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Spine di Lucy

Il bambino con le Spine nacque di sette mesi con un parto cesareo prima che le punte si conficcassero nelle viscere delle madre. A sei mesi pareva un cactus, a due anni un porcospino. Nessuno voleva giocare con lui. Crescendo le spine diventavano sempre più appuntite. Quando incontrò la ragazza Giunco si avvicinò a lei senza preoccuparsi di poterla trafiggere. Lei si insinuò tra le sue Spine senza pungersi. Innamorati rimasero incastrati l’una nell’altro per lungo tempo. Ma lei, stanca di adattare continuamente la sua forma all’andamento delle punte dell’amato, un giorno sparì lasciando solo un biglietto scritto col sangue.

Notes

This story reminded me a lot of the short stories by Tim Burton, so I was really tempted to draw something in that style. In the end I decided to do something just following the inspiration of the moment, without following predefined models (as far as that is possible). So this illustration is more about an idea, a moment, a sensation…

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2080 – Nerd to Geek

I like French electronic music. I like their way of being funky. 2080 takes that funky French electronic vibe to chipsounds. Though there are no real chips involved in the making of his music (he mainly works with analogue gear like an old Juno 60, and some MFB synths) the sound really reminds you of the gamesoundtracks of the past, so I guess it fits here anyway.

This one’s no free download, but if you’re into this kind of music, it’s really worth the expense!

2080 on myspace.com

buy the album on 7digital.com (but you can probably find it on other stores as well)

Multifaros – Dreams, Yozef’s Journey

Multifaros is the alias of Bård Ericson, a young man born in 1991 who creates electronical music of various styles and genres since 2006. His primary tools for making music are Reason 3, Little Sound DJ, guitars and other instruments, coupled with a MIDI-keyboard and his passion for music, sounds, life and the universe.

Here’s another great artist blending chiptunes with acoustic sounds with a lot of other stuff, creating an amazing sound, and really interesting music. I highly recomend both albums: Dreams and Yozef’s Journey. Thy are quite different, while the first one is brighter, happier and featuring vocals on most tracks, the second one is purely instrumental and sounds darker and more dramatic.

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download Yozef’s Journey from multifaros.info.se (Free)

download Dreams from calmdownkidder.com (Free)

Multifaros on myspace.com

Nario – the most of me

While this album has one of the worst covers ever, it contains some unique chipmusic gems! This guy has some lurking talent…

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download The Most of Me from skrowmedia.com (free)

Nario on youtube

Friday the 21st of May. Somebody decided it had to be the national comics day. I still don’t know why, and I might never know it.
Sill, I was part of it, at the library Gheduzzi in Verona. Which is a really nice place.

Détective Noir et La Trapèze by Ryan Licata

He awoke tied ten feet off the ground to one of the poles in her act, his head aching, and, the worst of it, his coat missing. A spotlight came on, blinding him. Shielding his eyes he spotted her, in penumbra, a tightrope away, her long, shapely legs glitzy in tights stretching out from under his coat. Then the spotlight took to her completely. And she stepped out, onto the rope, her balance out-of-this-world, loosening a button with every step she made, until, by the middle of her act, she was done with it. He marvelled, as his coat fell.

Lazy Saturday Sketches is back as well, and it’s also changing a bit. I might change it’s name into Lazy Saturday Monsters, because that’s what you will be seeing in the next weeks!

IL giorno dell oca by Scoiattolazzo

Libellule polacche strozzate dal gas.
Cigni ungheresi morti di inedia.
I forti tori dell est, decimati.

C’e’ puzza, ed un vento abominevole, mentre l oca dagli anfibi neri fa il verso all acquila.
E nell anfratto schifoso e osceno dove medita, anche il diavolo distoglie lo sguardo davanti all orrore.
Anni dopo a  Norimberga, 17 oche vengono giudicate, impiccate,  fatte a pezzi e bruciate nei loro stessi forni.
Vittime… carnefici….specchi distorti.
C’e’ gente che giura che tra una sentenza e l altra si e’ sentito piu’ di un quack, provenire da dei giudici dal becco giallo.

Note

The hundred word stories are back! There have been time when I thought that never again I would find the strength to draw a line. But probably I just needed to focus on something completely different (like synths and making some music) Giètz! has put my mind and body to great fatigue. Drawing a graphic novel is alway hard, but when the product of your efforts feels like something alien, it’s even worse. I still think that in the end I did a decent work, and that Giètz! is an interesting project, worth being made, and that I needed to be working on it. It’s been a great experience. Nonetheless, now more than ever, I know what path I want to be travelling on, so it’s great to see that my lust for drawing is coming back again!

The presentation I made for Giètz! last friday went smoothly. I talked a bit about how the project was born, and about my workflow. I used pictures from the tutorials I made here on the blog (which you can find here and here), which reminds me that I haven’t done the last one of the series yet, the one about the colouring process. Will try to get that one done as soon as possible. In the meantime, here’s some pictures (thanks to Armin for the pics).

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