La mostra mostri si è trasferita al Santeria di Milano dal 13 al 22 Settembre.
Qui i dettagli dell'evento, parteciperanno alla mostra nuovi artisti con tante nuove opere =)

night on bald pate

patey pate is defintely one of the most charming cartoon villains of all time. i love him in the episode "night on bald pate"; voice acting and key animation is simply perfect!
you can watch the entire episode here on youtube.

i copied a few frames tonight just for fun. all the poses are so well done and expressive, i think there is a lot to learn...

what makes an arch villain?
can it be uncaring destiny that it sole to blame or is it merely bad luck?

"i have a message for Mighty Mouse"

i am very grateful to bakshi.

orcostro

while looking at my old sketchbooks, with the intent to scan the things i still like, i found a small rough of a ogre/monster thingie.
then i thought it wouldn't have been a bad idea to redo an old drawing and see the changes in style and technique.

renewed version

palette and rough

this is the old sketch

i am happy of the result even if it came out not as fresh as the older version. a reason can be that lately i'm trying to work more on caricature, asymmetry, variety and negative spaces at the point that my drawings might result factitious or too much charged of details...

i know, i'm neglecting my blog too much, but work keeps draining all my time!

the process

i start from a very small and timid sketch which should give an approximate idea of the pose. then, on a new layer, i try to improve it working on shapes, contrasts and harmony. during this process i massively use photoshop's transform tool (CTRL+T, then select "Warp"). it is a big help when it comes to exaggerate proportions or move/scale parts (see step 2 to 3). usually i sketch on 3-5 different layers where each one is a step. i learned this method studying animation, where, instead to erase or add too much confusing lines you simply overlap a new sheet of paper on the previous one.

during the coloring process i desaturated the color of the skin to drive the attention to the character's tie. i dont know if it has been a good idea, i just thought it was better to not let too many colors compete.

coloring a deer

this is what i have been doing this morning following the steps on walter tulp's shapes and textures tutorial.

i am very happy of the result :3

day of the fox

with the last step i was trying to give the material's feel... arrghhh

i used the wonderful brushes by Chris Wahl, you can find 16 different sets of brushes on his pages.

day of the crocodile

some studies of that fat crocodile character from an Aesop tale i was trying to illustrate this evening.

HB

happy waiter!

while i was sick last week, i started drawing these inspired by ed benedict designs for hanna & barbera <3

a preview and an animatic

and here a link to the animatic.

concepts

a few concepts for this lil thing i'm working on... it will be a commercial.

look at me

sto lavorando a un nuovo progettino... prometto news nei prossimi giorni.

i'm working on a new project, i promise updates during the next few days.

più scienza!

a rare depiction of Doktor Von Pickel

nukelear reactor boom boom boom boom

corrj fattory

mio caro fattoryno, niente disco disco e abiti alla moda pour tua =(

il putere della scieenza