Templari for my sketchbook project
These are from a while back and are part of a sketchbook I'm hoping to complete within the end of the year. I feel very lucky being working on some great film projects these days, but at the same time I'm always dreaming of completing my own personal project too. Fingers crossed!
This makes my day!! Thanks to the guys at Cartoon Brew!!
I got picked as artist of the day by Cartoon Brew, my favorite blog about animation. It was a fantastic surprise and I feel very honored!! THANK YOU!
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-of-the-day/artist-of-the-day-francesca-natale-82277.html
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-of-the-day/artist-of-the-day-francesca-natale-82277.html
Inspiring Ian McCaig interview
I often listen at music or podcasts when I'm drawing or painting. Today I started with this interview which made me appreciate even more the art of Ian McCaig. Of course I knew well his great drawings, but I didn't knew how much of a truly inspirational person and sincere visual storyteller he is. Check it out!
from pirates to mafia guys
sketching from scribbles even today! I'm trying to use these scribbles as daily warm ups. I'm shooting to have 3 good ones a week...let's see how it goes !
laallalalaaaaalllaaaaaarghaaallala..!
another sketch from a scribble for Cup o' doodle
I told to myself not to draw pirates for a while but this one just sneaked in
I told to myself not to draw pirates for a while but this one just sneaked in
Pin-ups
I have many projects in the works and I use Instagram/Twitter to send the WIPs out to friends to get their reactions and feedback. I figured I posted the pics here too. I like the format and it will be nice to see the differences between these versions and the final ones:)
The beautiful "Le vagabond de StMarcel", short film
A few days ago a friend suggested me to take a look at this short film and I LOVED it. Some great talent here. Enjoy!
Incredible cinematography: Christopher Doyle
I've been studying his films for a while. Just love his take on cinematography
lake monster concept
I did some lake monsters designs for a one panel gag.
The exploration was fun. Here is one of them .... ARRRGHALABBBLAAARRRR!!!
The exploration was fun. Here is one of them .... ARRRGHALABBBLAAARRRR!!!
more pirates on a very yellow bg
I've drawn maany pirates recently and most of them are still in my sketchbook. Will post more as soon as I can paint a few of them.
Cup O' Doodle sketches
I just started contributing to a very cool artists blog called Cup O'Doodle http://cupodoodle.blogspot.ca/
They post scribbles once in a while and have the artists making characters or illustrations out of them.
It's such a good way to get out of personal drawing habits and design from abstract images. It is also great to see what everyone else sees in the same scribble.
Here are my first two entries
They post scribbles once in a while and have the artists making characters or illustrations out of them.
It's such a good way to get out of personal drawing habits and design from abstract images. It is also great to see what everyone else sees in the same scribble.
Here are my first two entries
Studying Ronald Searle's style and designing some dragons
Recently I've been studying Ronald Searle's style and it was lots of fun observing all his graphic choices and trying to get close to his way of drawing . It has been so inspiring to observe how he transformed and evolved in different directions through the years. One of the things I love of his artistic personality is that he worked till the very end of his life with lots of energy.
Below are a couple of my attempts to resemble his graphic sensibility:).
I also just discovered that Uli Meyer Animation studio is making an animated version of Ronald's Trinians. It looks fantastic! ( Uli's knowledge and appreciation of Ronald's work is quite something) .
This is their production blog if you are interested in knowing more about this beautiful project:
http://animated-st-trinians.blogspot.ca/
Below are a couple of my attempts to resemble his graphic sensibility:).
I also just discovered that Uli Meyer Animation studio is making an animated version of Ronald's Trinians. It looks fantastic! ( Uli's knowledge and appreciation of Ronald's work is quite something) .
http://animated-st-trinians.blogspot.ca/
fun character exploration
Still exploring the style of rendering I will use for the final image
Inspiring Genndy Tartakovsky interview
pirates and nastyness
Never drawn "traditional" pirates before these past weeks. Today I did some more because they are fun! No wonder why everybody loves them, there is so much room for exploration. Here are some nasty ones from my sketchbook:) I just polished them a little
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