Recent Ink Illustrations

Baksheesh!

Pangolin Howdah

Block 109: S.H.A.R.K.

Cover by Ronan Toulhoat

On my way to the Angoulème International Comics Festival, the largest comic festival in Europe!

I will be doing "dèdicaces" at the Akileos Editions stand for the release of "S.H.A.R.K." the latest spin-off episode of the Block 109 universe created by Vincent Brugeas and Ronan Toulhoat, so if you're in the area stop by and grab yourself a copy!

holy shit

It's my first french published "BD" and i'm super excited!

It's a 58 page, large format, full color, hardcover book that i've worked on for the last year set in an Australian POW camp. It involves Nazis getting beaten up, hell's angels marines, a lot of dust but quite surprisingly, NO ACTUAL SHARKS. Crazy french people!

It's been very challenging but i feel like i've learnt quite a bit from the experience, i'm quite proud and i can't wait to get back to work on the series!

Script by Vincent Brugeas.
Layouts, cover and intro pages by Ronan Toulhoat.
Colors by Giusy Gallizia.
Pencils by me!

Here's some random panels from the book!

Dust, a lot of dust everywhere.

Worth, you smartass!

Worth getting smacked in the face

Worth, you smartass! (2)

Desert Nazis

Worth punching back!

One of those days.

I sense incoming slaps in the face!

*Mickey Mouse march*

See you in Angoulème!

Diesel-Dinos

"TORO" Armored Dune Buggy

I like drawing rusty, beat-up post-apocaliptic vehicles, and dinosaurs are universally recognized as cool, so i though i'd mix the two things together.

I've recently gotten into military model kit building and it's ton of fun as well as really useful to build up my "bits" mental library. Just browsing through a model catalog is super inspiring to me.
These are also an experiment to try and develop a couple of concepts built around the same theme, and a way to practice mixing my traditional drawings with digital coloring.

"T-RAX" Chopper

"RAPTOR" Walker

Journey

Practicing colors.
My ideal world includes diesel-powered engines, deserts, rusty robots, aliens and robots.

The Spider King

Here's a tribute piece i did for "The Spider King" an upcoming kickstarter-funded comic
by Simone D'Armini and Josh Vann. This one and many more pinups will be included in the printed book!

Pre-order your copy HERE!

MADADH #5 teaser

Here's a splash page from my contribution to the 5th issue of Madath, an italian comic series written and created by Tommaso De Stefanis and drawn by a bunch of really nice people (including Michel Mammi, Francesca Ciregia, Michele Bertilorenzi and my ex-teacher Matteo Scalera).

It's the first time i've drawn 24 consecutive pages in a row and I woudn't have made it without the assistance of my brother in arms Lorenzo Fornaciari (first time i've seen my pages inked by someone else but me, and i coudn't be more pleased).

Here's the layout and pencils for the page, in case you're interested.

I'll post more pages in the next couple of weeks!

PORTFOLIO 2012

I've just added my 2012 portfolio in pdf format to the blog sidebar.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

Also, please follow me/comment so that i don't feel so lonely in the vastness of the interwebz! :P

Brendon Sample pages

Some old Brendon (Bonelli editore) sample pages.

SONNAMBULO #2

cover by William B. Hand

Yo!

Here's a quick update.I'll be attending Napoli Comicon 2012 (28/04 - 01/05) along with my friends
of the Corto Comix collective Gianluca Romano & Zerocalcare!

Come say hello and check out Sonnambulo issue #2 (in case you haven't already, issue #1 too!)
and ANTIFA!nzine #3.

The cover for this issue was again painted by William B.Hand,
and there's an 8 page interview with Paolo Barbieri.

Art by Paolo Barbieri

Here's a couple of pages from my own contribution to the magazine:
"Bloodshed "(script by Federico Fornara, art by me)

And here's a taste of the other short stories you'll find in this issue:

"Labrys" 

(script: Lisa Dallari art: Davide Castelluccio)

"Il guardiano"

(script: Andrea Forgione art: Michel Mammi)

"Il paradigma della 25esima storia"

(script: Francesco Tedeschi art: Manu Cafferini)

"Satana non vuole la mia anima"

(script: Giovanni Tondelli art: Lorenzo Fornaciari)

"Il divoratore di sogni"

(story: Francesco Tedeschi art: Lorenzo Nuti)

ciao!

CARCASSA

I really wish i knew what to do with this character.

Carcassa was supposed to be Bego's spiritual successor, but all i've got is a bunch of sketches and a couple of pencil pages.

2000AD Sample Pages

Here are a bunch of pages from a 2000AD sample script by Richard McTighe, "Future Shocks: Holed Up".

 Here's the layout:

I'm also working on another sample script, here's some sketches and a layout for "The Colossal Wealth of Karn Foul-Eye".

by the way, HAPPY 35th BIRTHDAY 2000AD!