Sketching at Studio 221A

Thursday, surfing on the Scketchcrawl forum, I stumbled in few post by artist I recognized to be at the meeting of last Saturday. I checked amazing the blog of Edison Yan and I discover that he meet with lots of other locals to some cafe during Saturday afternoons. Because of the Halloween Partying of the night before, the session of yesterday was guested by Jonathan Tiong, in his art Studio, a very interesting place where to have a space to do your own or collective art. If you're in Vancouver and need of a creative environment to do your art, you can contact the ppl at the 221A Studio, or you can give them suggestions for organize an art gallery. Ah, I didn't become Psicopatic ;-) The 1st draw is about my friend Sarah, babysitting for Halloween, and the 2nd one is about my other friend Melaina, dressed as Halloween version of Alice in Wonderland.

20th Sketchcrawl, also in Vancouver

It's amazing how some artist can organize something that get spread over the world.
I was participating to the Dr Sketchy in Montreal, and through Facebook I'm still getting invites for many other artistic group event, which I was sad to don't have the chance to go, as I live now in Vancouver.
This town is great for many things, but not so much going on about art. So I inscribed myself to a clay sculpturing course, in order to awake my rusted ability with traditional modeling.
But yesterday a friend told me that he's going to a sketchcrawl thing, and I realized that Vancouver has some artist that enjoy this kind of stuff as well. If you don't know this arty activity, it's been invented by an Italian that works in San Francisco, Enrico Casarosa, and you can find infos on this website: http://www.sketchcrawl.com/
or you can find the group of your town on facebook as well.
I take the chace to post a couple of sketches I did of Kym during this summer :p

I've got a website!

Finally, after so much planning and thinking about a website name to share with Kym, we got the domain two3dmonkeys.com
it still have to link to our pages, as we spent the weekend making up my own one, at morenap.two3dmonkeys.com
But it works! Enjoy it!

Faires and flowers in Victoria

A little late this post, I know, anyway, we took the chance to visit Victoria, on Vancouver Island, in the last weekend of August. That has been a really nice trip in a relaxing environment. The picture has been done in a Mexican restaurant, that had recycled paper as tablecloth and wax pastels in little baskets for each table.
So, since I just crossed one of this fairy and dragons figurine shop, here i did my draw. I would encourage more restaurant to take such nice initiative, it is a fun entertainment for the clients :)

Super Sculpey

When I was mentoring in Vancouver Film School I discover a really cool paste to model, which never dry untill you cook it. I know, sounds silly the fact that I don't know about it, but I did 2 years in high school of working clay and I never worked plastiline or similars. Anyway. I like it and it's fast to be worked. I hope to do some more model soon, as I really enjoy it.

Some caricature

Yes, I know looks late now, but I did the sketch the day after I saw Sweeney Todd and finally today I did the simile-ink version. Other than that, some other sketch in order to keep alive this blog. Sadly since I moved from Montreal I draw less. I guess it's a loss of artistic inputs that I was having at work, as lot of my colleagues were drawing in waiting times and there were some fun artistic activity in Montreal to participate. Also I need to do more 3D to keep in exercise and learn some other program in order to be updated with new technologies and be more adaptable.

Some recent Test

Here 2 dolls in pixel art inspired to the comic novel "Skydoll" of Barbucci & Canepa, for a contest they opened last summer. You can see the winners at: http://www.skydollcontest.com/ Of course my work didn't win, but has been fun to participate and see some cool artist work.
The second work I want to post today is a couple of character that I draw for my friend Mark Evin, which wanted to purpose the cartoon "Lost in Cyberspace" to some animation events during last summer. I wish him all the best luck.
About my 3D works, I've open some link at the side of the page, also because this blog should be more for my Drawing stuffs. Anyway the Flickr slideshow is really easy to use for the purpose, so go and enjoy it ;)

Black fairy

That has been sketched on the plane while I was going to Vancouver. It's inspired to the fairy contest we got with Miss Sugarpuss -not that this subject is new to me anyway :-P

Miss Sugarpuss

Sadly, this was my last Dr Sketchy in Montreal. The model was really interesting to draw, you can find info about her on http://www.misssugarpuss.com/
I see that in Vancouver the Anti art school has closed the doors few month ago, so if anybody has some advice or know a good place where to organize a new Dr Sketchy, is welcome in the comments area :)

Altri schizzi...

Dedicandomi all'aggiornamento di demo e cv non ho disegnato un gran che' ultimamente. A big sorry for all my Nana comics fans, I really don't find the time to do my little art.

In the pubs of Toronto

I got the luck, during my visit in Toronto last weekend, to end-up in the Cameron House pub (Queen and Spadina). Is where they do DrSketchy there and there was an exposition of model's photos and draws all around the walls. It's been amazing. My compliments Expecially to Katherine Piro, I like her style a lot.
http://drsketchy-toronto.blogspot.com (go in 2007 archive) and http://www.drsketchy-toronto.com/

Over than lighting

I know I disappear for a while, but I was doing some draw anyway ;) because I'm in lighting since a while at work, and the render regions leave me free moments to kill so i draw. Here some of them.


Sxo che Eddie sia contento dell'update ;)

Dr Sketchy

I'm going to this different life drawing which is called Dr. Sketchy, Anti-art school. The model is dressed up as a cabaret dancer, a character from old movies or comix etc...

I find it much more interesting of each other life drawing session I've done before (well, the onlyone is the one in Berry, see my old posts). If you're not from Montreal you might find a Dr sketchy in your own town, I invite you warmly to go. You will enjoy it.

Some more info at http://drsketchymontreal.blogspot.com/

Discarded character

But not for me :p

Melanie et la canarde

weird... it's not winter yet, and here what I did... :s

Tribal girl

So, I think thisone need an explanation or people will fly with their minds ;-)

I went to Bjork concert on september 21.
In the last album she has this colorful make-up like a circus juggler. Also, in the concert, her and her band had make-up and costumes.
So, this girl with tattoes, is thought as a scenograpy concept that I had during that concert.

Falling stars and whales

wip for canvans, when I'll get a little of time. Inspired by the trip in tradoussac on august 10th.

Australian surfer

Inspired by my australian friend that miss eucalyptus and saltiness smell

Altri schizzi

Approved by my italian
friends :D
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Questo invece e' per la
catena dei pirati

Una sensazione tramutata in immagine. No, non e' frutto di uno stato alterato!

Signs and refounded peace

There wouldn't be a today as the one that i know without this event's puzzle perfectly solved and incredibles coincidences that i couldn't ignore.