Ucci's SketchBook

[marioucci]

Well, Ill try to make visible to myself and to you some sort of evolution in both perception of realworld and confidence of stroke.
My main inspirations for this SketchBook are going to be, in no particular order the sketches of Egon Schiele, Phil Hale, Kent Williams, Klimt, Dave McKean and Lucien Freud.... All of the sketches are going to be from real life and most of them in the london underground...

The first ones are the ones i did 3 or 4 years ago and some ive done in the past month.. between periods i did a lot of 3d and no drawings whatsoever.



http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/luke1.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/self.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/variations.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/17.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/14.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/carol3.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/carol1.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/life.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/fatness.jpg



Thanks for looking at the drawings:)

[daqu]

haha i like this kind of stuff
the similarity between the portraits really caught my eye
post more
-dq

[tensai]

i thought the cats and the last guy were really nice. nr.s 3,4,5 and 6 are abit too close for me to warrant such big exposure. if you want them to work as a series, i would make them a bit smaller and post them two next to each other.

keep it up

[marioucci]

Thanks for visiting guys, Ive posted a comment for you too:)

Today is saturday so no tube sketches for me... today i have 3 new ones so far: my aunt, soime variations of a photograph and some comicbookish heads.

Hope you like it.


http://cgsalad.com/traditional/heads.jpg


http://cgsalad.com/traditional/tiasola.jpg


http://cgsalad.com/traditional/variations_02.jpg

[madplanet]

Nice start to your sketchbook, I can really get a feel for the Schiele influence in some of your figures and some of the faces. I liked the twisted figure sitting in the chair. The detailed figure against the plain almost cartoonish chair is a nice touch. The faces have some great expressions in them. Thanks for sharing.

[ApolloNuevo]

these are great. especially carol1

keep em coming!
-apollo

[marioucci]

Madplanet and ApolloNuevo, thanks a lot for the comments:)

Just got up so im gonna post some older sketches now and by the end of the day, the todays ones.


a gouache study from 2000:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/handstudy.jpg


An oil on canvas study from 1999:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/carolinebonarde.jpg


A coloured pencil sketch from 1998:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/woman.jpg


A bic pen on paper sketch based on a John Coplans self porttrait (from 3 months ago):

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/coplans_01.jpg


Well, i hope you like it:)

Cheers

Mario

[madplanet]

Thanks for stopping by my thread and leaving such cool comments, I haven't updated in a week and I'm inspired to get crackin' again. When I first looked a the gouache hand study I didn't think anything much, but when I came back to it and stared at it and looked at the subtle use of browns and the reds in between the fingers, it spoke a little more to me. As a study goes, I like it. In the couch oil study, I like the soft glow of light, it makes for a comfortable scene. Her upper leg seems a bit big, but then again, maybe that slight exaggeration is just what this needs. The papaer sketch, I really like. Your line has a stiffness to it, but in a good way. A stiff flow, if that makes sense. I like the arm and the fingers, this all has character. can't wait to see the newer works.

[marioucci]

Heyas Mad,

Cheers mate!!! I loved the term stiff flow youve used and i wish that if someday i have my stroke evolved i can still keep that term visible in my work.

Ive done a few sketches today:

one from the top of my head:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/rapaz.jpg


and 3 life drawings of my wife as model:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/caroline_03.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/caroline_04.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/caroline_05.jpg

Thanks for looking guys.

Saludos.

_Mario

[tensai]

marioucchi - nice update there. love the first one you did of your wife particularly.

keep posting.

[madplanet]

Great update. Your faces have uniqueness and loads of character. That top one and the first one of your wife are just full of life. Very cool.

[marioucci]

Thanks for the comments guys. i keep trying here..


One sketch out of 8 i think today... all in the london underground between ealing broadway and tottenham:


http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/18.jpg

Very cold here today.. and the guy was completelly asleep. perfect subject.

Some people notice what i am doing and keep waiting for me to draw them, i can tell lol... but its no fun when they know what im doing.. so the ones who notice are just audience to me:)

See you guys around!

Mario

[sabotage11]

e ai meu :P

the portraits are good, i like when you go loose and keeping a flow. the one with the cats is awesome, you managed to maintain a fast sketch style combined with rich information and emotion at some points. keep it up!

[madplanet]

That guy is seriously asleep and you can see it on his face. The perfect model. Everytime I try to draw someone they are always moving around. I think you're doing a good job with capturing the expression with the least amount of lines, this one really works.

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Joao, obrigado pelos comentarios!!!!! thanks for the comments man. And keep them coming:)

Mad, thanks a lot mate. thanks for all the input you are giving me and for seeing my work repeatdly.

well... no underground sketches today.. instead some heads from the top of my head using a pentel .3

hope you like it.

Saludos

Mario


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/heads_01.jpg

[Azeira]

these are pretty good. would like to see some more work with light and shadow. love the guy in the chair. keep us posted.

Woodruff

[madplanet]

Mario, I keep on coming back because your work speaks volumes to me. Believe me, I'm can learn a lot from you, just in line work alone. The faces are some great stuff. On the bald guy, is that 666 or just three curly hairs? :)

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Azeira, thanks man, terrific work youve got.

Mad, i can totally say the same abut your work and your research!! and yeah its a 666 disgused as curly hair:)

today's:

I believe most of us feel like this one day or another eh? :


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/spotlight.jpg


and this is from todays journey back home, she was very interesting.. i almost couldnt do her sketch because she kept looking at everybodys little movements like a kitten hunting a butterfly... very curious woman... london underground:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/19.jpg

hope you guys like it.

Mario

[marioucci]

todays:

head studies - bic pen and pentel 0.3

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/heads_02.jpg


a sketch done in the tub:)

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/pregnant.jpg

_mario

[madplanet]

Just love the squished guy under the lightbulb, I think I'm in that 'room' more often than not :). That woman on the bottom has a kind of ogre pose going on. I like how you echoed her curly, knotted hair in her nether regions.

Man, what you do with line...most excellent.

[young paddy1]

really like the characterised style of your head studies, and the very definite weighty line work of some of your life drawing.

[blacky]

Hey man thanks for droping by (over at my place), and leaving some crit.
Now; lets talk about your work.... you've got some wicked stuff going on.
That Handstudy and some of your first pics, remind me of the Wiener session (Egon Schiele, Kokoschka...) love it. And that guy squeezed into that room whith the bulb on top, is very interresting samewell cuz you were expressing some idea of yours. Would like to see more of these.
I have to dissagree with most people in here about sleeping guy (#12),
to me he looks kindoff like he'd be koncentrating real hard on actually sleeping. Perhaps its the high contrast off the lines that makes him look almost agressive instead of peacefull and quiet.
Oh, well...so long...

[marioucci]

Hello Guys,

Mad, again, thanks for visiting this SB :) you definatelly makes me wanna post the next day

young paddy1, Thank you, i really liked what you said about the lines.. if you could tell a bit more about it id apreciatte it:)


blacky, thanks mate! you work is great!! and Schiele is my main reference. thank you!


