And now this is my last book
project which is also my favourite for affective reasons.
This story was one my first encounters in childhood. I think it is one
of best stories to illustrate because there is everything: the
importance of nature, the willpower in youth and the interesting
costumes and particular scenary (India and England).
I love the fact that Mary's personality is creepy and "old" and the
atmosphere of the castle where she goes to live reflects that coldness
of hers. Only with the entrance of the nature and the friendship the
story exits from the cold and sad winter to become a triumph of
blossoming flowers and vegetation in spring.
For this story I have made the entire storyboard with some definitive
illustrations. For each one of the chapters I wanted to put a little
cameo under the title. All realized in traditional
techniques(watercolors, a bit of acrylics for gouache and details more
evident thanks to Pilot G-tec 0,3/0,25).
I would work again for this story and find a right style of drawing. Or
not? What do you think about it? Is this fine or is it too much
classic?
Hi new post again!
Here you
can see my 2# book project : Il Signor Falaninna.
It is a story written by Gianni Rodari for "Favole al telefono" (Fables
at the phone),in 1962.
A really funny short story ( I realized only 24 illustrations), that
tells about a man who's very delicate and with a deep passion for sweets
and food in general. I have imagined him like a dandy in the early 20th
century (maybe from 30's? or 50's more probably?). Mr. Falaninna has a
butler who's aspect his the opposite of him, because he' s tall and
thin. This poor butler must have a lot of patience with his master.
I worked on it using a short palette of colours: blue and magenta red
(and purple).
I have played with some stencils and crayons for the traditional media
and for the digital I have researched some vintage textures.
Here's the result (in italian ) :
Hello There! I want to show
you one of my first book-projects.
The language I chose is French because I made it when I tried to
partecipate at the french competition for illustrators: Salon du livre
et de la presse jeunesse 2013.
The story is simple: One boy starts a trip around Europe on a little
paper boat. His journey lasts about a year. He writes to his best friend
and tells him/her what he saw, he describes the nature. He promised
him/her a really precious gift at his return. Only at the end we
discover who is his friend.
I worked on it with different digital techniques: digital effects and
photomanipulation but also in traditional ones like the boy and the
stains, which were realized with watercolors.
Well, Enjoy!
