Marco Bucci Art Thread

[MarcoBucci]

This is my first post on ConceptArt, so I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Marco Bucci; I work as a matte painter/concept artist in Toronto, Canada. Also a dedicated student of painting. So much good art on these forums...decided to finally sign up and post some stuff. Feel free to c&c!

To start with, here's a fairly straight forward cityscape. Every matte painter inevitably has to do a fair share of these :)

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/city1.jpg

[007-r0b3r7]

Nice work!
Very dramatic cityscapes :) How long does one of these take you?

[MarcoBucci]

I also love cartoony/whimsical stuff. Here's some of those.

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/talltown.jpg

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/tallhouses.jpg

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/yeti.jpg

[MarcoBucci]

Nice work!
Very dramatic cityscapes :) How long does one of these take you?

Thanks Rob!
Those cityscapes are about 3 hours each.

[MarcoBucci]

These are thumbnails painted on the Nintendo DS, using an awesome little app called Colors! I'm sure many people here have it.

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/DS1.jpg

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/DS2.jpg

[Wildone]

Your stuff is very well done. I love your values, lighting and color selection.

[007-r0b3r7]

Thanks Rob!
Those cityscapes are about 3 hours each.

Wow, only 3 hours? That's incredible.

And those DS sketches are lookin' great ;)
i wish i had a little portable wacom screen or something haha

[Olivier H]

Hi Marco! By a curious coincidence, I just suscribed to your channel on youtube a few hours ago, and then i see you are here on CA too.
Awesome stuff man.
Keep rocking!

[Bendragon]

Whoooaaa!!!! I ended up losing myself in your blog and website. So much quality work there, Im excited to see this sketchbook being filled up too! Thanks for the video process too. Really enjoyed them!
Oh, and your oil paintings are superb! Richard Schmid influence?

[Rustveld]

Awesome Sketchbook man! I really enjoyed going trough your blog and watching your videos. Your DS tumbnails are nice, beautiful colors, makes me want to buy a DS asap.
Keep it up!

[jamesharry]

wow!cool!i like it!

[MarcoBucci]

Olivier - thanks for the subscription! I'll try and get a new vid up there soon.

BenDragon - Thanks a lot! Yeah, Schmid is definitely one of my big influences. Along with Sargent, Weistling, Lipking...you can find traces of all of them somewhere I think.

Rustveld - Definitely get yourself a DS. Lots of fun! Mine doesn't seem to be working anymore unfortuantely :(

Jamesharry - thanks!

Here's another painting:
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/rainyhouse.jpg

[007-r0b3r7]

awesome latest piece, marco
the atmosphere is great

[TheGnoll]

such a great start for a sketchbook, i got lost in your blog as well!
really lovely paintings, esp those "cartoony" ones, and DS ones!

5* and subscribed, thanks for sharing :)

ciao!

[MarcoBucci]

Thanks guys!
TheGnoll - very cool gallery you have as well.
Here's some more stuff.

My friends over at The Labyrinth Book Store (which some of you may be familiar with) are asking artists to submit a piece to their Iron Giant Project. Anything goes, as long as it's related to the film. This is mine:
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/irongiant.jpg

This is a straight forward quicksketch concept for a matte painting:
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/citymattesketch.jpg

And some color keys for a short film project that's currently in limbo.
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/colorkey.jpg

[MarcoBucci]

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/mech2.jpg
This one was a fun experiment. I originally painted everything in focus, and then hand-painted a depth map to get the blur. A depth map will be familiar to any 3D artist out there. It's basically just a grayscale image, where black represents close distance, and white represents far distance (and everything in between). This map can be fed into Photoshop's Lens Blur filter to achieve a sophisticated depth of field blur.

[TheGnoll]

thats awesome man, reminds me of those "fake miniature" kind of pictures.Great experiment.
Those color keys are amazing as well.
Bump!

