alessandro barbucci

Raffaella Carrà’s tribute drawing

Hello my fantastic patrons.

here goes - a little bit sadly - a step by step process of my tribute drawing to Raffaella Carrà, who recently passed away.

I mostly remember her big smile, and I chose to draw her in her young age, with her 60s style.

The most important thing when creating a drawing is the « point of view ». Here I decided not to create something sad o...

Preview : Raffaella Carrà ‘s tribute

Hello my dear patrons

It’s been sad to hear about showgirl Raffaella Carrà passing by. She was incredibly popular in Italy, a piece of pop culture. I have a lot of childhood memories related to her image, voice and shows. 

I wanted to make a little tribute that I posted on Instagram. In next post I’ll show the process, from anatomical construction to final render.

A....

Step by step: Madonna 2021

Hello my fantastic patrons

I hope your summer is going as fantastic as possible ! I want to share with you the construction steps of this image I did for the Pride Month. It’s a portrait of Madonna in her last appearance in New York City.
I’ll be back very soon with a new post ! Big hugs!

Alessandro

Step by step: Little Snake

Hello, I forgot to share this :) 

she’s one of Ekhö ‘s volume 10 main characters and I think she’s really charming! Here goes the head construction.
Hugs!

Alessandro

Color Process - double poster for "Les Soeurs Grémillet"

Hello back! Here goes the coloring.

As you can see, I played it safe and picked the color palette from my book pages :)

My anthem is "80% confort zone, 20% challenge"

I start putting down the global feeling with a bigh brush, not worrying abour precision. Here I wanted to play between warm bright sunlight and cool dark blue-green shadows.

Once I feel I have it, I start t...

Preview: coloring process!

Hello everyone! Next post will be a step-by-step process of this illustration's coloring. So stay tuned :)

Alessandro

Step by Step : double promotional poster for "Les Soeurs Grémillet"

Hello my super patrons! I hope you're well in this finally hot June (well, it's HOT here in Barcelona!)

I want to share with you something I did last week: a promotional poster for volume 2 of Grémillet Sisters.

I did itin a rush :D as usual, but I'm kind of satisfied.

I wanted to represent "summer in the countryside". I imagined the cool air under the big trees, and the smal...

Pin-Up : EKHÖ vol. 10

Hello my fantastic patrons, it’s HOT at last (well, here in Spain sure  it is :)

I want to share with you a pin-up series I did to promote Ekhö Mirror World volume 10. Doing a “series” is always a good exercise, for you can use your comfort zone only in the first ones. Then you have to make your neurons to work to find new positions :) 

So choose a subject and let�...

Will MerMay 3 and last

Hello back again! Here goes the last one. You can see how I define the drawing playing with the pression of the hand for giving depth and volume.

I use Staedler ergo soft water coloring pencils for the pigment is very shiny and bright.

As you can see I always use two colors or three to obtain a vibration even if a monochrome drawing.

Did you try to do it?

Alessandro

Will MerMay 2

Hello back! In this video I did a close-up for the face redrawing. The expression of the character is always the MOST important thing to me, so I put a lot of care in it.
Hop, next vidéo sooooon :)

hugs

Alessandro

Will MerMay 1

Hello fantastic Patrons. Here goes the first video, where you can see how I build the character with some simplified anatomy. I changed idea on the right arm pose but I am not sure it was a good thing ... what do you think about?

Next video coming!

Alessandro

Preview: Will on Mermay

Hello my dear patrons! Next post will be the video of the making of this drawing I did for my own very personal MerMay, where I want to transform my little daughters the W.I.T.C.H. heroines in mermaids. 

You will be able to see the way I construct my characters and play with colored pencils for having a vibrant result.

Sooooo stay tuned!

Alessandro

EKHÖ Pin-Up bonus pages - 4

Hello my dear PPatrons

here go the last 2 pages of my Ekhö volume 10 Pin-Ups collection!

I had a lot of fun with the air-dance positions! I used some reference pictures and modified. For the costumes I looked at Cirque du Soleil's costumes for inspiration.

See you soon in next post :) a hug!

Alessandro

EKHÖ Mirror World bonus Pin-Up pages -3

Hey hey

some more pin-up pages :)

as the previous, they're bonus pages for a collector limited edition of Ekhö volume 10. The adventure is set in a fantasy China, so I kept playing with costumes and hairdos.

A.

EKHÖ #10 bonus Pin-Up pages

Hello

here goes some more pages from the bonus part of the collector edition of Ekhö Mirror World vol.10

As you can see it's a simple and effective drawing and watercoloring style I often use for this kind of work. You can find process videos about my pin-up drawing and watercoloring in the previeus posts!

Next, some more pin-up pages :)

Alessandro

EKHÖ vol.10 bonus pages (1)

Hello my dear Patrons, I hope that everyone is well and creative!

