatures are brought to life in a unique and eye catching manner. Anne was born London, England. Her nationality is United Kingdom. She now lives in the north Yorkshire, England. In England, near Leeds with her son Leo and partner John. She started her art career as a merchandise designer, designing tour products for bands including Queen and the Rolling Stones. Anne also worked as a jewelry designer and sculptor. Her T-shirts designs have been worn by many bands of note and her Skull Tattoo T-shirt design was picked as the outfit for Mike TV in Tim Burton’s ‘Charlie and Chocolate Factory’. She then became a full time freelance illustrator where she worked on a number of book, game and record products, which included producing concept art and illustrations for Dungeons and Dragons. As Anne’s art career progressed she moved solely into licensing her own creations and expanding the ranges of her fantasy themed paintings. She uses symbolism within her pictures to convey meaning and has been widely acclaimed. After, her many paintings she has been licensed on a wide range of products which are on sale worldwide, including T-shirts, posters, book covers, calendars, jigsaws, tarot cards, sculptures, mugs, jewelry and greetings cards. She continues to produce new works and has published several books.
Anne Stokes fits in my group gallery not only because she is a great artist but because she creates dragons with meaning like having power and her dragons are a magical fantasy. My group gallery is dragons in time and I thought adding Anne was a good idea. She is a fantasy artist whose early work has appeared in role-playing games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons. Also, she does dragons tattoos that are really beautiful pieces. She shows passion towards her dragons. She is know for fantasy art. Also, for our gallery the concept of a flying reptile has fascinated the world internationally, across various points in time. So prevalent is it’s image that is still readily seen in movies, digital art, and tattoos. Which you see this in her work when she does tattoos, t-shirts, and paintings etc.
Anne Stokes is a phenomenally popular artist in the field of gothic and magical fantasy, with fans all over the world. Her roots in design and illustration have led to supremely well-crafted paintings that have been licensed for use on all manner of merchandise and her followers eagerly await each new piece. During her early life in London, Stokes has had an interest in the fantasy genre since her father read The Hobbit to her as a child.
Overall, She has illustrated for Wizards of the Coast, including Dungeons & Dragons. Her Dungeons & Dragons work includes “interior art for the 3.5 edition books Monster Manual III (2004), Player's Handbook II (2006), Monster Manual IV (2006), Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (2006), Complete Mage (2006), Magic Item Compendium (2007), Monster Manual V (2007) and Rules Compendium (2007), and the 4th edition Monster Manual (2008) and Manual of the Planes (2008)”. Stokes worked on artwork for the One Minute Silence album Available in All Colors. Anne’s artworks has been licensed under the brand name of Anne Stokes Collection on a huge variety of products by many companies worldwide. Some of these include posters, calendars, T-shirts, sculptures, bedding, jewelry, card decks, Back to School ranges, computer products and more. Anne works with renowned licensing agency Art Ask. Therefore, she is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons and been a full time artist for about 12 years. Ever since she was a child and her father read her The Hobbit, she felt in loved with the world of fantasy. She thought it was wonderful to be able to work as an artist and share her visions of fantasy worlds and characters with other people.