Todays:


Guy working on his way home... London Underground:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/20.jpg


Home Sketch, more focused on shadows/lighting/stylized... not my cup of tea but it is good practising:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/profile_01.jpg


Thanks for looking.

Mario

[m@.]

it's the loganarts!! great stuff man, good to see new stuff from you. Great new 3d works on your site too. Keep it up!

[madplanet]

Well, I'd be happy if you posted everyday because I'd have something cool to look at. I checked out your links and was very impressed by your art and photos. Some of those photos of the brick houses would look great as ink drawings or in watercolor. I like all of your undergound sketches. The shaking of the train adds something to them, I think. I like the nervousness that it gives off. Some of the drawings that you have remind me of something that I would see in Heavy Metal; maybe that the Kent Williams influence. Some of his comic stuff from Epic magazine and Heavy Metal were just brilliant. I see some of that in your sketches. Keep on posting!

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Matt, thanks for visiting. your mini challenge creature is wicked.. also your 2d work. salut

Mad, You know, its great to hear your comments mate. you catch some particularities that shows you are not just posting for the hell of it. thank you. and Kent Willliams sketches (and paintings) are a huuuge reference to me. touche!!

todays:

a couple of sketches while previewing the latest gorillaz thing i am doing.. (its gonna be on the jonathan ross this friday 25th in the UK, during the Damon Alban interview):

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/batman.jpg

and 2 sketches this morning going to work:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/22.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/21.jpg

Thank you for stopping by.

_M

[AndrewLey]

Hey Mario - its cool to see you here - your wolverine is one of my favourite 3d projects on the net.

Nice sketchs - some of the ones without ref look a bit flat but I really like the loose heavy lines you are using - gives a lot of character and sense of movement.

[Nutter]

Cool looking style you have in that linework. Not very many happy people though.

cheers.

[madplanet]

Most excellent batman sketch. He has this WTF?!! look on his face. Great. A nice little added touch is the zipper; combined with his expression that just adds to it, well, to me anyways.

I agree with Nutter about not too many happy faces, but who would be crammed on a train for an hour or more? Besides, sometimes those grumpy faces are kind of interesting to draw.

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Andrew, Thanks for the words on wolverine:) and i totally agree about the flatness on some of the sketches. So much that my main focus now is to get rid of it. thanks for the eye opener.

Nutter, Thank you. i want to get those lines flowing:) and yeah, i really prefer the sad/introspective ones.. and its not hard to find them. Thanks:)

Mad, Hello my friend, thanks on the batman:) On the sad faces, i dont think it would interest me doing a happy expression... the person wouldnt call my attention.. unless is some sort of desperate smile or something lol PS. Great sketches youve posted man wow!

Todays:

She was perfect. i loved the way she seated and the way she was dressed.. i did like 6 sketches of her alltogether in 6 different poses. When i was doing this one she noticed me.. and that was the interesting part: She noticed me drawing her, looked at me for a moment, smiled, and came back in pose so i could finish the sketch. fantastic.


http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/23.jpg

Thanks for looking

Mario

[madplanet]

Hey man, it's great that you take advantage of the daily train rides to do these cool expression filled sketches. At least that girl was comfortable enough to let you sketch her, usually people get all nervous and look away. Thanks for letting us know that that was a book she was reading. That's was funny. This is fast becoming one of my favorite stops. See ya.

[Floris Didden]

Ey Mario, thanks for dropping a note in my book. Love the looseness of your sketches, makes em lively, be careful that they don't become cluttered up though. The cleaner pencil drawings are ok, but miss the life the loose ones have. You could try and combine both techniques, think more about how you place your lines, but keep your hand loose and sketchy.

Favorites:
http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/luke1.jpg
http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/carolinebonarde.jpg

[marioucci]

Hello Guys,

Mad, Haha cheers buddy. That was the first person i carried on sketching after been caught. She was very cool about it. I feel great that you enjoy visiting here. hope i can keep up with it.

Floris, Thanks for the tips! I think i understood what you meant, the drawing of the cats kind of exemplified it eh? i agree with you and i will try to have it in mind when sketching.


Todays:

Some sketches from today and some from early this year while waiting for renders at work:


Creation on both ends.. and destruction as well represented here using marlon brando's body:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/brando_01.jpg


A profile made from the top of my head. again brando's, but older now:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/brando_02.jpg


a fat aristocrat:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/queen.jpg


an image representing a nice warm day and a light headed guy.. the hobbitish feet goes well with the spirit:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/good_morning.jpg

The same guy when he is a bit more into thinking:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/good_night.jpg

A stupid char waiting for a render..:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/spoky.jpg

And the man who wasnt there:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/shame.jpg

Hope you like it

Saludos

Mario

[Fellah.]

Hi dude - some really nice line work here. I dig the ones where you are really loose a lot - nice variation of the lines in those! Keep it man - cool stuff here!

[Hypronost]

Haha, awesome sketching Mario!
I'm lovin the last updates.
My favourite is the 4th down "The same guy when he is a bit more into thinking:".

I also like the brando profile alot.
Brando rocks!

Keep em coming!

[madplanet]

Hey Mario, what a twisted collection of sketches this time around! So, is that top one a commentary on Brando? If you'd have shown him in his later years, he wouldn't even be able to see either of his creations. Well, not with a lot of help, that is. I like the older scribbled Brando, it has the weight of years in his expression. Your fat aristocrat is similar to sketch I did last week when I was playing around with a humorous take off on Titian's Venus Of Urbino. I was going to call it Venus Of Urbana, or something like that. All of your figures have such character in them and they all have a story to tell.

[mir]

Hey , you have such nice lines and I like the placement of the features on faces if I can say so.And th cat is veryy beautiful is it from life?

M.

[Dirty C]

Haha excellent - I think between you and me and anyone else out there, the phantom of the tube artist will have to start taking some sort of shape in the consciousness of Londoners. Though I draw pretty much exclusively from information when on the tube, as I guess I'm not 100% confortable with the confrontational aspects of drawing someone in front of me.

I love the sketches, extremely fast and vibrant, capturing the lines quite simply. Definitely something I need to try and emulate when drawing from life - when I go for the accuracy i tend to be a bit slow and laborious. But yeah, we both get compared to Schiele one way or another I notice :)

The imaginative pics are a little flat, it's true. It seems to me that perhaps you''m gonna make a leap in the dark here and wonder if you've been to one of the big art schools? It seems to me that the art school way of teaching is often kinda the opposite of the guys who grew up reading comics etc. For those presented with models every day, there seems to be less need to form a really strong mental model of the human body, they work from reference almost exclusively. Whereas for me, who got no exposure to life models and do almost everything from imagination, I guess I pushed myself harder to memorise. Maybe this isn't even true, but I guess I'm just interested in what's going on there - your ability to capture the face with such speed is really great.

