Discarded image for a music event 2.

This image is part of a set of peliminary K Visual illustration proposals for a music event in Rome. FYI: 12Hz is the lowest musical frequency.

Step by step work in progress:

I started this image with a photobash: pretty unusual, I rarely start from photographic material, but I liked the general feel of this first test so I ended up sticking to its composition.

Then I drew a digital draft out of it: changed some elements in the background and tried to keep the bottom part as clean as possible to accept small and big text.

Then I traced it with an ink marker.

Here is the final ink piece, ready to be coloured in photoshop. 

The ink illustration, approximately 50 x 70 cm on Arches 300 gsm hot pressed paper is for sale on my online store.

The photoshop color step, ready for text or other graphic element.

"Batman: Oscurità e Luce" exhibition poster.

Riccardo Corbò asked me a poster illustration for an massive Batman related art exhibition in Città Di Castello, Italy. The event is patrocinated by DC Comics, of course.

I was requested to remix the famous castle cover by Bob Kane (luckily enough, my favourite Batman drawing of all time), in the heritage of Neal Adams' twist of it. Città Di Castello is literally a castle shaped small town in central Italy so we had a perfect chance to depict it into the poster. 

The original image by Bob Kane.

Neal Adams' take.

Here is a partial list of the artists involved:

Simone Bianchi, Claudio Castellini, Gabriele Dell'Otto, Giuseppe Camuncoli e Matteo Casali, Alberto Ponticelli, Emanuel Simeoni, Riccardo Burchielli, Emanuela Lupacchino, David Messina, Tanino Liberatore, Lee Bermejo, Eleonora Carlini, Marco Santucci, Hugo Pratt, Bob Kane, Frank Miller, Francesca Protopapa, Rita Petruccioli, Giovanni P. Timpano, Michele Rech, Ale Giorgini, Leo Ortolani, Francesco D'Erminio Ratigher, Flavio Solo, Sio, Carmine Di Giandomenico .

The event was made possible thanks to with Warner Bros Italia and Rw Lion.

Last but not least!
Some work in progress shots and the naked poster illustration.

The very first digital draft.

A more refined digital reference drawing for the pencil pass.

Pencil pass. (Available for sale in my store)

Final illustration, naked.

Discarded image for a music event.

Discarded image I did while working on the visual identity for a music event in Rome.

Ladyhawke

EN: I made this fake Ladywake poster for an independent movie fanzine called Chicken/Broccoli, by Sebastiano Barcaroli.
You can buy it as a huge printed poster on Chicken/Broccoli online store.

Size: 27,5 x 27,5 in
Paper: Glossy coated 110 gr
Print: front (full color)

Ships folded. 

IT: Realizzato per il CHICKENBROCCOLI ZOO, una mostra esposta a Empoli il 22/23 Aprile 2017 in occasione del Ludicomix e organizzata dal collettivo Le Vanvere. Potete comprarlo nel Chicken/Broccoli online store o direttamente all'Arfist Alley, se passate all'edizione 2017 di ARF!, 26-28 maggio, Macro Testaccio!

Formato: 70 x 70 cm
Carta: Patinata Lucida 110 gr
Stampa: fronte (a colori)

Viene spedito piegato.

Here it is, in it's offset printed glory:

EXTRA!
Some info about process.

Process was a three step business. Started with a digital sketch:

Traced a pretty big pencil drawing (roughly 50x50cm) out of it:

Then added digital color and typography. Ah, almost forgot to mention: the original film logo is freakin'cool.

CP Company | Fashion in Otomo's Akira

I made this illustration for CP Company magazine, an italian fashion magazine sponsored by a well known fashion brand for their peculiar jacket capes with embedded goggles. The article i was called to collaborate to was about fashion in Otomo's Akira. 

Ultrachrome giclee print on hahnemulhe 310gsm rag bright white, printed and signed by me is available in my online store.

EXTRA!

Here is some process work.

The drawing is made with black indian ink on Arches paper, pretty big one (60x45 cm). Color is digital. I developed the drawing starting from a digital rough sketch:

Then I printed out my sketch and traced an ink drawing out of it:

Then I did some fixes and added color before going for the final piece with typographic elements.

Otaku

Concept art illustration I made for a massive sci-fi world building project by Joshua Jenkins. Joshua sent me a huge documentation on his deeply articulated view about the odd future of mankind asking me to develop a very weird and beautiful character, and so I did.

Ultrachrome giclee print on hahnemulhe 310gsm rag bright white, printed and signed by me will be soon available in my online store.

La Città Incantata | 2017 official poster

Luca Raffaelli asked me to create an illustration  for the 2017 edition of "La Città Incantata" official poster. "La città incantata" is an international animation film festival in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy, featuring the cream of the crop of the worldwide animation production.

Here is a quick process breakdown.
I started with a digital sketch:

Then I traced it as an hard black lumograph pencil drawing on 300gsm hot pressed Fabriano Artistico, 30,5 x 45,5 cm.  This passage ensures the best possible stroke dynamic range and texture. (For sale in my store)

Then I added color in Photoshop.