"Altra cosa che mi importa", from the raw sketch to the final - raw - work

Here's finally the complete artwork born from the words of Lorenzomonfreg, for his Digital Poetry Blog http://lorenzomonfreg.com

Hard to properly translate the words in english..

it basically deals with throwing our own heart

to the sun 

and go getting it back more beautiful..

Click on READ MORE to see the High Resolution final version and images from various steps of the whole process (including deleted variants and mistakes) -  from the early pencils to the inks and the digital coloring!

Altra cosa che mi importa

dalle parole di Lorenzo Monfregola, il mio nuovo artwork. Potete vedere l'immagine completa qui http://bit.ly/1hz2wGe. Per chi fosse interessato presto posterò vari screen del work in progress!

From the words of Lorenzo Monfregola, my new artwork. You can see the complete image here http://bit.ly/1hz2wGe. Soon I'll post some screens of the work in progress!

bored in german course

All is NOT lost

forgotten w.i.p.

Animals & books: handmade bookmarks

Don't bother the dwarf!

Dwarves are fun. They are the fantasy archetype of stubbornness, obstinacy, determination, rigor and materialism..and no matter how they try to be serious, they will always keep a strong comical factor...

and I mean.. they recall Yosemite Sam... Anyway I did this in two evenings. just to play with the fresh installed Manga Studio, that's perfect for inking!

Below there is also the gallery with some work in progress and all the color versions I tried..enjoy!

And remember..everyone has a little greedy obstinate surly dwarf inside...

...you just have to mess around the right things to awake him! 

Pencils: Moleskine 

Inking: Manga Studio (first try)

Coloring: Photoshop CS6

Total time: 5 hours (two evenings)

Gallery

Hellboy

Personal study on Mike Mignola & Dave Stewart art. Pencil + Moleskine for the sketch, then Intuos pen + Photoshop... click on the images to see a bigger picture.

…we recognize that with choice comes responsibility. 
We are all doomed, we have all sinned, we have all eaten of that pancake. 
But, if we’re lucky, our sufferings will leave lilies in our wakes. Boom.

- Glen David Gold, introduction to Hellboy: The Storm and the Fury

Marcel

À la recherche du temps perdu