A cat Christmas! Thursday, Dec 25 2008

‘Um, what is this?’

‘WOHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!’

‘It’s ALL mine, ok?’

‘Open the gift packs is making me sleepy, how tired….’

Merry Christmas!

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Jellyfishes and lavender Sunday, Dec 21 2008

A new drawing I’m working on in these days. Actually this is just a very small preview of the first sketch and the final piece will be very different, I think. I don’t know if you have recognized them but it’s a portrait of Soledad and Olimpia, from Voodoo Child project. I didn’t have so much time for my personal projects lately and I suppose that I don’t have time for them even in the future! Anyway, I had this illustration to complete for ‘Precious Things’ art-book and I’ve decided to use both of them as models ^_^ As you probably have noticed, they look like differently than the last portraits of them I drew. I took inspiration from 30ties old, vintage photos. I think the new look is quite nice even though I should work more on the ‘new’ Olimpia. Speaking honestly I get enough of all these girls having black and purple hair … deviantart is full of this kind of female characters ^_^ And since Olimpia is also on the cover of ‘Gothic Art Now‘, I suppose in the next months there will be an ‘increase’ of images featuring similar gothic girls. So, it’s time for a change ^_^

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Crossways Sunday, Dec 14 2008

A new collaboration with Phil Brucato
These are the first sketches of some of the major characters of the story. More drawings and cool characters are to come!

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Kelly

Alex

Javen

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Shop updated Sunday, Dec 14 2008

New magnets and pocket mirrors added to my shop. Check out them there!

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A Romance of the Victorian Age Monday, Dec 8 2008

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Inspirations… Sunday, Dec 7 2008

I often receive mails and notes relating to what usually inspires me when working on new illustrations. Speaking honestly, I’m easily suggestable ^_^ anyway, books and music are probably my main source for inspiration. So, here a short list of recently bought novels and CD albums (Italian version/translation of course ^_^).

Music:

‘Da Solo’  by Vinicio Capossela
‘Me and Armini’ by Emiliana Torrini

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Novels and short tales:

‘Un luogo senza Tempo’ by Doris Lessing. A collection of short stories.

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‘Il Libro delle Cose Perdute’ by John Connolly. Original title » The Book of Lost Things.

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‘Tu e un quarto’ by Jonathan Carroll. Original title » The Panic Hand.

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‘Tre Storie Fantastiche’ by A.S. Byatt. Original titles» . The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye . The Story of the Eldest Princess . Dragon’s Breath

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‘Pan’ by Francesco Dimitri

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Illustrated books:

‘Il Mistero delle Antiche Creature‘ by Mattotti/Kramsky

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