Anyway dude, but great to see you out with the uk lot one time - stunning stuff!

Cheers
DC

[Dirty C]

Oh, you work at Passion? Friend of mine i think was talking to those guys. Be a great place to be, it seems - call if you need a tea boy hahaha

[marioucci]

Hello guys,


Fellah, Thanks a lot buddy. nice to see ya around here:)

Fred, Thanks man!! I think Brando rocks too!!

Mad, Heyas man:) Haha thats for sure man. he was really fat at the end.... Did you post your titians variation?? id like to see it. and yeah i agree this last update was a bit on the sick side. Thanks for the comments man Keep making me post more mate:)

Heartbeat, Thank you for your comments:) the cats are from life yes.. i had to leave him (luke) with my aunt when i moved to london... Brazilian cats are not allowed here.. I miss him a lot:S

Dirty, Cheers for the comments mate, I didnt know you also sketch in the tube..are they anywhere around here? (CA)

I agree with you guys when you say my mindsketches are flat... and i think it is because im more used to sketch from life indeed.. i never did any art schools and i started drawing when i was 13 because of Mcfarlane's green goblin... but a few years later i decided to go from life and never looked back.. so probably my imagebank is empty. Also, i understand ( did a long time ago) i dont have any talent for drawing and i am okay with it. what makes me carry on doing it is the pleasure i get from the process.. especially on the tube... I work with 3d fulltime and there is nothing more solitaire and boring than being a cg operator... drawing from life puts you face to face with people and thats a bliss...

Ive visited your sketchbook a while ago and it is amazing. I wish i could have the same skills and talent you do. thanks for visiting my SB mate. On Passion Pics, yeah! its an amazing place man. im loving it. let me know about anything on that eh?


Todays:

On the tube today people were paranoid i think... Tottenham was closed so i had to walk to Oxford and it was crowded. When i finally sat down and pulled my SB, everyone became aware of me so i couldnt sketch the way i wanted to... got this 2:

A guy texting someone for at least 20 minutes

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/25.jpg


A guy looking to nowhere...

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/24.jpg


And at work, while previewing some animatics:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/quick_01.jpg

Thats it lads.

Saludos

Mario

[Hypronost]

Great to see an update man !

My favourite is the bottom image, the bottom left character. It has a great feel to it and it just looks right to me.

I also like the middle image. I wouldn't say he is perfectky perspectively correct, looking at hes glasses.
But that kinda compliments to the image.

Gimme more !!

[sleep]

wow, i really loved the first stuff you had up at the top. the quick scribbly ones. and the cat! more cats!

[madplanet]

I like coming here because your sketches always seem to have something to say, no matter how quick or small. They're interesting these faces on the train. Talent wouldn't be the first thing that comes to mind when I look at your work, it's skill. You have it, it may be raw and unrefined, but you have it and the process is what it's all about and the fact that you enjoy this process shows in your sketches. Sometimes finishing a piece is a letdown because it is finished, so you are a true artist my friend.

I haven't sketched the Titian version, yet. I have all of these little sketches on little scraps of paper that need to be realized. I just need a little push now and then.

I see a little Kent Williams in those last figures. Cool. At least that guy text messaging sat still long enough to sketch, that was awful nice of him.

[tensai]

ucci - just dropping in to say im checking this stuff everytime. love the scratchyness and i personally like the flatness popping up every now and then. its a real different style from yours but i went to this massive hokusai exhibition and i really liked how a lot was mixing illusion of 3d form with graphic 2d flatness. anyway - keep it up man.

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Fred, Thanks man, yeah i dont care much for the perspective as long as it gets the right feeling.. great excuse eh? lol


Tie, Thanks a lot man.. im definatelly doing more cats.. all i need is a new bic pen:)


Mad, Thanks for the nice slap in the head buddy. In one hand you have the pleasure in the process and in the other hand you want to make a good enough work so people can compliment you and admire you.. it is a contradiction in a way isnt it? If the pleasure in the process was all i needed i wouldnt be making this SB... I also need you to look at my work and talk to me. And in the long run, the best of it is the friends i made. thanks a lot man.:):)

Tensai, I know what you mean man. Its a combination of design and tridimensional forms eh? i think it could be a terrific combination.. i hope i can manage to do it right some day. thanks for visiting!!!


Todays:

A sketch at work while doing some animatics again:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/carrasco.jpg

and another one:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/profile_02.jpg

Im using a very cheap poundland sketchbook here so i wont feel too guilty and a pentel 0.3.


On the tube today i decided to use the pentel .3 to go a bit easier on the paper and focus more on the contours instead of the thickness of the lines. it was a good excercise and i will keep doing it for a while. 2 women:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/26.jpg

Thats it for today.

Thanks for looking at them.

Mario

[krakel]

hey man really like those lines.. keep posting

[madplanet]

Very cool man, you never disappoint! That lady at the bottom looks very tired. I think you captured that perfectly.

I agree with what you are saying; it's kind of a double edged sword being an artist sometimes. I struggle with my ego from time to time, but it's true; we all need the attention. But it also helps us grow as artists and people too, I think. And at the very least, it's entertaining as all hell. Talk to ya later, pal.

[Azeira]

coming along very nicely marioucci. i dig the batman, and think that the rest is looking decent, though id have to say that it seems your giving us alot of the same thing. ofcourse, this is part of your prsent studies, but i would love to see some more finished peices in the near future. thanks again for the post in my sketchbook.

all the best,

Woodruff

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Krakel, Thank you. i will try to keep updating daily.. and maybe get better on the way.

Mad, indeed it is entertaining as hell. the days are flying at work now that i am sketching in every free breath. see ya soon buddy.

Azeira, Thanks a lot for your observations man. Its way too early for me thou.. im gonna keep boring you all with the same stuff for a while still:)

Todays:

It was a crappy day.. at work and at the tube, so my sketching is worse than usual... No tube sketches today, just doodles from between renders...


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/sketches.jpg
http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/sketches_02.jpg

Thanks again for looking at those

Mario

[tensai]

mario - this is somewhat different from your other stuff in the sense that you rendered it out more. have you considered inking this one? i bet it would look really good, and you actually have all the lines for shading there already..


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/profile_02.jpg

[madplanet]

Hey Mario, cool looking snail. How about a color version of that slimy guy? I can almost see it now. Your work has a confidence as well your attitude towards what you set out to do with the sketches. I like that approach and need more of it in my sketching habits. Thanks for the viewing.

[Hypronost]

Crappy day my ass !

Latest update = awesome !
I'm serious, I really like these last few sketches.
Also in the update before that I really like the axe dude, he rocks lol.
Although those image look a little flat.

I like your last update because theres alot more variaty of sketches.
Keep em comin mate !

[marioucci]

Hello Guys,

Tensai, Thanks mate, i did another one in the same style today... im probably not inking them thou. hopefully im gonna start using just the bic pen for a while soon.

