Crimson by Abigail Larson

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May 7

Abigail Larson enjoys all things strange and archaic. This high-quality collector's artbook is full of her work from the past several years on 248 pages including early work and sketches showing some insight into her process. If dark, romantic fantasy illustrations are something you love, you’ll want to add this book to your collection!

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Abigail Larson is a Hugo Award-winning dark fantasy illustrator. She’s created artwork for Sideshow Collectibles, DC, Dark Horse, Clip Studio Paint, SYFY, and Netflix. For more information about Abigail visit www.abigaillarson.com

Abigail works primarily with pencil, ink, watercolor, and Photoshop, creating unique mixed-media illustrations. Her greatest inspirations are fairytales, folklore and ghost stories. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, the Brothers Grimm, Shirley Jackson, Angela Carter, and many classic gothic works of fiction, such as Dracula and Frankenstein have always stirred her imagination. Her greatest artistic influences are artists such as Arthur Rackham, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Maurice Sendak, Edward Gorey, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Harry Clarke, Dorothy Lathrop, John Bauer, Jennie Harbour, Aubrey Beardsley, Yoshitaka Amano, Marjorie Miller, Alphonse Mucha, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and John William Waterhouse, as well as animators/directors Don Bluth, Hayao Miyazaki, Sylvain Chomet, Tim Burton, Henry Selick, and Guillermo Del Toro. Beginning to show her work in galleries in 2009, Abigail’s work has been shown throughout America from NYC to Los Angeles, as well as galleries in London, Paris, and Madrid.

Her illustrations have been featured in various publications including ImagineFX, Clip Studio, Spectrum Fantastic Art, Art Fundamentals, The Graphic Canon of Children’s Literature, Rue Morgue, and Digital Artist.

She’s worked with DC/Vertigo, DC kids, Universal, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Titan Comics, Pelican Books, SYFY, Sideshow Collectibles, Netflix Animation, and Disney Books.

She resides in Turin, Italy with her husband, Davide.

Visit Abigail’s website or Instagram | Twitter | Facebook or our Kickstarter Campaign.

“It’s a rare experience to work with someone on something as complex as a book and not have to worry about getting it done, because you know that everything down to the smallest detail is handled with care – that’s what it’s like taking on a project with Spiridon.

He already has a vision when he approaches an artist, and he goes far beyond initial expectations to achieve it. The quality control, design, project management – every aspect is treated with the same level of care, and it shows when you hold the book in your hands. It’s incredible. He takes on projects he’s passionate about and works hard to make it the best it can possibly be. As an artist, it was a great experience for me to work with Spiridon on “Crimson”, not just to have someone manage a large project, but because he understands my work and my style, and knew exactly what to do to make my book look like a work of art itself.”

— Abigail Larson

I knew, even before any details were set about this book, that I want to call it Crimson. I was the one thing that stood out in all my favorite pieces made by Abigail and since she agreed with the title I knew, now I have to deliver WHY the name was fitting. Going with that design, seemed like a logical choice. Working with her on the book has been an absolute pleasure, and she really trusted me that I know what I am doing, which always makes my side of the project much easier :)

Crimson is a 280 x 214 mm book with 248 pages of content. It is printed on 150g Munken arctic paper and is a hardcover book. The black edges and the hot foil stamping on the first page of the flyleafs were exclusive to the edition you got during the campaign. The post-campaign books don't have these.

Many thanks to Viktor Pushkarev for the creation of the logo and font and his support with Abigail’s ornament works.