[Mark Tarrisse]

Very nice colors, and composition on those thumbnails.
And the other enviros are great too :)

[Cok3]

hey good stuff man! love the small thumbnails and the matte concepts :)

[MarcoBucci]

I was in Boston this weekend with my friend and his new Canon 7D. This was shot and edited in a few hours.
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[007-r0b3r7]

awesome film! :)

[Icedearth15876]

You have some very good paintings in here, the cityscapes are epic! Keep up the good work!

[Euphemism]

MY GOD I WANT THAT DS THING NOW AND HOW DO YOU MAKE YOUR SKYSCRAPERS LOOK SO NEAT!? D:

Your work is gorgeous! I think for the more cartoony layouts, you could have them a bit more 'lived in', say a washing line full of mine worker's dungarees and underpants, or posters or signs for stores, etc. Thank you for your inspiring work! :)

[Chompo]

Your enviros are great! Love the feel of your stuff.
Your experiment on post 16 has an appealing look. realy draws the eyes

[LtPlissken]

Great enviro's my friend.

[Bombur]

Marco Bucci! I've seen your videos on youtube. They are very very helpful and I hope you'll make more of them. :)

I love the depth of field painting. Looks ace.

[MarcoBucci]

I don't really sketch with the DS anymore...I've switched to the iTouch! I'm using Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile for these, with a Pogo stylus.

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/ipod.jpg

[Euphemism]

Still awesome thumbs, regardless of the app. :)

[007-r0b3r7]

wow, i envy your mobile art programs :) haha

[MarcoBucci]

Thanks guys,
Here's even more thumbs from the iTouch!
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/itouch3.jpg

[Nibras]

Very very cool Marco
You've got tons of great artwork, sweet use of light, colour, composition and mood.

Thanks for the inspiration
Keep at it :)

[007-r0b3r7]

you're making me envy that iTouch of yours ;)
keep up the good work!

[dessinateurimpulsif]

this one is very funny http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/mech2.jpg I like your work a lot....keep it up

[JesArt]

OOO, wow, I feel warm all over, I love finding new artwork that is amazing, your video tutorial on light and shadow was amazing, thanks for the tips, they are very greatly appreciated.

[JesArt]

I have a question Mr. Marco, since you are from Canada, at least I think so, I have a question, if you were applying to a artschool in Canada, which one would you apply to, and why. Iam looking around, before I make my final decision on the college I got accepted to, which is Ringling, youve probadly heard of it.

[aefx]

Hello Marco, I just noticed your sketchbook and I'm glad I did. I like the artwork, especially one with the adjustment to the depth of field, I didn't know that was something you could do with photoshop. I had a chance to take a look at some of your youtube videos and I thought they were great too, keep it up!

[MarcoBucci]

Hey thanks everyone!
JesArt - The most known one would have to be Sheridan College. They have animation and illustration programs. I didn't go to art school so I can't really recommend anything first hand. But Sheridan has a decent reputation, and I work with a bunch of people who went there.

Here's a recent painting for an art book that I'm working on.
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/victorianhouse.jpg

[JesArt]

Very instresting, your artwork some how reminds me of, Folk things, I dont know why, It just does. Very well, I love it, 0_0

[NickyBeats]

great painting style! i really liked that one where you used the focus trick. it has a very cool look to it. keep it up!

[YihyoungLi]

I like the whimsical illustrations on the first page, and the itouch sketches are great!

Do you use photos for the brick textures? Either way it looks very convincing. :)

[ceberae]

O HAI!

Thanks guys.
Here's a quick oil sketch (1 hour) of one of my co-workers. We got him to sit for us over lunch hour.

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/julio.jpg
Hmm now where did I see this guy...? Ha!

And love this one, I don't think I've seen this:

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/tallhouses.jpg

[MarcoBucci]

Another YouTube video. 1 hour painting crunched down. Added commentary, MTV pop-up style!

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[phizpietl]

cool stuff, nice color and texture!