Mad, thanks for the great insights as usual mate. i wont touch colors for a while until i think i have a nice thing going with the lines... maybe in a couple of months but probably a couple of years.. besides, i wanna stay away of a too well finished works.. i have a lot of that in my day job:)

Fred, Thanks mate:) yeah they are flat.... and always the same.. but i will keep doing the same until the flatness leave me, then i will start doing a different set of subjects:)

Todays:

A head to loose the hand:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/profile_03.jpg


And more stupid unfinished heads.. a headache:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/heads_03.jpg

thanks mates

Mario

[BAKI]

I love the first characiture on NOv 13th
do some character designs, just freestyle ideas of your head on paper, it makes things funner and makes the work diverse

[madplanet]

Like that first head. Is that a zombie or maybe one of the mutants from Beneath The Planet Of The Apes? Don't mind me, just flying guess. A copuple of years before color work, eh? I think I may have found someone that works slower than me! I can see why you prefer loose sketches because of your work. That wouldn't have occurred to me. That's ok, keep giving us those sketches however they may develope.

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Baki, thanks man.. i think i did what you suggested today.

Mad, thanks for the support man. ill carry on doing what i can until i feel safe to go trying with colours.

Todays,

A few random sketches by head.. no references.

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/sketches_03.jpg

thanks guys

Mario

[tensai]

tube sketching is paying off i think cause the no ref stuff is definitely getting livelier. like that little kid in the upper right corner for example.

good going man.

[madplanet]

Yeah, that kid has some personality in his/her eyes, that's for sure. In fact, the three lumped together there all have great expression in their eyes. Love that antennae boy.

[blacky]

Wow.... sooo much new stuff in so short a time.
(Despite work, family an all)
You seem to be traveling by tub a lot ;)
It's so exciting watching your scetches. Some are good. Then you stumble over something that is (which is more important, even damn interesting / provocating/ original). That not being enough, from time to time you do something, that also reveals that you have quite some knowledge on anatomy and a vivid sense on phsychology samewell. That's like a slap across the face. Like; gotcha...didn't think I could come up with something like that, did you. (Specialy last update)
(I often leave a "whish list before coming to an end at a crit" (I never expect it to be followed by........but....ehm, you could tell Santa, perhaps he'll grant me the pleasure of seeing some customized
marriouccies........) Anyways, what I'd like to see till crismas, might be some more stuff done with colour pencils or gouache or something.....
(I'm so selffish, I should go and think my life over again...)

[marioucci]

Hello Guys,

Tensai, I can feel that im a bit more relaxed with the drawing compared with when i started this SB.. Thanks for the support.

Mad, Heyas Buddy:) Thanks!!! Thats good to hear. ill try to keep focusing in that type of sketching:0

Blacky, That was really inspiring... dont know what to say. thanks! ive been to your SB just now i loved the pink series. also your painting WIP. i was going to post a comment on yours but couldnt quite come up with anything after what you said to me here... give me some time to think about it.

Todays:


Spent the day doing nothing and then decided to do my favourite comic book char Lobo, mainly because the way Biz did him.

a bic pen version:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/lobo_www.jpg

A 30 minutes PS version:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/lobo_PS_www.jpg

After this PS painting i realized 2 things:

1 - I have a long journey into academic painting.

2 - It is not the time to do that.. only when i have a solid drawing.

Thank you for looking.

Mario

[madplanet]

Oh, what the heck, jump right in, get your feet wet. Or at least your fingers full of paint. If you keep putting it off, you'll never do it.

Having said that, I like your digital painting. I like the background, except where it gets to the bottom. Is that a skull in the upper right corner? Or maybe just a happy accident.

[Hypronost]

I agree with Mad, you should just jump right into it.
Any experience you gain now will teach you something, no mather what the result.
Just like this painting will have helped you with the next.

I like it alot, although it's a bit dark and could use some more highlights and mayby stronger midtones.

cheers

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Mad, the painting made even more evident that the drawing is bad.. ill keep trying to improve the sketching for a while still. and yeah:) it was an accident.. cheers buddy:)

Fred, yeah man... it way too contrasted.. i need more experience in the mid tones to keep it balanced. thanks for the critcs..

todays,

Not a very active day for sketching. just this very fast drawing of my wife.. 3 minutes maybe? maybe less..

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/caroline_06.jpg

Thanks for looking mates.

Mario

[marioucci]

Hello Guys,

2 more in the tube today:


http://cgsalad.com/images/tube/27.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/images/tube/28.jpg

Thank you for looking

_mario

[Dirty C]

Nice one dude. The asian lady is particularly good, though the wicked angle on the other one is nice and dynamic.

[madplanet]

That one of your wife is pretty good for three minutes.The forearms don't look quite right and she looks cranky. Was she perterbed at you sketching her? Just kidding around. It's a good sketch; it has emotion. And even with the last two, they capture some character in their body language.

[BAKI]

nice, there you go
love the lobo art, but there are some problems with it
the coloring is nice on it
keep em comming

[marioucci]

Hello

Dirty, thanks. i prefer the long necked one because of the wicked pose and because the "model" moved from the position, looked at me, and then got back into it so i could finish. it was very kind of her and im sure she did it on purpose cos she had a half smile going on afterwards.

Mad, thanks. yeah she was a bit tired it was almost bedtime. cheers:)

Baki, Thanks. and yeah the anatomy is not quite right and the light is coming from everywhere.. i hated it..

todays

a typical sketch book page... all from the head:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/sketches_04.jpg

thank you for looking

Mario

[Patrickb]

hows life as a cg operator?

cool stuff doogle

[thirdeye]

Hey dude, really nice sketches. Like the line sketches a lot - you have very nice control over you linework. When shading using cross hatching try to use less chaotic strokes. Although they work fine for showing form they can be confusing when it comes to showing texture. Like the faces you've drawn - you can see the form very good but the cross hatching suggests that they are made from some thick clay.

As a huge Biz and his interpretation of Lobo fan - i can say that the resemblance in the inked drawing is huge :) And the coloring looks sweet too.

Keep it up.

[Hypronost]

Nice update muchacho! love the heads on that last update.
Specially the one on that profile upper body.
Keep em comin !

[blacky]

Great update. (You even got a second page now.....:hatsoff: )
Not much to crit. Always a pleasure to drop in.
(I think its so funny you note date/ exact time aaaand location, when doing some of these....lol)

[marioucci]

Hello Guys,

Patrick, how are you doing mate? Life as a CG operator sucks!!!! you make other peoples crappy ideas to look good and they go to the parties and meet the supermodels:) thanks for stopping by.

Thirdeye, Thank you for your input. it is hard for me to focus on the hatching and not loose my spontaneity.. i will keep trying to find a way. cheers

fred, ah the hell with it. we chat everyday:)

Blacky, Thanks, but tell me, you have nothing to crit because its allright or because the sketches are so abstract and not good that its not worth the bother? :) cheers mate. and ps. i find your input always very sharp, in any SB you reply.


todays:

well its actually from the week i didnt sketch today at all so far.