As promised, I post here the first part of a special sneak-peek: the bonus pages from EKHÖ Mirror World #10 that I created for a limited de-luxe edition.

They will be printed only in some weeks and in a limited number, so it's a real special preview for you (and I hope no-one will tell the publisher :p )

Every ...

Preview: Mai Post

Hello m’y fantastica Patrons! In next post I’ll show you the Bonus Pin-Up pages I created for the luxury edition of Ekhö volume 10 ! It’s a preview because the book will be published only in some weeks (we postponed it a lot because of ... well, you know).
Staaaay tuned!

A.

Shadowing

Hello back my fantastic patrons!

Here goes the video of the shadowing of the previous drawing. It’s a simple and effective technique! You can keep the drawing like this, or add some digital colors later, as I showed in a previous post some time ago.

In next post I will show you the pin-up bonus pages for Ekhö volume 10 super limited edition.

see you soon!

A.

Inking process

Hello back! Here goes the video of the inking of this image. It’s a promotional drawing that will be sold (with some others) with the collector edition of Ekhö  volume 10! Talking about this: this edition contains a nice bonus part: 12 pages of special “pin-up” illustrations. I will show you here :) so stay tuned!

A.

Preview: drawing process

Hello m’y dears ones! Next post is a VIDEO where I show the inking and shadowing process of this drawing. Coming soon!

hugs

Alessandro

Preview: Ekhö vol10 new cover

Hello everyone! Yes my work on Ekhö volume 10 is not over yet! A special, deluxe edition is going to be printed soon (Graff éditions) and it needs a cover image.
Here is the full process from the first idea to the final image in BW.

The theme is China. The story is about shaolin monks and chinese circus. I used the firts one for the official cover (that you can find here in my ...

Taranee’s step by step

Hello my fantastic patrons! Here goes a step by step process about this drawing I did of Taranee Cook , one of the heroines of my W.I.T.C.H. project.

As you can see I start placing the head and trace the Line of Action (very very important to give life to every drawing!)

then I start creating the body volumes using a simplified anatomy like the one they use in the cartoon studios. 2021-04-06 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Preview: Taranee ‘s anatomy step by step

Hello dear patrons. This drawing of Taranee had a huge success on my IG page, so I want to show you how I did it step by step. So maybe you can redraw it :) or use some tips on your own art. So stay tuned for next post!

Cover Art: Les Soeurs Grémillet for Spirou Magazine

Hello again my wonderful Patrons.

I want to show you something I did right yesterday: it's a cover illustration for "Le Journal de Spirou" (Spirou Magazine, published by Dupuis in France and Belgium).

I chose to represent the three Grémillet Sisters in a dramatic situation. The inspiration is a scene from the climax of the book (you can see in image 6 the pages that I used as a ref...

preview: Grémillet Sisters magazine cover

Hey yo! Spring is here , and I can celebrate that I managed in finishing my last book in time!!! It's been crazy, 3 months for doing the job of 6 (or 9!). But the book is done, and will be in bookstores in June as promised!

So, I will show you some previews. Among them, here goes the cover illustration for "Le Journal de Spirou" with my three little sisters in dramatic situation! In next ...

Cornelia redraw / step-by-step

Hello my dear patrons!

I show you here the process for drawing a simple but effective pose .

I always start from the “balloon”: I place the head and trace the action line (which means the line that passes through the whole body and makes the pose fluid and natural)

I use a simplified anatomy, mostly inspired by animation characters but a little more detailed.

This is...

Preview: Cornelia 2021

Hello my dears 

I took some pictures and videos while making this drawing. In the next post I will tell you about my drawing process. Stay tuned!

Alessandro

Step-by-step : Grémillet Sister's cover coloring

Hello my dear Patrons

here goes the steps for the coloring of this image, the cover image of Grémillet Sister's second book.

I already told in a previous post abour the idea: ucing 2 colors, blue and warm yellow, and play with the contrast. The problem in a cover is that it has to be very clear even from distance (you have to iamgine someone entering in the book shop and you book i...

Preview : Grémillet Sister's volume 2 cover art

Hello my fantastic Patrons

here it is: the cover of the second volume of Grémillet Sister's adventures (Les Soeurs Grémillet, éditions Dupuis) is finished and being printed. Ouffff! Every cover is like giving birth XD

This is a special preview for the cover will be public only in some weeks (as they told me).

In teh next post I show you the steps of the digital coloring. 2021-03-13 17:05:43 +0000 UTC View Post

“Yes I Can” illustration

Hello everyone there, I hope you are well and safe!

In my previous post I published the step-by-step process for making this illustratio’s drawing. Next one will be about the digital coloring process. So, see you soon!

Alessandro