To anyone who's going... see you there!!
I'll be around as a guest artist doing a panel and portfolio workshop, I'll also be involved with Iron Artist.
There's another capacity in which I'm involved with the con this year, but it's very much a separate entity and a surprise for anyone who's interested. Those of you who know about it can remain smug in the knowledge of what it is, and I want to let you know that I truly appreciate your support!

An extra special big squodge goes out to Ruth! Wub woo!!

- Niki

My :

Interview with Animetion: [link]

[link] MySpace
[link] VK-UK - Visual Kei in the UK!
[link] My gallery at Anime Artists UK
[link] My Tokyopop page
[link] My profile at conceptart.org
[link] My freelancer's profile
[link] My profile at ArtNetDirectory
[link] My LiveJournal
[link] My CafePress shop with added VK-UK goodness


Clubs I've joined:


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Juxtaposefantasy website: [link]
Slashy Goodness Bookstore: [link]

Bit of a last-minute flying post here as I've been insanely busy with work in recent weeks...
I'm just preparing for the weekend at the London Film and Comic Con [link]
where and I will be appearing as guest artists!
On Saturday we will both host a presentation on Character Creation for Games and Illustration and also a portfolio workshop.
I will be at LF&CC on Sunday as well, on hand again for a second portfolio workshop.

Outside of our presentation times you should be able to find us in the Artists' Alley; please do drop by to say hello if you're around! As always I will be providing a caricature/request drawing service as well as selling a few of my arty wares.

Hope to see you there!

- Niki

My :

Interview with Animetion: [link]

[link] MySpace
[link] VK-UK - Visual Kei in the UK!
[link] My gallery at Anime Artists UK
[link] My Tokyopop page
[link] My profile at conceptart.org
[link] My freelancer's profile
[link] My profile at ArtNetDirectory
[link] My LiveJournal
[link] My CafePress shop with added VK-UK goodness


Clubs I've joined:


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Juxtaposefantasy website: [link]
Slashy Goodness Bookstore: [link]

Hi all,
Well, I'm back to earth with a bump after an incredible 3 week Japan trip. I cannot even begin to cover everything about it in this entry right now as I need to go to bed soon, but suffice to say that Chris and I are missing the place already.

Those of you who can associate with my X Japan obsession may be pleased to know that a big dream came true for me; I got to see them live at the Tokyo Dome on May 3rd. Freaking amazing, with production values of around 3 billion yen. Yeah, Yoshiki-sama sure knows how to blow some cash... as did I at the X goods stands. Sadly all Hello Yoshikitty goods were sold out though. Bums! Hope I can get my mitts on some eventually... the two mega inflatable Yoshikitties that flanked the stage for part of the show were the stuff dreams are made of. Some might say bad dreams, but I digress...

The downside to having been on this trip of a lifetime is of course that our wallets need ample time to recover! This means that Chris and I won't realistically be able to attend any conventions/events for a while, in fact we'll probably have to take time out from the scene for the rest of this year. Huu...
So I thought I'd best get that bombshell out of the way, what with the London MCM Expo coming up this weekend and all. Apologies to anyone who was hoping to see us there this time around. m(_ _)m Hope to catch you another time!

Baibai 4 nao!

- Niki

My :

Interview with Animetion: [link]

[link] MySpace
[link] VK-UK - Visual Kei in the UK!
[link] My gallery at Anime Artists UK
[link] My Tokyopop page
[link] My profile at conceptart.org
[link] My freelancer's profile
[link] My profile at ArtNetDirectory
[link] My LiveJournal
[link] My CafePress shop with added VK-UK goodness
[link] iLanguages website (spot my stuff!)


Clubs I've joined:


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Juxtaposefantasy website: [link]
Slashy Goodness Bookstore: [link]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for my quietness post-Minamicon! The Tuesday after I got back I received word that my grandmother had passed away.
She was 92 years old and such an amazing character. She practically raised me as a child so I was very close to her. So it seems that 6 months after losing my dad it's been my last remaining grandparent's time to go. It's been a hard couple of weeks, as you can imagine. But there's more to celebrate than to be sad about regarding Nan's life! She was so bright, happy and young at heart. The last time Chris and I saw her was on Mother's Day when we took Nan out for lunch, along with my mum. Nan really enjoyed her day and we would never have imagined it was the last time we'd see her. But what a great way to remember her, laughing and smiling as always. She passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in her own home during the night. We will all miss her so much... we know that she would have been very happy with her lot in life though. Well done, Nan - you were and always will be so awesome!!

If my nan's long and happy life taught me anything it's that we can't spend too much precious time moping about the bad things in life. We have to live life to the full as there's no guarantee that we get any other chances beyond this... that's my philosophy, anyway.

And that brings me nicely to the other point of my post. Chris and I are about to embark on the holiday of a lifetime, the one we've been dreaming of for donkeys' years. We're finally going to Japan!!! It's our 5 year wedding anniversary present to ourselves. Both my nan and dad knew about our plans for this trip before they left the mortal plane and I know they wanted us to have the time of our lives. So we'll make sure we ruddy well do!!

Please excuse my quietness while I'm away because I doubt I'll be getting online very much! I'll enlighten you all about the details when I get back. Right now I'm having to do a lot of overtime to get on top of my workload before we leave, so it's pretty hectic here at the moment.

Mata ne!

- Niki

My :

Interview with Animetion: [link]

[link] MySpace
[link] VK-UK - Visual Kei in the UK!
[link] My gallery at Anime Artists UK
[link] My Tokyopop page
[link] My profile at conceptart.org
[link] My freelancer's profile
[link] My profile at ArtNetDirectory
[link] My LiveJournal
[link] My CafePress shop with added VK-UK goodness
[link] iLanguages website (spot my stuff!)


Clubs I've joined:


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Juxtaposefantasy website: [link]
Slashy Goodness Bookstore: [link]

Just a quick post as I've been (thankfully) very busy in 2009 so far...

Chris and I will be manning a VK-UK table at Minamicon 15 [link] in Southampton this coming weekend. All the usual gubbins will be on offer such as my anime caricature/requests drawing service, printed clothing, art prints, badges etc.
So if you're going, please do drop by! Hope to see you there!

- Niki

My :

Interview with Animetion: [link]

[link] MySpace
[link] VK-UK - Visual Kei in the UK!
[link] My gallery at Anime Artists UK
[link] My Tokyopop page
[link] My profile at conceptart.org
[link] My freelancer's profile
[link] My profile at ArtNetDirectory
[link] My LiveJournal
[link] My CafePress shop with added VK-UK goodness
[link] iLanguages website (spot my stuff!)


Clubs I've joined:


*Plugplugplug*

Juxtaposefantasy website: [link]
Slashy Goodness Bookstore: [link]