From the tube:

This guy was completelly off during the whole journey lol.. i was able 2 sketch calmly:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/31.jpg

A very elegant and very british lady reading a soap book:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/33.jpg

This one was in the bus on my way to the tube in the morning.. from hanwell to ealing broadway:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/29.jpg


From the top of me head:

Alice in the wonderland:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/alice.jpg


Random doodles:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/sketches_05.jpg


My ever fear:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/m.o.m..jpg

A profile very klimt inspired:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/madona.jpg


Thats it. Thank you all for looking.

Mario

[blacky]

Har, har... I was just being lazy. Am at work right now and anytime I try do draw, I can't resist comming back to this site. It's addictive.....oh,...we were talking about your new update weren't we?... I like last image a lot, but what are those flowerthingies supposed to be ?(I know its her cloth, but could samewell be some drapery or sth. ) Can't distinguish iris of her eye eather. Were's she looking at, is she dead? I like the one above a lot too. Especialy the S-shape of his body which matches to his facial expression. His Tatoo's really funny too. Concerning Alice and some other ones, I think you should darken background behind figure (only on one side), sort off like you did at 2nd from top. About first guy.... that's what a sleeping person looks like. Good job (I criticised some other sleeping dude earlier) Very woby, soft lines and relaxed facial expression. Concerning those stars you drew behind Alice in Wonderland (she looks real old), I don't think they go with the way you drew the rest (too cartoonish/ simplified), again, some dark background, enviro, might have helped (specialy to enhance figure /outlines)
Thanks for noticing that I'm trying real hard on being a cool kid in my posts ;)
(I got two friends (semiginiouses(from their point of view) that can crit anything into rubbish. That might have been an influence on me.)
So long...

[madplanet]

Hey Mario, interesting update (as always). I like how on that first one the guys head has the same texture as his fur(?) liner and it seems as though they merge together. Alice is funny and that would look good in color. Old Alice is looking a bit mannish, I don't think that I ever saw her portrayed that way. Keep the odd imaginative stuff coming. Is your ever fear having a bad tattoo and long fingernails? Just kidding, although it is weird that those two aspects stood out for me. And how can I resist something that was Klimt inspired? Now, that would look good colored. See how many sketches that you have that would be interesting to develope further with color? I agree with Blacky that this is an addictive thread.

[Hypronost]

I love the Klimt inspired profile, it's really nice.
The random doodles are awesome to, post more of those man.

[tensai]

nice updates there man.
just keep it coming

especially liked this one
http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/29.jpg...

[Dirty C]

Where are you my friend? I still look for you on the tube every day..

[madplanet]

I couldn't agree more. Dirty_c looks for you on the tube and I want to see just what you sketch on the tube. Hope your sketchin'.

[blacky]

Am echoing what's been said by Dirty_c and madplanet.
Miss your sharp comments too

[Farvus]

I really dig your fast sketches. They are all done with this single but very expressive line. It is something I'm working on all the time.

Cheers.

[tensai]

m, whats up man? hope your doing alright. hook us up man, update time!

[majinpunisher]

Wow I really like the line work in your life drawing. Its very free-feeling. Also I like your cartoony stuff. When you're working on a life drawing, are you aiming for the contour-pencil-never-leaves-the-paper sort of thing? They look great, very inspirational.

-MP

[marioucci]

Hey guys, Im still sketching everyday.. something that happened to me 2 days ago:

I went for a photoshoot with the actor Im gonna be modelling for my next job.
We sit all together, me, the actor Ben, the producers Miles and Stef… I go:
“Ben, I know you from somewhere…”

He goes:
“Yeah man me too.”
me:
“Where from? Passion pictures?? some pub??”

Ben:
“Nopes”
Ben:
“I know!!! I was in the tube one day.. and you started sketching me didnt you? You were wearing shades and I thought - Oh this guy is sketching me.. how do you react to that?”
And instantly I remembered!! I did a sketch of him cos he had a very interesting face. Indeed
Go figure how those things happen. Im just happy they do… Wish they would happen more often.. Its the closest to magic we have in this grey world of ours.

Updates to come for sure my friends.

all the best to you all.

Mario

[madplanet]

Hey Mario! Good to see that your still alive and kickin' and i can't wait to see those sketches.

I thought for sure that you were going to say that he was Ben Affleck. Great story, though.

[marioucci]

Heyas Mad:)

Nice to read you again my friend!

Here are some of the latest Sketchbook ->
Working almost exclusivelly with live drawing now..

This is Kim, she is a runner at Passion-Pictures but she is secretly a Live Action Director, producing a short movie at this exact moment. Keep that face in memory mates.. she is going to be a star:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/kim.jpg


This guy saw me sketching him, opened his bag and presented a sketching arsenal, just like me.. and sketched me too. wicked!!!

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/punk.jpg

Me myself and the guy in the window:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/self_tube.jpg

That guy had a patch on his nose.. and he looked like a character coming out of a guy ritchie's flick:

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/patch_guy.jpg

Experiments with a very thin pen (0.03)

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/woman_2006.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/woman_2007.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/woman_2008.jpg

And thats been me life during the times where im not at home nor at work (where else can i be??? EH???)

Adios amigos

Mario

[m@.]

Heh! you got some fun sketching stories. Keep em coming mate, those are very lively.

[madplanet]

Great stuff; you got quite a collection of characters going on this time! I see a little different style of sketching, some scratchy, some bolder lines, like the guy that was sketching you; he's quite expressive. So's the Guy Ritchie dude. Good seeing some sketches from you.

[marioucci]

Hello Muchachos!!!

Mathias!!!! Thank you mon petit con je taime!

Mad, thanks man.. i am indeed trying different styles of sketching... hopefully some good will come out of it:)

Okie dokie.. This time i dont have any tube sketches worth showing so ive devided to show a quick one from the mind.. the reference is the memory i have of Geof Darrow's Hard Boiled character.. the tax collector which i dont remember the name right now. Terrific graphic novel thou. thats it.. the Tax collector:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/hard_boiled.jpg

[Matt Smith]

You got some nice sketches in here. interesting style. I do feel that some of your proportions get alittle wacky, and i dont mean the ones you did on purpose. I really like the ink sketch of the guy who sketched you too.

[Smitherines]

There are some really nice drawings done in an interesting style...but all the work here is all style and I think more accurate life drawings would help out a lot, especially in areas that you may be weak in.

[tensai]

love the old rough sketches update but have to say that more elaborate ink job is not bad either my friend.

always looking out for your stuff,

[Dirty C]

whoa, that's damn nice dude.

hey, i should really talk to you about passion - considering entering a life of poverty before the end of the year, so even Running ain't out of the question :)

You like the Darrows, go check out Tensai's book, btw.

[archipelago]

Interesting line work man, theres something really loose about it, almost as if its affected by gravity or something :P keep it up!

[marioucci]

Hey guys,

MATT, Thanks for the comments.. and yeah its true man i admit.. my proportions are as free and wrong as a demented gazelle.

