I stumbled across Gorey's work a couple years ago and along the way his name somehow slipped my mind. His work however didn't. Especially his creepy alphabet with children and unfortunate events.
Both a writer and an illustrator, I really admire his gothic Victorian style and strange dark tales.
I've always thought his style was done with wood etchings but was pleasantly surprised that it was just pen and ink.
Pleasantly because it means that I can experiment with the style a lot more conveniently than I had previously thought.
I love the contrast of having detailed backgrounds while leaving his characters quite simple. Usually with plan white faces and simple lines for their features. Even their clothes are generally kept quite simple.
I was working on an idea over the holiday for a project and really started to get excited about it but still wasn't sure about what style I wanted to explore.
Maybe this might be a good one?? Maybe in colour??
Here are two versions of a drawing I did as an interpretation of his work:
Having in no shadow in this one keeps it simple and to me kind of implies he's running away into the woods on his own terms.
This one however, is completely different to me.
He's scared and running to get away while heading straight into the woods.
Most likely not on his own terms.
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