My "rockstar experience" at the italian Premiere of THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE in ROME!:D

Thanks so much to the terrific Italian team at Warner Bros , Sony and Cristiana Caimmi Press for having me helping out promoting our movie in Italy! I had a blast! The opportunity to be on TV with Vincenzo Mollica at the news on our national channel in primetime and the chance to be part of a radio show live for an hour have been a dream come true for me:)

Thanks also to all the journalists  for being so kind and interested in my professional experience too as an italian artist working abroad.

Here are a few moments from the press conference at Warner Bros in Rome just before the premiere. 

In Italy our movie is still # 1 at the box office!

More ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE artwork

These are designs created for the Mighty Eagle 2d sequence. It was refreshing for me to work on a character that was going to be animated in 2d rather than translated in CG. For this sequence I pitched  to Directors and producers an Art Deco spin on the look of the character to amplify the sense of strength and dynamism of the caricatured Mighty Eagle that we need to visualize.
Luckily everybody liked it and got into production.
Here are some poses developed from the boards and some early character exploration of the 2d Mighty Eagle (background by Pete Oswald). Pete's background paintings were very inspiring to work with.
The illustration in the previous post is the image sold the Art Deco spin concept.

The Angry Birds Movie. Designs and art of book sneak peek

Such exciting times!Our movie is #1 in America so far and we are at the second week of release the upcoming weekend. Here are a few designs I did while Art Directing the Characters on the film. I'll start posting more regularly now that there is more time available.
Enjoy!

And here is a Vimeo Link to a sneak peek of The art of The Angry Birds Movie book.

 

Panel and signing book event happening Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles on Saturday June 4th 2016. See you there!

Angry Birds Movie Official theatrical trailer: finally out:)

can't wait people to watch our movie!

Happy holiday season ya all!:) cuteness overload!

 while working on the cast of characters for The Angry Birds Movie,  one of the most fun moment was to design the hatch-lings ...and here they are...so cuuuuteee!:)

Angry Birds Movie teaser trailer ! Enjoy!

I love it! Go Fergal and Clay!  Also after so much work on these characters I love how everything turned out!  The team at Sony Picture Imageworks did a fantastic job! So proud of the results. Go team! really can't wait to watch this movie in theaters now
 Enjoy!

The Angry Birds Movie in theaters May 2016!!

So excited about Thae Angry Birds Movie being released in theaters on May next year! This project means a lot to me. I worked really hard on it:)
Here is da BOMB!!

more Angry Birds Movie character images

these images were released very recently ! I'm very proud of the work we did on these characters:) They are so much fun!
I worked on the characters for this film from early concept to final look/cg translation as as Character Designer and Character Art Director.

Current project I'm working on: The Angry Birds Movie

Finally the Angry Birds Movie first look image was released a few days ago:D I've been working on the characters for this film from early concept to final look/cg translation as as Character Designer and Character Art Director. I love this project:)...so much work and energy put in it by all our artists:) I feel extremely lucky to be working with such talented directors and teams at Rovio and Sony Pictures Imageworks. The movie is getting a stellar cast!
Check it out:
http://www.mtv.com/news/1949022/angry-birds-movie-cast/