SMITHERINES, Thanks man.. but its not style.. its simply I dont interfere with the way the drawings come to me.. the way i draw them, they stay.. No correction and very litle conscious attempt to be precise. I am precise all day long working with 3d already:) but i definatelly will start dedicating a couple of hours to the study of anatomy and proportions. thanks man.

TENSAI, Thanks a bunch mate!!! Ive been watching your thread and Ive noticed a huge step up in your skills. gonna reply to you in a sec:)

DIRTY, Cool man!! Lets talk about Passion!!! Let me know. ucci@cgsalad.com

ARCHIPELAGO, Thanks a lot man!! I like the idea of havin drawings affected by gravity.. thats a great subject for an entire sketchbook:)

Ok guys.. another sketch while waiting for renders at work.. same usual mess.

Adios muchachos

Mario


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/butcher.jpg

[Dirty C]

oh hold on, you're at the mill?? why did i think you were at passion pictures? hm, weird. actually i talked to andy from the mill ages ago - sadly i was crap and not worth hiring then. as opposed to the striding god i am now :P

hey, great to see these finished pieces from you dude. still wanna see some digipainting from you though.

[tensai]

whoa, that's damn nice dude.

hey, i should really talk to you about passion - considering entering a life of poverty before the end of the year, so even Running ain't out of the question :)

You like the Darrows, go check out Tensai's book, btw.

funny - im a bit embarrased to say i had to google that guy cause i'd never heard of him before:teeth:. i dont know what you saw as the connection but ill see if they have some hard boiled series available here in japan. from what i saw though i like the lines but think they need to rethink their colours and take a look at bill sienkiewicz's stuff. although that might count for almost everybody out there of course.

last guy looks like a pig. nice one.

[Cold]

hey, just browsing through Sb forum and i have to say you have some real nice pieces posted here, it really shows the difference in a positive way when you spend time on something, lovely detail.

Btw lobo is classic, good colour control too.

[marioucci]

Ciao Bellos!!

Dirty, Ok I WAS at Passion 2 weeks ago. NOW im at The Mill:) and... NO DIGIPAINTS!!!!!!! (No soup for you seinfeld's soup nazi style)

Tensai, Geof is wicked man.. hard boiled is crazy reading. ultra cool. but i think if they paint geofs drawings a la bill it will get way over poluted maybe.. cheers buddy

Cold, Cheers man!!! I think both ways serve different purposes. Saw your SB, kickass stuff mate!!!

Buenos meninas,

For today we have a hardcore penonpaper frenzy...

some names in the wind before that thou:

Barry Windsor-Smith
Travis Charest
Simon Bisley
Alfredo Alcala
Brian Bolland

and here it is:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painter.jpg

Adios muchachas!!

_M

[m@.]

Hey, seu vidao ! those last ones are VERY interresting. Nice style!

[bhanu]

I completely agree with M@ about those last pics.They have so much originality and style.You have very strong lines and I just love that. definitely diggin it.
keep posting.

[marioucci]

Mathias!!!! Seu Bunda-Mole!!!!!

Thank you very much man!!! I hold your oppinion up the sky! salut mon cherrie

Bhanu,

Thanks a lot mate!!! I will keep posting for sure!!

okenes, todays cookie is from the 70's Mr. Vaughn Bode.. One of the most influential figures of american pop art.. google him if you have never heard that name before. I did my version of The Lizard Zen, A horny dude just like me.

Adios bambinos

Mario

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/bode_01.jpg

[tensai]

this is turning into a nice new series here man. love his nipple.


Tensai, Geof is wicked man.. hard boiled is crazy reading. ultra cool. but i think if they paint geofs drawings a la bill it will get way over poluted maybe.. cheers buddy
_M

yeah - no that would be a bit much probably. i was thinking just choice of colours.

later man

[marioucci]

Hello There Herculoids!

2 penopapers, one unfinished:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/unfinished.jpg


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/willie_3noses.jpg

[blacky]

OMG.....HE'S ALIVE....

Have been to your city for last 4 days.
First time ever and I loved it.
Didn't see a thing of't.
Spend all my time at Museums and nightclubs and slept somewhere in between.
Now as I've learned what your subs look like and how much they sway and how one has to draw poeple face to face like that, there, I respect your scetches even more. Awesome updates.
You where talking something about lifedrawing though, you mean some colourworks too? Would like to see.
No real crits...don't want to scare you off for another half a year ;)
So long...

[marioucci]

Blacky,

Bad Blacky Bad!!! Came in here and didnt let me know.... dissapointing..

and btw, no colours from me.

todays menu is penopaper frenzy:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/animals.jpg


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/alien_nest.jpg

[madplanet]

Hey Mario, I've missed a few updates, I see! Darrow, Windsor-Smith and Bode...what are you trying to do, kill me? Man, those guys are the best and I love to see their influence in your sketches. You've really been kicking up the details a few notches and i can't get over how well you do eyes; almost eerie in some of their gazes. Glad to see you posting on a regular basis.

[Dirty C]

God damn it this stuff is sweet. SAWEEEEET, I'm telling you. Ima rip it all off hahaha

Seriously, I mean it. I'm ripping you off. Watch this space :P

Oh, you should check out Eriboss's work if you haven't, he's in a pretty similar vein: eri's page ('http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48263&goto=lastpost')

catch ya
DC

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

MAD, Thanks a zillion my friend!!! Windsor is by far my favourite!! what amazing style he has.

Dirty, What do u mean by ripping me off????? Hope its not in a sexual way:)
And Eriboss's work is great!!! thanks for showing me that. PS> reply my email!!!

todays penopaper:

MOIST!!!!

Yes. She is.

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/moist.jpg

[Zaknafain]

Those last few inks are insane. Really fun. However I like the sketches on the top of the page a lot more. I totally dig the loose lines searching for the right place to be. Please post some more of those, I can't get enough of them. Those lines feel like bebop.

[tensai]

jesus christ man these last updates are really disgusting!
love the mad inking stylo, the face and arms on that last one are crazy. trust thats not another sketch of your girl?
:)

[Halos Chain]

Whoa, cool sketchbook m8!! Some of your later ones are really crazy and..disturbing, the moist one is giving me nightmares in the daytime, I dread to think what the acuall nightmares are gonna be like haha. :P wonderful pen skills! love the loosness of yer hand mon, wish i could see more like this around. : D keep it krankin and rollin er..chuggin and steamin and dancing m8. : )

[marioucci]

hey dudes,

Zak, Cheers mate, Bebop is the word indeed. Im into this zerodotzerothree ink pen phase right now but Ill definatelly come back to the grafitte soon:) your work rocks dude.

Tensai, Hahaha maybe in a few years time eh? Thanks a lot mate:)

Halos, heh! great man!!! Im glad you liked it:) Thanks for the cool comments!

3 more sketches, pretty dull ones but it was a pretty stressing week.. and dull somehow. penopaper frenzy for you.