Phil Lietz
www.phillietz.blogspot.com
www.phillietz.com

[Icecold]

Thank you for the video Marco it's always nice to look at other artist's at work :)

Wish you all the best, ICE

[Traveler]

Awesome SB! Love the enviros. Cool iron giant piece. Keep 'em coming. :rendered:

[Ivan Turcin]

I could easily watch you drawing for an hour. This nine minutes passed like an instant.
You have really strong skills. It's a pleasure to see your art.

[meticulous]

Wowsa - yikes you got some hot stuff here! Your enviros are just tasty to stare at - awesome man. Something about the focus of them... the sharpness here and the blur there just draws you into it - well done! (I really like that portrait too where your co-worker sat for you - awesome!!) Looking forward to your next updates! Keep em coming!

[MarcoBucci]

Hey guys,
Been awhile since my last update.

I was recently in Europe. I carried with me a small Moleskine watercolour book, with a pan set of watercolours, and a tube of white Gouache. Simple and fast to set up, and I sketched to my heart's content :)

http://www.marcobucci.com/europesketches1.jpg
http://www.marcobucci.com/europesketches2.jpg

[KennethHunter]

hey man, these watercolor paintings are beautiful!

[Mussy]

you've got lovely enviroments if i may say so :)

[GEB]

Teach me Yoda!

Really enjoyed that video. Always struggle with enviros it's something I'm finally trying to sort out. Very inspiring this SB

[MarcoBucci]

Thanks for the responses guys! I hope to do a watercolor/gouache YouTube video soon.

For now, here's a digital sketch. For a sketchclub we have at the studio I work at. Topic: Superman!

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/supes.jpg

And a close-up, for the brush work types:

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/supes_cu.jpg

[Capital G]

your Europe paintings are fantastic!!! I want to try something like that when I go to Thailand next week

[MarcoBucci]

Here's one from this weekend. Very Mullins-inspired for sure...mixed with a bit of staged, romantical lighting :)
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/shipwreck.jpg

[amigastar]

hey marco,

those watercolour paintings from europe are one of the beautifulest paintings i've seen and very inspiring. I'm always follow your blog.

ps:btw its me the guy you've sent the brushes via email :). thanks again.

[Raffix]

hey man i stumbled into your sb after someone linked me your painting fundamentals video and i am so glad i did! your digital paintings are wicked but what struck me the most is your euro trip watercolours - the prague castle one and the one in le beaux(?) are just so wicked. thanks a lot.

if i may ask, did any of them have pencil underdrawings or did you just jump in with the watercolor?

[MarcoBucci]

Hey,
Sorry for the terribly late reply.

About the watercolours - there was an incredibly loose pencil sketch underneath. I wasn't really drawing form...just hinting at composition and some of the large shapes that I wanted to be there. Then just hit the paper hard with washes, and kind of went where it took me.

Thanks for the question!

[MarcoBucci]

Here's some traditional stuff. The small sketches are from my moleskine book that I travel with. Watercolor with white gouache (read more about it just one post above this). The portrait is oil paint.

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/europe1.jpg

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/europe2.jpg

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/maneli_portrait.jpg

[Velocity Kendall]

your moleskin sketches are frkken exquisite.
jewel like.

[Vertical]

Beautiful work Marco! you're a great painter.

[MarcoBucci]

thanks! :)

[Teundeboer]

Awesome moleskin stuff, also really enjoyed watching your youtube speedpainting. Very cool to see your process.

[NickyBeats]

holy shit, post #46 (the gouche and watercolor studies from life) are fucking awesome.

[MarcoBucci]

Thanks guys!
Here's more travel sketches. Watercolor & Gouache. A little pastel sometimes in there now too!

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/AZsketches1.jpg

http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/AZsketches2.jpg

[Voodoo_Mama]

Awesome stuff.
I love your traditional paintings of europe, beautiful! totally inspirational!

[MarcoBucci]

Here's another one. Digital this time :wtf:
http://www.marcobucci.com/uploads/childhoodmemories.jpg