Sunday, November 27, 2005

Illustration Friday SMALL


This is my entry for Illustration Friday's challenge. Your comments are appreciated.

It's a radical simple-style illo. With classic Pink Panther's cartoons in mind. When you are a kid, a frozen look can make you feel like the smallest thing in the world...

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Illustration Friday FREE


This is my entry for Illustration Friday's challenge. Your comments are appreciated.
I was thinking about some kind of Rapunzel's tower. Then a little firefly escapes and flies freely..
Not very original but, is there something more free than a firefly in the night?

So drunk...


This is my new entry for Eurovision Art Challenge, this time the topic is "Drunk".
I've not investigated very much this time...maybe some visits to the pub and a lot of looking back!
You can see the full-illo in the link.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

The Stranger


More sketches from a film, this time, the classic Orson Welles' The Stranger (1946). With risky perspectives and impossible shots. Fantastic, as usual in Orson's films.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Illustration Friday STRENGTH


This is my entry for Illustration Friday's challenge. Your comments are appreciated.


I've done this powerful arm with traditional art decó- classic-Russian posters in mind, but the result is more like a punk image...
I think it looks like more powerful than strength. But if you can wait a minute, I'll post a new one.
(It's done! you can see it just below)

Friday, November 11, 2005

Illustration Friday STRENGTH II


This is my new entry for Illustration Friday's challenge. Your comments are appreciated.

I think this illo fits better with this week topic. Strength in pure condition. The man and the stone...
crack! uh, my back is complaining! Another watercolor/digital experiment.

One for the Zombie...


This is my first Attempt using some new watercolor brushes in Photoshop.
It's just a classic Zombie
panel, with open graves, fog and some kind of cemetery background.

I've tried to get some "atmosfear" with a limited (and warm) color palette,
It's only a quick sketch... In a future: more and better!


Thanks to
Zhuzhu for his fantastic preset brushes!

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Hellboy


After Mike Mignola (thanks for all!) and dedicated with loving care to Minionion!

Monday, November 07, 2005

Faces and more faces


New quick sketches from everywhere (many of them from newspapers) Pencil on paper and then photoshop. I've just realized that there are a lot of smiling people in it!

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Illustration Friday NIGHT


This is my entry for Illustration Friday's challenge. Your comments are appreciated.

Another "dark" topic...
This one is some kind of classic kansas/smallville farm... Waiting for the dusk.

Friday, November 04, 2005

Cinema Paradiso


New sketches from a film.
This time, Cinema Paradiso (1989), written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
The film won the Oscar and has fantastic sense of wonder.

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater (in Italy) and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Tornatore give us a story about life, friendship, and the magic of the movies.
Salvatore Cascio as little Toto, is intimate, and cute... and everlasting character.
Ennio Morricone's music is absolutly subtle and fantastic.
These are some fast-sketched shots with very interesting compositions, the film is incredible as a whole, with no particular risk about strange shots or complex scenes, but this simplicity makes it better.


Salvatore
: "Who said that? Gary Cooper? James Stewart? Henry Fonda? Eh?
"