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/vampir.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/logan.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/sandman.jpg

saludos

Mario

[m@.]

Hehehe logan is great!

[Hypronost]

Your logan-horny Mario!
Do some more Logan's, they rock!

Lovely new stuff I must say.
I like where your going with the ink.
The sandman rocks.
You can clearly see with every new peice of art your improving a great deal.

Keep it up mate!!!

[blacky]

Looks, like a Marillin Monroe (http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/moist.jpg) , that would stil be alive. Great
Rest of you recent stuff is really hell, lot of a pleasure to look at, too.
Although I'm not much of a fan of hard contourshttp://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/vampir.jpg.
Last one's one of my favourites. Fine mixture of melancholie, classic, elegance and raw strengh, that has seen better days. Empty eyes and hair, remind me of the Medusa motive somehow.
Or perhaps, I'm just phatasizing cuz I wanted to do a Medusa Head sometime...
Anyways, please tell me, you're not having a break for another couple of month again ;)

So long...

[marioucci]

Hello guys,

Some new paintings out of nowhere..


http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painting_03.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painting_02.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painting_01.jpg

[blacky]

Reminds me of Lucian Freud somehow (http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painting_02.jpg).
Nice paints (out of nowhere)
Detail on faces is great in camparisson to the rest, thus making heads look out of place somehow. That effect is emphasised on that one (http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painting_03.jpg). When I see the head, I have the impression, its neck should be there, where shadow drops down. I like your pallete and the atmospere in those, although there's little of interest (focal point), except for atmosphere, on last one though.

So long......

[Arne S.]

i like your lineart and your strange chars!

[Manuel Bertelli]

E ae Mario! Acho legal esse tipo de rosto que vc faz com displasia facial, esses sulcos nas bochechas, saca? Tenho desenhado umas coisas, não porque eu queira, mas porque a faculdade exige.. dá uma olhada
http://manuba.multiply.com/photos/album/3

Como ta a vida ai em London? Da um beijo na Carol!

[marioucci]

A few new digital sketches... Is anybody still here??


http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/8.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/7.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/6.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/5.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/4.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/3.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/2.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/1.jpg

[madplanet]

Brutha Mario returned! So, how have you been? We're all still here and then some.
These digital sketches are nicely done, but they look a bit fuzzy in some of them and I think that the contrast could be pushed a bit further, more like in the 5th one. 2,3 and 5 are my favorites and it took me a bit to see the flowers in the shadows on the one. It was a neat effect, like they slowly emerged in front of me. cool stuff, I hope you post more often.

[Pesmerga]

Woah man, I like those digis a lot :)

I always loved the speedy-impressionist-sketchy feeling in art. I'll keep an eye on this sketchbook for sure.

I also see you made some major improvement. Keep up the good work.

[marioucci]

Mad, my friend, thank you for the always pronto reply. I totally agree with you about the fuzziness and the contrast.. Im trying hard to not feel scared bout the stroke I put in so Im lil by lil leaving the airbrushed brushes for some more agressive ones.. this new batch will show a bit of improvement on that i hope. (let me know eh?)

Pesmerga, Thanks a bunch for mentioning a trace of improvment.. that is so important to hear!! thank you so much.

Ok for todays main dish I have 2 portraits of my wife and a freemind portrait.

the first one is thinking of Bacon.

The second one is looking at a photograph my wife took of herself a few years ago and the brush used there was my first artistic brush created in PS:)

the third one is just a study on non- airbrushed brushes.

Hope you like them

saludos muchachos and muchachas

Mario


http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/10.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/11.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/9.jpg

[dchan]

hey realy enjoy looking at you stuff, you have a nice lose style, real inspiering.

[tensai]

mario man, ohisashiburi!
nice to see something of you again. it has been a long time since i've seen your book.
i like how you're playing with paints and some of the digi ones are cool
http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/10.jpg
but i have to say they can't touch the analogue ones. like this one for example;
http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/painting_03.jpg
i hadn't seen it but man, it looks absolutely wicked - it has this very nice character to it.
hope you will show us some more soon.. and that you're doing good.
take care,

[marioucci]

dchan, Thanks a lot man. fuelled me with hope:)

Tensai, Thank you so much for the wicked Welcome back:) I totally see what u mean of the digi versus analog. and I agree in a way. now I wish I could have the same boldness with colors I have with digi in the analogs ones.. Ill try:)

2 more digi PS sketches.. really bad ones but necessary:

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/12.jpg


http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/13.jpg

[blacky]

hmmmm
liked your traditional paints and pencilworks way more. pencils where light and easygoing.
last picture's colours are kinda muddy and dull. They look like it where a strugle to paint em.
Some deffinatelly are really nice though, whith a strong phsycologic appeal.
so long....

[marioucci]

Hey Blacky,

thank you for the frank comment. I apreciate that. I am trying to get more familiar with colors and strokes using digital and hopefully the traditional gonna inherit the new knowledge.

Just bought painter today, it will be with me soon.

This next one was done in artrage, the latest version using very thinered oils only.


http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/16.jpg

[marioucci]

My first painter painting...

A stupid eye.

Amazing oil behavior that soft has. loved it.

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_1.jpg

[Dirty C]

Mario, you oughtta get in on this bud: UK vs Scandinavia ('http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81971&page=2')

[marioucci]

3 more using painter...

This time using blocks of colors and then chiselling them out, suggested by Joao Ruas:)

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_4.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_3.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_2.jpg

[tensai]

painter is treating you pretty well my man, or you are treating painter pretty well. i always thought you could do the same in ps or whatever (you probably can) but i always wondered about this app. might have to try me a demo.

love the colours and the way everything blends together.

[marioucci]

Tensai, my friend! Thanks a lot!!!
I am having a hard time trying to control everything (lines, colors, bending etc). I will try to do a few paintings without expression but rather technical like those fine inks I did a while ago just to see what happens. The eternal doubt between going full expression and full illustration...

cheers man

Mario

[madplanet]

Hey Mario, your approach is wonderful and I like how you just jump right in. Man, i think that you're on the right track and once you start to tighten up thise images your digital stuff will kick ass. Just don't deprive us of your cool pencil and ink sketches, y'know.

[marioucci]

MAD! cheers mate. I will spend more time on each piece and be more illustrative just to see what happens. Better dust my old velasquez's books:)

cheers man

[marioucci]

another photoshop sketch.. using a lot of M@'s brushes. Thanks viadinho!

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/17.jpg

[blacky]

Nice (http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_1.jpg)
Nice times twice (http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/17.jpg)
kinda flat, too much unnecessary detail (http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/16.jpg)

M@'s brushes really made the last one prove advantages of digital medium. Great execution too.
So long...

[Dirty C]

Nice, dude. Though try and make a separation between the amount of texture in the background and the amount of texture in the foreground. Or at least use less contrasting colours in the background, so that the eye has a chance to rest in the non-focal areas.

