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By: Stainless Steel Droppings » The Ladies of Grace Adieu ~Susanna Clarke

Stainless Steel Droppings » The Ladies of Grace Adieu ~Susanna Clarke — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:31:47 +0000

[...] by the incomparable Charles Vess. You can see examples of his finished works for this collection here. As with Jonathan Strange, reviews seemed to be pretty mixed on Susanna Clarke’s short story [...]

By: Sylvinstar

Sylvinstar — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:09:13 +0000

Charles,

The new village of wall is terrific. I love the point of view, and it compliments the text nicely.

The new black and whites are good to see. I especially like the Derbyshire landscape piece. I would love to see some of these inkings first hand!

One question:
Do you use Crystal Clear fixative for protecting your FW ink paintings? I use FW inks a lot, but am unsure what to use to protect them.

p.s. Using Beardsley as a style reference was a great idea for the fairy princesses piece.

By: blackholly

blackholly — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:58:58 +0000

WOW.

Even more gorgeous than I remember.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:30:46 +0000

Charles,
Being from Sweden I can allways look at your artwork and remember all the gnomes, trolls and other critters I used to think I spotted in the Swedish sub-arctic pine forrests.

To my surprise I just realised you live in Virginia..were I now find myself living.

Any chance I can interview you for a Swedish Magazine AND comicbook called Rocky??

By: isobel

isobel — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:58:42 +0000

Wow!
38 hours all of this??
And it seems you still think you’re slow… O.O
Well I’m 157 year old turtle!
And yet, I thought I was with a lot of stuff going on, I really can’t imagine you.
You’re my hero. I wanna be you when I grow up. ;)

By: Mark R.

Mark R. — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:13:39 +0000

Aah, got it. Thanks for the really quick response. I’m new to this type of art, so I’m still learning how these things are done.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:45:23 +0000

Mark,

All my drawing is done on the actual paper that I will be inking on, a 2 ply Strathmore (400 series). So there is no need to trace anything. I only have to transfer images when I’m painting and I want to make the finished image much larger than the original sketch. Then I use a xerox enlargement and transfer paper.

Charles

By: Mark R.

Mark R. — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:29:23 +0000

I’m curious, how do you go from the initial pencil sketch to the pen drawing? The shapes are so identical that I’m assuming you trace them? What tools are used for that?

By: JESUS ANTONIO

JESUS ANTONIO — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:11:21 +0000

Amazing inking work you do!!
Just amazing!!!

JESUS ANTONIO

By: igallo

igallo — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:05:12 +0000

Hi Charles,

Beautiful work, as usual. I love seeing the process shots.

Looks like it’ll be a good couple of years for Vess fans!

Irene