The complete Dinos vs Tanks series

Art for Mary Balogh's The Secret Pearl

I have been wanting to write about this topic for some time, and having spent the afternoon on this little drawing reminded me of this.


I have been working professionally as an artist for almost three years now, producing comics, storyboards, and occasionally ads and single commissions. I am not at all “born taught”, as we Italian say; I am slowly trying to get better and to draw in a more effective way.
I don’t always like what I draw. I don’t always get what I what at a first try. Most of my job, in fact, is made of corrections, re-drawing, throwing things I don’t like away. There are many drawings that never get scanned and posted online.

In the case above, I had first drawn the third picture. I have re-drawn Fleur’s face so many times that the eraser started to scratch the paper off. When I inked it, I didn’t like how I inked her at all. I had inked without a specific idea in mind.

So I re-drew it from scratch, despite the fact that I quite liked how Adam had come out, and that I still prefer the first Adam to the one I later colored. But the second try seemed to me more balanced, overall, and I inked also Fleur with a purpose. Not that I believe it’s a particularly spectacular drawing, but I enjoyed making it.

By the way, I also looked for references for 1822 fashion, but in the end I simplified her dress.

What’s the point of all of this? Possibly to support those who don’t like their first drawing and think that they are making it all wrong, too. That’s not the case. Art, or more simply a drawing, it’s not a matter of reaching your aim at first try. In fact, drawing over and over can be one of the most meditative aspect of the whole practice. Don’t give up after the first line went awry. Art is made with erasers too.

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Last week sketch

Random pic

The first not-work related drawing I do since February 10!

Cecilia e le Fate Fabbri!

 

Era da troppo tempo che non disegnavo un fumetto scemo. ;)

24h comics Italy

Is done. http://www.verticalismi.it/dinamico-duo-di-cecilia-latella/

Mud

Lineart by me, colours by Martina Cecilia

for the Jaime/Brienne Fanworks Fest

Trapezists

(lady says: "Hello? No, you don't disturb me! I was having a coffee break."

Working on two projects at the moment. Quite busy, for once.

what am I doing?

Gawain for sigune by *cabepfir on deviantART

Tomorrow I'll leave for the Christmas holidays.

In the meanwhile, what I'm doing? I'm preparing a project to submit to a graphic novel contest held by the newborn publishing house, Blam. Since the project has to remain top secret, I'm restrained from showing you anything yet, I'm sorry. In any case I completed the 16 requested pages and I'm currently working on the characters' sheets.

I have also completed a commission for redcandle17 this morning, and I also plan to enter her contest about mother/daughters on deviantArt. No surprise that I intend to participate also to the Artful Snape challenge on #Spinners-End to celebrate Snape's birthday on January 9th.

Beside that, when I'll finish the things to do for Blam contest above I'm going to start a new short story, entitled The Knight of Love.

And that's it, for the moment. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Christmas carols

XMas 2010 by *cabepfir on deviantART

Today Fanart Friday allowed Christmas cards ;) This is a slight retouching of the card I did for the Christmas carols concert of the choir I'm in. The show will be on Sunday evening.

Soon (I hope) I will also explain you what I'm working on at the moment. Nice weekend everybody.

The Holy Grail

A short story for Rides with Strangers, the comics anthology started by Svetlana Chmakova's group during the ACA residency.

I probably won't be online for the rest of the week - good week everybody!