VIRAGO

Cover image.

The art used for the novel cover. Like much of my color art, it was done in multimedia style, with ink pen, Prismacolor colored pencil, and Copics marker.

Enjolras portrait.

Ink pen, colored pencil, marker, and soft pastels.

Combeferre portrait.

Ink pen, colored pencil, marker, and soft pastels.

Courfeyrac portrait.

Ink pen, colored pencil, marker, and soft pastels.

Agnès portrait.

Ink pen, colored pencil, marker, and soft pastels.

Scary Grantaire.

Grantaire can be a beast! (When he can tie his own shoelaces, that is...) India ink, ink pen, colored ink pencil, and colored pencil.

Papa Enjolras.

Pencil and watercolor.

Pretty Cici.

Enjolras' younger sister is a little more fashion-conscious than she is. :-) Ink pen, colored pencil, and marker.

Feuilly portrait.

One of my favorite sketches I've done of Feuilly.

Grantaire portrait.

I've always had a hard time drawing Grantaire. I've never felt able to draw him ugly enough... :-) I was more pleased with this attempt than with past ones.

Papa Enjolras sketch.

A quick color sketch of Enjolras' father. Ink pen and marker.

Gigi portrait.

Dr and Mme Combeferre portrait.

Deschamps portrait.

Constance and Clémence portrait.

Feuilly.

Another Feuilly, colored this time. Ink pen, colored pencil, and marker.

Bahorel portrait.

Joly portrait.

Laigle portrait.

Cici portrait.

Alternative cover image.

Girl on Fire! A conceptual Enjolras with fiery hair that I did as a potential cover image.

BFFs: Prouvaire and Combeferre.

Baby Enjolras in mourning.

Gapençais Combeferre.

Combeferre in a pensive moment, probably on the mountainside at Gap (1829).

At the ball (1828).

Louis-le-Grand.

Courfeyrac and Combeferre.

Courfeyrac sketches 1.

Courfeyrac sketches 2.

Enjolras & Combeferre sketch.

Combeferre the action hero.

A serious-looking Combeferre, ready for action?

Courfeyrac portrait, b/w.

Agnès portrait, b/w.

The underdrawing for the color version shown above. All of my color drawings start out this way, as cleaned up pencil drawings. Then, when I'm feeling ambitious, I sometimes ink them and color them. :-)

Papa Enjolras portrait, b/w.

Enjolras sketch.

An unfinished development sketch of Enjolras.

Sketch #5.

An early sketch of Enjolras.

Sketch #4.

One of the first Courfeyracs I drew for this story.

Sketch #3.

An early Agnès drawing. Looks like Enjolras is driving her crazy again...

Sketch #2.

An early sketch of Combeferre and Enjolras.

Sketch #1.

An early sketch of Enjolras.