(More pictures at parkablogs.com)I like Charles Vess' style. The scenes and images are magical, watercolours are beautiful, and there's a classic feel to his art. He's perfect for illustrating fantasy stories. By the way, he was won three Eisner Awards among others.Drawing Down the Moon is a well constructed hardcover from Dark Horse. There are 200 pages and a couple are translucent with line art that overlays on the finished coloured piece beneath on the next page. Unfortunately, the overla

I hate to say it, but if I hadn't already been a fan of Charles Vess', this book would not have turned me into one. It's a collection of artwork from throughout his career, up to 2009, although the vast majority is from earlier in his career. And the art that is here is usually beautiful and definitely has his style. But the organization, and the choices of selections, are both very haphazard. There's a couple of pages from the World Fantasy Award winning Sandman #19, and a couple pages from oth...

Wow! What an amazing book. I bought it years ago at an antiquarian book fair and never looked at it as I had packed it away for yet another move. Charles Vess has provided illustrations of some of my favorite fantasy authors: Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman and George R.R. Martin.

Charles Vess is one of those illustrators that every fantasy fan has seen -- he's done comics and illustrations for Neil Gaiman, mainstream graphic novels, and covers for authors like Charles de Lint, Diana Wynne-Jones, Terri Windling and George R.R. Martin. "Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess" brings together countless pieces of Vess's gorgeous art.The artwork is divided into Vess's early artwork, "Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox" (comic book artwork, such as Spiderman, Bone and S...

This is really a beautiful book. Mr Vess has deserved a collection of his work on a more or less linear timeline for a very long time, and it's hard to imagine a better book to fill that need.I'd actually gotten to the point of finding him a little one-note as he's risen to the position of Venerable Artist, and I was so glad to be jolted out of that complacence. Although some of his people look similar to me, the sheer exuberant creativity that goes into his work - and the clearly deep thought b...

Stunningly beautiful artwork in this volume. I knew I loved Vess' work before Drawing Down the Moon was released, but this book is a real treat. It's well put together, from many aspects. It has a lovely full-color hardcover, the pages are heavy and glossy, with transparent overlays for some of the full-page pieces. There's tremendous detail, with the inclusion of his thoughts on inspiration, and reproductions of his pencil drawings and rough drafts for some of the art. I highly recommend this t...

Charles Vess is one of my all time favourite illustrators, a true artist steeped in the craft and history of modern illustration. I have become a ravenous collector of anything he puts out.

It is a delight all of Charles Vess' fans.

I first added this book to my "wish list" on Amazon over a year ago when I first heard about it. Since then, the Amazon listing has gone from not yet in stock to out of print to showing a release date, to the release date randomly disappearing. I'd almost given up hope on the book's existence at all, when Vess posted to his blog that it would finally be released in December. And then, a few days before Faeriecon in Baltimore, he announced that he would have 50 copies of the book on hand to sell....

An amazing collection of art and fascinating insights into the process of one of the greatest contemporary illustrators. High printing quality.

Charles Vess's fantasy artwork has been collected in a beautiful volume.I love just about every piece of art in this book. The few that I don't like are probably the few that are science fiction. I am not at all knowledgeable about art so I can't write in any kind of meaningful way about it. I do know what I like and I most definitely like this.I tried hard to take my time poring over this book. I can flip way too fast through illustrated books, focusing too much on the words. I knew that Vess h...

I first experienced the art of Charles Vess through the issues and cover art of the Vertigo/DC Comics series The Sandman and Swamp Thing during the 1990's. Along with the stories in those comic books, his artwork definitely left it's impression on me as well. An ethereal feel to the art, sort of a blend of the old fashioned Art Nouveau style with classic fantasy art. And a few years later I read through the Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess illustrated novel Stardust (after I watched the movie, which...

I received a digital ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is a book that you definitely want to get in print, rather than as an e-book. Vess's artwork is wonderfully detailed and intricate, and you just can't see all the details on a digital copy. This large collection features plates from a variety of projects with notes from Vess on the genesis of the piece, his working relationship with the author, project specs and more. It's really interesting to get this insider look int...

Considering that I jumped at the opportunity to buy my own copy of this book when I spotted it in a comic store in Saskatoon when I first moved to the Prairies (showing my true nerd colours to my coworkers, who were less than surprised) it makes me incredibly annoyed that I then allowed it to languish unread on my bookshelf for approximately 3 years… Not that there aren’t books that have been waiting longer, but none could possibly be as much of a delight as the definitive collection (incomplete...

This book is a work of art of some of Charle Vess' best works of art.The fantasy art of Charles Vess is acclaimed worldwide, his rich palette, striking compositions, and lavish detail second to none. Vess created memorable works for such best selling fantasy authors as Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke, Charles De Lint, and George R. R. Martin, as well as a who's-who list of Publishers and clients. His art is breathtakingly singular while recalling the golden age of illustration, when paint and brush