Commissions are open again....

....for a very limited time! Follow this link and read how it works if you would like to be included in the list!

Or, you can read all the info about that below:


Big announcement: commissions are open again for a very limited time! I will take two new commissioned pieces that will be completed in the next weeks. Details as follows:

Image size: 24x33cm
Description: one character plus detailed background, full color
Technique: markers + colored pencils + soft pastels
Examples:
1. http://nati.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d25dkvl
2. http://nati.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d21yrxt
3. http://nati.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1pjr20
4. http://nati.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1ix1o7

Pricing: 230USD plus shipping via Registered mail or courier service, as you prefer.

General info:
. You will receive the original, one of a kind illustration.
. Half payment is required up front via Paypal once I reply accepting your request. I will also email you all the information about payment.
. Final payment must be done once the illustration is completed and before I ship it to you.

How it works:
I will start working on your piece middle of July. Your commission will be completed in few days. Send me a personal note through Deviantart giving me a short description of your piece. The first two ones who do that, will receive a note back from me with details about the payment/shipping.

Art Basel

Yeah, I'm back from Basel - Switzerland! I enjoyed the Art Fair a lot, had fun with friends and got inspiration for a lot of new illustrations! I will post photos and more soon!

New Cloud Maiden Art and moved all the stuff

A new illustration for the Cloud Maiden project and also a fanart for a contest! If you are curious about that, all the info are on my deviantart page! 

And sorry for always being so unpredictable but I moved all the stuff and  posts about this project here. I deleted the Cloud Maiden blog but not the past entries, your comments and the posted art now imported  to my main blog. I promise no more changes for the next...hmmmm. few weeks? ^_______^

Bright Star Layout

I'm dying to see this movie by Jane Campion that is released in Italian cinemas only now! So, I've also decided to change my blog layout to celebrate this insane passion of mine for the 19th century!

And, some photos of the journal I keep and where I annotate ideas and suggestions for new illustrations, projects, etc, etc. - my preciouuus - ^_____^

A Summer weekend....

Photos I took at the Mondo Bizzarro Gallery on June 05th. Camilla D'Errico solo show.

And a Summer day in Villa Borghese Gardens! I will post soon more photos on my Flickr account!

And that makes me feel like doing another oil painting. Title: Summertime ^_^

Boxes for dolls

This is another special collaboration I did with Marina at the beginning of February, some months ago. The illustrations are a sort of follow-up to "Garden of Delights", done in 2008 as design for the Limited Edition Porcelain Dolls boxes created by Marina. The new images will be used for the boxes of Marina's new brand Resin Line dolls.

We worked a lot on these images. The basic idea was to make something Art Nouveau and based on a seasonal theme.

Snow White sketch

This one was the first sketch I did. Firstly, Marina suggested me to take as reference her Show White porcelain doll. At the beginning we though to make a Fairy Tale series of images.
Then, we decided the seasonal theme was closest to the Art Nouveau style and I started drawing new sketches. The models for these sketches were Artificial Intelligence, Elena the Beautiful and Pink Crown. Each one depicts a season - Autumn, Winter, Spring - where my previous 'Garden of Delights' doll will be the Summer. As you can see, I did a lot of sketches before choosing the final ones!

Artificial Intelligence sketches

Elena the Beautiful sketches

Pink Crown sketches

These were the first version of the colored images. I removed the Enchanted Doll logo at the bottom and made it separately. I also re-did Pink Crown since the colors of the first illustration didn't come out well in the print test. Colors and lines must be stronger and well traced.
 

Marina is actually very busy with the organization of her solo show in Berlin so I don't know where the Resin Line will be available anyway...here the illustrations for the boxes ^_^