ooo and other stories

Belly

2011-08-11T15:43:00.003+02:00

Sometimes you just need a belly to dive into.

Crack 2011

2011-06-21T20:56:00.003+02:00

This year's edition of "Crack Fumetti Dirompenti" festival was terrific! I had the pleasure to exhibit my works there, sharing one cell of the Forte Prenestino with Alessio Nunzi and Mirko Italiano, two great artists from Rome. The video, edited by Alessio, shows some footage shot last friday and saturday inside our cubicle.

Mind Tricks

2011-03-07T17:30:00.004+01:00

Vi aspetto Venerdì al Fusolab (via Giorgio Pitacco 29, Roma)

SAINT LIPS - CHARM available january 20th!

2010-10-09T17:04:00.008+02:00

Saint Lips new album is going to be released on January 20th 2011

and will be available on cd and digital format.

As happened for the first album, i worked on the cover and the full artwork.

Sketches

2010-08-11T13:56:00.007+02:00

Eva 06

2010-06-29T00:22:00.003+02:00

Rolo Tomassi have a new album out now,

time has come for another Eva!

Imaginary artists 4 - YKZN

2010-06-06T19:23:00.007+02:00

YKNZ, born in 1989, believes that every mechanism,

even the most unrestrainable, has its fatal grain of sand,

it's all a matter of finding which one.

His research, based on this assumption, it's

materialised into small street art interventions with the

pourpose to maintain alive the attention of

the people during the mutant human activity of trade.

You can find his provocative works in shopping

malls, fast foods and automatic vendors

around Europe.

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YKNZ, classe 1989, è convinto che ogni meccanismo,

anche il più inarrestabile, ha il suo corrispondente

granello di sabbia potenzialmente fatale,

tutto sta nel trovarlo.

La sua ricerca parte da questo presupposto

e si materializza in piccoli interventi

di street art volti a tenere viva l'attenzione

delle persone nei momenti e nei luoghi in

cui si pratica la mutante attività umana del commercio.

E' possibile trovare le sue provocatorie creazioni

in centri e strade commerciali, catene di fast food

e distributori automatici di mezza Europa.

Children no more

2010-05-03T16:02:00.004+02:00

The 13th of may I will be at Palazzo Valentini for this

exhibition's opening. The place is nice, the entrance is free,

the artists are great and the theme is really important,

so don't miss this event! You can visit it untill the 25th

of may. For more informations visit this blog.

The image below is my contribution to the exhibition,

and it is focused on the violence of the media.

Spring = Love

2010-04-13T18:13:00.001+02:00

Who is Domilapolo?!?

2010-03-26T18:28:00.008+01:00

I can't tell yet, but it looks like he needs

friends in this dimension, add him!

let's talk about ooo a bit

2010-03-14T00:29:00.009+01:00

Since the first post of this blog I've not talked about

ooo anymore, maybe it's because I wanted to draw

some new pages before posting something here, but

it didn't happend, so this is a panel from the first part

of the story which is divided into really short episodes.

Each episode features one of the characters speaking

directly to the reader, with different styles,

colors and themes.

If I should say what kind of influences has this comic

untill now, I coulnd't mention Jamie Hernandez's works.

Contruction site

2010-02-26T14:41:00.003+01:00

Often my working area (lately it's virtual "paper")

looks like a construction site where I put many things I

don't know if i will use for the final version of the work,

but those things may insipre me and be tools

for other solutions, surprising me and keeping my

attention and mind always awake.

That's what is happening with this illustration I am

working on.

Summer babe (winter version)

2010-02-11T15:25:00.005+01:00

I've been listening to Pavement a lot lately,

happy to hear they are coming in Rome at

the end of May!

Imaginary artists 3 - LUTHER

2010-02-02T12:42:00.009+01:00

Luther, born in Sheffield in 1978, has been for

years an observer of the deviances of contemporary

society, which he represent in minimal and rigorous

works. In his paintings suggestions and meanings are

above all hidden into the relationships of shapes.

His last series called "Flags", exhibited at the

TATE modern gallery of London, consists in numerous

mutations of the British flag, and every painting alludes

to a specific state of collective uneasiness.

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Luther, nato a Sheffield nel 1978, è da anni un

attento osservatore delle devianze della società

contemporanea, che rappresenta in opere minimali e

rigorose. Nei suoi lavori sono soprattutto i

rapporti tra le forme che celano suggestioni e significati.

La sua recente serie "Flags", in cui ha dipinto numerose

mutazioni della bandiera britannica, ognuna allusiva

a specifici stati di disagio collettivo, è stata esposta

alla Tate Modern gallery di Londra.

Giant wolf

2010-01-24T19:23:00.003+01:00

This is not too smart, but I am happy with the

idea of movement that came from her steps

Growing narrations

2010-01-16T13:01:00.011+01:00

This is an experiment I was working on some months ago.

I was trying to work on the idea of the mutation of actions,

limited in short time and space, into growing and distorted

narrations that turns into actions again. Not too happy with

the result, but it may be a starting point...

