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Victoria Francés (October 25, 1982) is a Spanish illustrator, born in Valencia. She is a graduate of the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.
Her work is very goth-inspired: ghostly women in long dresses are perhaps the most common characters found in her art. Unsurprisingly, she cites her influences as Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice and H. P. Lovecraft. She also claims to have been influenced by the art of Luis Royo and Brom.
From her early childhood she was fascinated by the beauty of the forest in Galicia, where she spent much of her infancy. After traveling to cities like London and Paris she was hypnotized by the atmosphere there, the same that brought to life legendary masterpieces of Gothic literature. Her illustrations and sketches recall the dreamlike world of Gothic Romanticism.
She has illustrated several books as well as many posters. 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 calendars featuring her art have also been released.
Her first illustrated book, Favole, a remembrance of Verona, Venice and Genoa, was first released on 23 April 2003. It was moderately successful, but she returned to the University to continue to study art. She made her first public appearance at the Saló del Còmic fair in Barcelona on March 8 2004, after which the book attained widespread success in all the countries where it has been published. She toured Madrid and the U.S. the following year.
Soon after, Favole II and Favole III followed, gaining her even more success. Her most recent published work is called El Corazón de Arlene (Arlene's heart) in 2008. Her illustrations have also been featured on posters, calendars and jigsaw puzzles.
Influenced by gothic Romanticism and pre-Raphaelite paintings as well as by the works of Luis Royo and Gerald Brom, Victoria Frances chooses subjects that take many people to a symbolic, magical and ancient world - with ghostly women in long dresses perhaps the most common feature. All the sufferings of the outcast of this world is shown in dark castles and mansions with flickering lights, with the distinct influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire and Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and H. P. Lovecraft. Artistic
 
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