IF: Celebrate

It's a bit late to celebrate Christmas so, let's just celebrate Winter! :)

IF: Time

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IF: Flawed

Maybe the Tower of Pisa is just a flawed building...

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IF: Climbing

There's no need for explanation I guess :)

IF: Pale

Who's paler than a vampire drinking tomato juice?

IF: Opinion

Always express your opinion!
This one is dedicated to Roberto Saviano and his book "Gomorra".

IF: Pretend

Pretending to be someone else is kids' favourite game!

I'm finally updating my blog again! Yeah!

IF: Canned (music)

I found this definition of "canned music" as "recorded music" so... This is my interpretation :)
Hope you like it!
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IF: hoard

I don't know if this illustration is right with the week topic...
I found a definition of hoard as a "hiding place"... And my bear is hiding!
If It's wrong I hope you'll forgive me ^_^

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Update
I changed the illustration a little bit making the fireflies more recognizable.
I actually didn't know if it was a finished work or not but after reading my friend Miyuki's comment I decided to add little wings and lights!
But I must admit the I like the hibernation interpretation too ^___^

And I also want to explain that this one is part of a series of works representing the 5 senses.
This one is Sight!

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IF: Worry

Mommy is not worried that her son is growing roots in front of the TV...
She just keeps on feeding him with fresh water!

This is a school project for a children book about additcions,
hope you like it! :)

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IF: Fail

Amy Winehouse: she tried quitting drugs and alcohol but... She failed! ^_^
I know this is quite forced, I just wanted to show you my first try with caricature!
It doesn't really look like the original but I had a lot of fun doing it!

If you want to compare my drawing with the real singer Amy Winehouse, here's a recent picture:

Love ya, Amy!
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IF: Heavy

A heavy Mexican-Taco hat!
But it's getting lighter and lighter! ^_^
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IF: Multiple

The multiple colours of the rainbow! :D

I'm working on this illustration as a T-shirt design I'll probably submit to Threadless.
This is a sort of "retro" style that I'd like to work on more and more in the future.
I love the look and feel of those American 50s cartoons and commercials!

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IF: Theory

This one represents The Golden Compass... Did you read the book or see the movie?
So many beautiful theories, the dust, the Daemons, the Magisterium etc.
I really love this story!
This illustration accompained a little review of the movie.

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IF: Blanket

A heavy blanket to pretect us from our fears ^_^
Just for Illustration Friday

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IF: Plain

A plain wall... with three dots ^_^

This is one of a series of zinc print with a urban style and atmosphere that I'll use to make postcards. I hope I'll have the occasion to show you all of them!

Each one is accompanied by a sentence, this one has "I couldn't find words to tell you that..."
Poor writer! I hope he won't be sad for too long! ^O^

Have fun,
Gas!!

IF: Stitch

Not that much to explain! ^_^

See full image here

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IF: Little Things

Golden coins are little things, but these two bad guys look like they just can't wait to steal them from the foolish king! ^o^

This is one of the scenes I made for "The emperor's new suit" by H. C. Andersen.
Here the two fake weavers are convincing the king that they could manufacture the finest cloth to be imagined and invisible to stupid people. Well, if you don't know it, I invite you to read the whole story because it's very funny!

If you want to see a little "making of" this drawing you can go here and here.

In next posts I'll show you the rest of the images from "The emperor's new suit"!

Have Fun,
Gas!!

IF: Hats

So... It passed such a long time since a posted an Illustration Friday entry!
Today I made this very quick skecthes and I realized they were wearing "hats"!
Just in time! ^_^ Well, can a crown be considered an actual hat?

These are studies of characters for an illustration competition, what do you think? Will it work?

^O^ Bye!
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IF: Camouflage

Hi everybody!
It's been quite a while since a posted an illustration at Illustration Friday!
Today I choose this one, it's printed with lynoleum, and I'm not so sure that it is right for the topic!
Anyway, It represent this little boy and his dog dressed up like Harajuku guys, you know those people in Tokyo who likes to dress up like anime characters!
This is part a a children book I made recently!

Have fun!
Gas!