Candy Cigarette

2010-01-06T18:29:00.007+01:00

For Christmas I finally bought a decent 2.1 audio system

and I am testing all the music I used to listen with my

crappy laptop's speakers. While I was discovering new

sounds and beats on BOY IN STATIC's CANDY CIGARETTE,

I took an old sketch and had some fun...

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T17:29:00.004+01:00

A fast sketch after the christmas lunch... have a happy digestion!

Dive into webcomics

2009-12-23T02:52:00.004+01:00

This is a short story born for the web, simply panel

after panel. I am sorry it's not in english, but it

wouldn't work as well, once translated...

click here for FULL SIZE IMAGE

Refused cover

2009-12-16T22:48:00.007+01:00

A refused illustration for a free magazine's cover.

Imaginary artists 2 - BEATRISA

2009-12-14T12:41:00.007+01:00

Beatrisa is fascinated by global movements and wide

visions. The entire humanity is her interest field, she is

so attracted by its surviving althought the low maturity it has

reached since millenia. In her last works she focuses on

green energy, associating this theme to symbols of sexual

reproduction, an attempt to spread and promote ideas

throught strong images but also a deep conceptual

connection: safeguarding and preservation of the species

Emblematic is the installation, placed in plaza Letamendi in

Barcelona, of an eolic windmill 15 meters high, built entirely

with underwear.

///

Beatrisa è affascinata dai moti globali e dalle

visioni di ampio respiro. L'umanità intera è il suo campo

di interesse, affascinata com'è dalla sua sopravvivenza

nonostante la scarsa maturità raggiunta nei millenni.

Nel suo ultimo ciclo di opere affronta il tema delle

energie rinnovabili associandole a simboli che

alludono alla riproduzione sessuale, in un'intento sia

di promozione che di più profonda simbiosi concettuale,

finalizzata al mantenimento di salvaguardia

della specie. Emblematica in tal senso la scultura,

posta in piazza Letamendi a Barcellona, di una pala

eolica alta 15 metri, realizzata

interamente con biancheria intima.

Profile picture

2009-12-09T17:39:00.002+01:00

Eva series

2009-12-08T01:11:00.009+01:00

I met the character of Eva Spence around the web, she is

the singer of Rolo Tomassi, a very interesting english band,

and I suddenly got caught by her image, so soft and hard

at the same time, linking those extremes with an interesting

charm and taste. So I started to draw the vision I have of

her mood and her world, with no rules or plans,

just some fun experiments.

Untill now i have five pieces, but since i started with a 01,

I should arrive at least at 10!

Imaginary artists 1 - TETSUO

2009-12-01T21:56:00.006+01:00

Tetsuo is an action-pop painter from Japan.

In his performances, placed beetwen collective

exorcism and intimate confession, he is always

surrounded by an even number of people

who scream names of famous stars and

mass products rhythmically. Surrounded by

this ritualic noise he starts to paint the evoked

images leaking them with his personal view,

deforming the consolidated visions into peripheral

glares of his eyeball.

///

Tetsuo è un action-pop painter di origine giapponese.

Nelle sue performances, a metà strada tra esorcismo

collettivo e intima confessione, è circondato sempre da un

numero pari di spettatori che urlano ritmicamente

nomi di personaggi famosi o di prodotti di massa.

Nel marasma rituale di voci l’artista comincia a dipingere

le immagini evocate, lasciando tuttavia spazio alla sua

particolare interpretazione, deformando e plasmando

le consolidate visioni collettive in

periferici riflessi del suo bulbo oculare.

Old comics

2009-11-29T22:23:00.015+01:00

This is an old series I was working on, I had some

ideas for a fourth and fifth page, but I'll never

sketched them down. It' s not excluded that one

day I will continue to draw this story.

Comics Contest

2009-11-27T16:41:00.008+01:00

The 6th of December I will be again at Circolo degli Artisti in

Rome for a very nice evening with many good artists.

I will share the expo room with Davide De Cubellis,

Devitalizart, Elisabetta Melaranci, Emiliano Tanzillo,

Lorenzo De Felici and Jacopo Pace.

///

Domenica 6 dicembre esporrò nuovamente al Circolo

degli Artisti al fianco di tanta bella gente: Davide De Cubellis,

Devitalizart, Elisabetta Melaranci, Emiliano Tanzillo,

Lorenzo De Felici e Jacopo Pace. ingresso libero

dalle 18:00

ex!

2009-11-26T01:37:00.016+01:00

Few days ago an exhibition of my works in the centre

of Rome has closed, here you can see some of them.

They are entirely digital works, done in the past month

with my wacom intuos 3.

OPENING

2009-11-24T20:33:00.005+01:00

ooo it's a comic I started over a year ago, it was born

randomly as a single sketch and became a three pages

single story, then other few pages were added untill

the general idea came into my mind. It's a slow project

I will continue to work on it in the free time.

This blog will present some wips and previews between my

new illustrations, comics, news and other stories.

(the image of this post is a virtual cover, which features

one of the characters)