"Finish Him!"

My piece for this week's Nerd Invasion blog theme is up here.

Another videogame. Can you guess which one before clicking the link just from the post title?

Inked pages coming btw. God, my daily schedule has become ridiculous. RIDICULOUS, I tell you!


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Another Nerd Invasion post

Here's my latest piece, the theme was Power Rangers this week.

Not too happy about the result this time. I guess Im not that good at drawing stuff I didnt grow up adoring..

oh, well.

And I know Ive been saying this forever, but from tomorrow: pages! Pages! PAGES!!

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"...Altrimenti si arrabbiano!"

REALLY quick piece today, no time to do more. A bit of pure fun, no frills 100% Italian cult stuff.

Inspired by a series of Dvd reissues coming out these days here in Italy..

Wont even bother explaining what is this about, either youre Italian and you just KNOW who these guys are, or youre not and you and you have no clue.

A dream project of mine, these two guys kicking the ass of Lovecraftian deities, one punch on the head at a time...

Again, blue lead, Pentel brushpen and 10 mins of Photoshop.

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Blast from the past!

Discovered a really cool '80s mohawk Storm Tumblr today, put up by  X-Force writer Sam Humphries

I was just wondering what to do as a daily sketch, so there you go...

Blue lead, Pentel and Photoshop.

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*EDIT: Decided to add the original b/w lineart, for those who might care.

"...It's ALIVE!"

Another piece for the Nerd Invasion blog.

This week was videogame-themed. Those guys really hate me ;)))

Anyway, I remembered the main villain from Crash Bandicoot was an evil scientist and had minions. Another obvious one ;)

Here is the original black and white, if you wanna see how big of a disservice 5 mins of sloppy photoshoppin did to the piece, go see it at the other blog.

As usual, blue lead and Pentel brush pen on Bristol.

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*insert epic rant in Elvish here*

Second weekly post for Nerd Invasion is up here.

Just noticed that so far I picked the most obvious heavy metal choice of each week's theme. God Im so awfully predictable.

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Cowabunga!!!

I am now part of an illustration blog called Nerd Invasion, with 3 other amazing artists.

Go on, check them out. I'll wait.

Every week we'll choose a topic, and each of out will create a piece on a specific day. Mine's Thursday.

This first week's topic was Ninja Turtles, and you can check my contribution here.

Thanx again to Chris Duffy for the opportunity!

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Bamf!

To appease the masses (???), here's an half-assedly-colored Nightcrawler morning quickie. If they ever make a cocktail with that name, I said it first here, uh?

And yes, theres half a Wolverine on there too, and smthing else I had to remove.

Now, to the inkcave!

Pencils, brushpen and 5 mins of photoshop.

Good morning, btw.
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Excuses, excuses...

Yes, I've been a very bad blogger lately.

In my defense, I've been pretty swamped with several things, one of which Im not even allowed to mention... Again, nothing that made me go "yeah, I MADE it!", but there have been definite steps forward.

People following this blog (that is, if there's anyone following) may recognize a recurring pattern of being really busy for what are technically NOT job, i.e. little or no money.

The things we wouldnt do for fame...

Oh well, so as an apology for having been away, here's a couple of 2-or-3-months-old usual morning quickies (heh) just to fool you into thinking this is a real, functioning blog.

Again, blue pencils and brushpen on Bristol, plus Photoshop embellishments.

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45-seconds Venom

A literally 45-seconds brushpen sketch. And it shows...

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He ain't talkin' no jive!!

...or some other cool expression from the '70s. What the hell do I know, I was born in '82...

Anyway, the '70s galore continues, and this time its Luke Cage, who I guess nobody would have EVER imagined how important he became within Marvel.

Way to go, Power Man!

Anyway: pencils, inks and digital colors.

Also, can anybody explain to me what "jive" means?

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"Werewolf by Night!"

One of my fav comic series of all times. Up there with Colan's "Tomb of Dracula" and Romita Sr's Daredevil run.

I think the first 5-6 issues, drawn by Mike Ploog, might be the BEST and most underrated thing Marvel put out in the 70s.

Anyway, heres my shitty tribute.

Used: a new AMAZING mechanical pencil, brushpen and a good 25 mins of Photoshoppin'.

LuCa.

New sketch + OHOTMU update

Back from a REALLY cool trip on a bunch of Greek Islands, and all I could think of was stuff I was going to ink and/or color when back home, how Id have completed some layouts I had left unfinished, stuff like that...

anyway, this is smthing Ive had in b/w for a while. Just colored it today. Oh, the 70s... The Gil Kanes, the John Romitas, the Gene Colans, the Mike Ploogs... they dont make comics quite like they used to, do they?

On other news, the second piece I contributed for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe REDUX project is finally online, and I have to say I remembered it a bit worse... I finished my female ratio contributions, so for the other 3 entries that Im working on expect more testosterone.

See ya here more often, I hope.

LuCa.

Nova vs Titania!

Apparently I went to sleep with the ramblings of my last post still in my mind, coz first thing this morning I felt liek drawing Nova, the classic Buscema version. Fighting a minor, semi-obscure villain(ess) for additional 70sness.

Man, I NEED that Marvel Essential...

LuCa.

Secret Defenders

I have this idea for a Marvel series, Id have the newly-outfitted Doc Strange re-form the Defenders, gathering minor, b-series superheroes for an underground battle against Lovecraftian entities that are secretly preparing their return on Earth. Characters like Hellcat, the classic Nova, a pulp-inspired Ulysses Bloodstone, Thundra and Daimon Hellstrom. Would be cool.

These are just absolutely RANDOM characters I drew while thinking about that idea. Dont know why Black Knight is there though.

That is all.

Goodnight.

LuCa.

"Na-na-na-na-nana-nana-nana--- Batmaaaaan..."

I like my Dark Knight with short ears and big eyes.

LuCa.

Back to sketching, et al.

Been on the beach for a couple of days, hence the radio silence. And friday the proper holiday begins, so I wont be posting stuff until at least the first week of September.

Benn working on some more random sketching, just not to lose the habit, and thumbnailing TWO separate projects, so its not like Ive been slacking off anyway...

anyway, last installment:

More to come, probably sooner than you think.

LuCa.

Black Widow.

My own way of overcomplicating her costume.

Pencils, inks and some Photoshoppin'.

LuCa.

I MISSED this guy...

...Ive got in progress smthing for him, together with that other MILLION personal projects I have in mind...

Pencils, inks et le Photoshop.

"The horror of room 666"...

I quite like desaturating.