Welcome to Forbidden Whispers..
The home for the artwork of Anna Bird and Michael Stelfox who jointly run Forbidden Whispers Design. Feel free to browse over the site and if you have any queries or questions then please don't hesitate to contact us. We hope you enjoy your stay.
UPDATES
August 5th 2007 15.54
Hi everyone, we just wanted to come by with a little update. Anna has been working on her gallery and has added a photography section consisting of five angel photos taken with her camera. Each photograph has links to prints that are available. We hope to find the time to do this with all pictures in the gallery asap. Until then if you feel free to explore those photos and the prints available.
Talk to you all soon,
Mike and Anna 
July 14th 2007 9:36
Hello everyone. It's been a long time since we updated this page and we wanted to fill you in on new developments. The magazines are doing very well. With the Forth Issue of SNAP Magazine due to be released this Sunday and the newest Issue of Forbidden Whispers Magazine underway we can only hope for great things.
In other news Anna has left poser far behind and started on her new journey of exploring 2D art. She's been working in purely painter and photoshop without the aid of 3D renders. She's slowly making progress and hopes to keep improving. She may sneak back to poser periodically but only for cover works. If you would like to see some of her 2D works and perchasable prints, you can view them at hers and Mike's deviantart page here
Anna has also started working for ClubLightHousePublishing.com as one of their cover artists. You can see her first cover on their website. Hopefully we'll be adding it here once we find time to update the website with our newest works.
Finally next Tuesday Anna has an audience with Kirkleathem Museum in Redcar in the UK. They are wanting to possibly showcase some of her work in an exhibition. Wish her luck!
What are the plans for the future? Well firstly we want to possibly revamp this website. Give it a smart new look and update our galleries with our most recent works and generally keep on top of things.
We'll keep you all updated.
Mike and Anna
14 February 2007 12:00
We apologise for the lacks of updates recently, as we have been very busy with the publishing side of work together. We will be redesigning this website very soon which we hope will provide a much more pleasing experience and we will have a whole load of new work to put on display also.
If you are interested in any of our work, or want to comission us for any pieces please don't hesitate to contact us.
We'll keep you posted on the progress of the new site soon.
Mike and Anna
12 October 2006 12:00
Been so busy beginning compiling the second issue of the magazine, we've
hardly had time to work on much else. Anna has a few new images which
will be added to the site soon. We'd also like to point out that the magazine
now runs on it's own website independently from this one.
Speaking of the magazine, now well over 3000+copies have been downloaded.So
thank you to all of you that have helped us achieve this milestone.
Mike and Anna
04 October 2006 20:00
Some updates added to the magazine site with details on the second issue
of the magazine. The first issue has been a massive success so far as
we have had well over 1600 copies of the magazine downloaded
so far and more being downloaded daily.
Submissions are coming in slowly for the second issue so if you haven't
already done so or thought about doing so now's your time to.
No new artworks from either of us both yet, but Anna is working on something
at the moment so watch for that one won't you.
Mike and Anna
29th September 2006 19:00
Well where do we start!
The magazine has been such a success! We could have never imagined it
would take off the way it has done. So far we have had 593
copies downloaded from the website, which last night resulted in the server
going down temporarily as we transferred over 1.5gig of traffic in the
space of 24 hours *ouch* Pleased to say that the server is back up and
working properly again now.
We have also put up a link for the printed version of the magazine which
you can purchase now through lulu.com who will be publishing and printing
the magazine.
So what's next then? Well issue 2 of course! We want to make the next issue even bigger and better so we want all of you! artists and writers alike to submit your work for the next issue. Submission guidelines and details of the next issue can be found via the magazine link on the site.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you that took part in the first issue, and hope you continue to submit to the future issues
Mike and Anna
27th September 2006 22:30
Two new images added to Anna's gallery (2)
The first issue of the magazine is now complete and we'd firstly like to
thank the artists that have contributed their work to the magazine. The
magazine is available via the link in the menu to your left. You will
also find out information about how to submit your work to the next issue
as we are looking for many more artists and writers to submit.
We're hoping that the next issue will be even bigger and better, including poetry and other things. And hopefully as we develop the pages the magazine layout and design will grow and be better designed etc.
Anna and Mike
PS: On another note, The Whitby Goth Weekend is coming up in England sometime very soon, around halloween time. And some of our artwork will be available to purchase as prints at John Rhodes' shop at the Shambles in Whitby.
3rd September 2006 23:20
We've just starting working on a digital magazine which will be available
through this website, which will be showcasing the large wealth of talent
within the poser art community. We will keep you updated on it's progress
as we work on it, but we are on the look out for artists who wish to submit
their work and a short bio about themselves who want to be featured in
future issues of the magazine. You can contact us with your submissions
at this address...
submissions@forbiddenwhispers.co.uk
Please include a selection of pictures you wish featured, and also a bio
about yourself, your work and anything else you would like to add. We
look forward to hearing from you all.
Anna and Mike
1st September 2006 19:55
Two new images into anna's gallery. Some more site ideas in the process. Been selling some artwork at Whitby in the UK via John Rhodes. Nothing much else to add really, been busy with print commitments.
Anna and Mike
22nd August 2006 03:40
*yawn* The store is now working!!, so you can now purchase and
download our content for Poser. It works via PayPal. You can either pay
with your paypal account or via credit/debit card.
You simply browse the store adding items to your cart or use the buy now
option. Clicking these buttons will direct you to paypal, so you do not
need ever to enter any details onto our server. Paypal's
server is used for payment so it is secure. Once payment is made your
purchase will be made available to you immediately! via a download link
which will be shown once you have completed payment. The files will be
downloaded from PayLoadz.com so we are not hosting any files on our server,
thus giving us a secure download service which most of you will be probably
used to..
Have fun with the store... Any problems let us know
Anna and Mike
20th August 2006 20:25
Some wallpapers now added to the wallpapers section in the store.
Mike's still trying to tweak the site more because he's such a perfectionist!
*lol* Hoping to add some more content either tonight or within in the
next day or two but we are busy at present with some prints orders that
have been made.
Anna and Mike
19th August 2006 13:00
Some tutorials and photoshop brushes now available in the store
under the relevant sections. We will be adding more content today including
some more artwork.
Anna and Mike
18th August 2006 21:47
The site is now complete and live, we were lucky enough to acquire the services of a talented individual called Ben Cardy who re-coded the entire site for us which helped us greatly. We thoroughly recommend his services, you will find a link to his portfolio in our services section. If you need a web site making or even re-coded please talk to Ben and i'm sure he can help you.
We will be trying to get some free download content up this evening, will just be a few tutorials and brushes for now until we get round to making some new stuff. That is pretty much it for now, just waiting for the domain transfer..
Anna and Mike