"Over 1 million marine animals (including mammals, fish, sharks, turtles, and birds) are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean (UNESCO Facts & Figures on Marine Pollution)"  morning warmup sketch #2 for #CleanSeas

Warmup sketch, haven't done one of these in ages. Last weekend I visited a National Geographic expo about oceans and pollution, it definitely struck a chord with me and I think I will be doing more of these while I figure out the best way to actively contribute! 

Demo for my 1st year digital painting students @scuoladelfumetto.

This is part of the work simulation I have students do at the end of the first term where after focusing on light, forms and materials we paint a lil prop illustration for a hypothetical fantasy RPG book.

It's not as finished as I'd like it do be for an actual deliverable but I only had 90 min so i just tried to get as far as possible and get the idea across.

Scroll down for timelapse!

Hear ye hear ye guys!

First episode of a new series called ArtFeedback where I go over paintings that I receive in a dedicated inbox and provide paintovers/feedback explaining my thought process!

If you're interested in submitting anything check out the vid description

In this video I will briefly talk about the importance of being flexible in this line of work while showing a timelapse of an illustration I made according to that very same topic.

Hello everyone!

Recently I had the chance to work on a project illustrating fantasy props for an unofficial D&D 5e campaign settings.

After that I did a live demo for my digital art student @ the "Scuola del fumetto di milano" and I figured it would've been interesting to share the results.

I came up with this workflow cause I needed to be able to create a finished illustration in 2 hours top given the constraints of the job.

The first step usually revolves around presenting a couple rough line sketches to the client like so, these shouldn't take me more than 5 min each.

After this initial step, the client selects the design and gives feedback if any to move forward. Then I produce a very quick color rough just to get a feel of what colors I want in the piece

and after this we simply move into finalizing the illustration with the remaining time. I just pick a convenient light source, stick to a single flat textured brush to avoid wasting extra time and just flatten lines and colors and paint directly on a single layer

Final Result

  That is all!

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