Sweet
DC

[4rt-r41d]

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/rapaz.jpg

fantastic, i love your style, so alive and intressting,
cant believe ive missed this sb. badass work
keep posting!!!

cheers

[Dile_]

Hey mariouzzi!

Nice sketchbook you've got here! really, I dont think im been into this one before
keep working man, its looking great, also try to do some variations, its mostly portraits in here :) good job man ! :)

~Dile

[TheGnoll]

really great pencil and ink drawings in the first 2 pages, very expressive, strong rendering, really great stuff.

About the latest digital experiments, i woudn't try to cover your lines...keep practicing on that tho, but show us more pencils n inks!

keep sharing ;)

ciao

[marioucci]

wakazou - Thanks a bunch man.. it was very nice meeting you:)

Dtemp - Cheers man!!! I love portraits lol.

TheGnoll - thanks a bunch man!! I am still trying to capture the pencil strokes when painting.. :)


3 oil on canvas:

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/oil_1.jpg


http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/oil_2.jpg


http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/oil_3.jpg

[marioucci]

And this is my UKvsScandinavia comp entry:

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/mariouccivstimpaatkins_ukvsscandtd_high.jpg

[marioucci]

Several artrage 15 minutes sessions done along with my study buddy Thiago Costa-

http://cgsalad.com/artrage/copo.jpg


http://cgsalad.com/artrage/gorda_lines.jpg


http://cgsalad.com/artrage/gorda.jpg


http://cgsalad.com/artrage/mao.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/artrage/mao_lines.jpg

[marioucci]

2 more artrage sessions..

one with 15 minutes and the other till 40 minutes

and a painter session afterwards.

http://cgsalad.com/artrage/velho1.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/artrage/velho.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_5.jpg

[stine]

hey there! thanks for your kind words in my book! really like what i see here - especially the fast and loose sketches. the digis are coming alonmg great, the last ones have this almost "sculpted" feel to it that i like a lot. in the last one, maybe the chin area is slightly too short - but i enjoy how you played with lights and shadows in that one. keep them coming! cheers,
stine

[marioucci]

Stine,

Thank you so much for the input mate:)


One more from the london underground:

Northern line - Saturday

http://www.cgsalad.com/images/tube/34.jpg

[blog]

hey man, cool beans, and keep up that experimenting its the only way! Keep it up and thanks for the reply!


ps, that last one's the shit

[marioucci]

Hey blog! thanks a lot mate!!! loved your work!!!



Please time, pass faster.....


http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/a.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/b.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/c.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/d.jpg

[stine]

hey there, love that "underground-saturday-sketch". despite (or maybe because of?) some anatomical issues, it shows a lot of character. i think, over all your linework is getting a lot more confident in the last few posts, so that's great! all of them have a very dynamic feel. hope to see more soon, happy holidays!

[madplanet]

hey Mario,
The pencil sketches look good and I agree with what Stine said about anatomical issues. But, I think that's just it with your work whether it's a sketch or a more detailed painting is the character that you bring forth. For me, that's what is so appealing about the stuff that you show. I think I could recognize an "Ucci" face just about anywhere, ha, ha.

I really like the two faces of the bearded guy. Love the expression and I think that you could push these even further. And if I don't type to ya over the weekend, have a great holiday.

[marioucci]

Hi Stine, thanks mate! I like that one too:) in the tube is all about fast and furious :) Have a great holliday man!!!

Mad:) oh man. You know what to say to boost up my will to carry on:)

Have a great holliday buddy:)

see ya in 2007.

an hybrid.. oil on canvas + photoshop color grading.

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/hybrid_01.jpg

[marioucci]

one CS2 and one oil:

http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/female.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/paintings/pearl_web.jpg

[tensai]

oh man - so many nice experiments.
http://www.cgsalad.com/sketchbook/oil_1.jpg
http://cgsalad.com/artrage/gorda.jpg

juicy stuff, gotta love those.
keep it coming bro, and merry x-mas

[marioucci]

Tensai!!!

Thanks for the comments mate!!!! MERRY XMAS TO U TOO!!!



2 oils - 6" x 8"


http://www.cgsalad.com/paintings/pearl1_web.jpg


http://www.cgsalad.com/paintings/scream_web.jpg

[fedezz]

Cool stuff here mate. Love the experimentation, and that UKvsScandinavia td entry is just killer!!! I really dig it.
Cheers.
PS: fixed those stars :wink:

[marioucci]

fedezz,

Thank you so very much man! Im really happy you liked the dome pic. I thought it went by unnoticed:) your work is peeonpants good man!


today I have a 3d sketch. my first with mudbox.


http://cgsalad.com/mud/mud_1.jpg

[marioucci]

And a painter painting.

30 minutes


http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/painter_6.jpg

[marioucci]

A few from my trip to Paris for the new years:

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_1.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_2.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_3.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_4.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_5.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_6.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_7.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paris_8.jpg

[madplanet]

your digital pieces are getting stronger and stronger-intense expression on the last one. The sketches on the lined paper are great. With those lines they kind of look like mug shots! So, what were you really up to in Paris, hmmm?
Hope it was a great New Year's.

[marioucci]

Hey mad:)

hehe paris was so boring that I spent the day sketching:)

thanks a lot man!!!

oil on canvas:

http://cgsalad.com/paintings/blood_web.jpg

[marioucci]

A couple of pastels on paper from yesterday and today.

http://cgsalad.com/paintings/pastel2_web.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/paintings/pastel1_web.jpg

thanks

mario

[marioucci]

artrage

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/18.jpg

[marioucci]

pencil on paper

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/paper1.jpg

[marioucci]

one more with open canvas this time:

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc1.jpg

and the event file:

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/0c1.oe4

[marioucci]

another OC with my pal TC:

click HERE (http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/session7.wpe) for the event file:

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc4.jpg

[thiagocosta]

This last one was great. I like specially the eyes and the mouth/jaw area.

[marioucci]

my wife. 30 min session with my pal thiago costa

click HERE (http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/session8.wpe) for the event file (OPENCANVAS)

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc5.jpg

[marioucci]

new opencanvas session with thiago costa. looking at a photo by naughty james

click HERE (http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/session10.wpe) for the event file

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc6.jpg

ttp://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc6.jpg

[marioucci]

A whole bunch of them.

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc12.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/clint.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc8_small.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc11.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc7.jpg

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/opencanvas/oc10.jpg

[TheGnoll]

hehe portrait look nice and expressive as usual, and colors are definately improving...maybe try and vary the subject once in a while just to make sure you don't always stay in your comfort zone...about that offer in my SB, seen your excellent 3d skills it would be honor ;) :)

ciao

[marioucci]

Hey Gnoll, Thanks a lot man.

2 penopapers:

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/penopaper.jpg

http://www.cgsalad.com/traditional/penopaper1.jpg

[marioucci]

penopaper fit.

http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/penopaper12.jpg


http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/penopaper_10.jpg

(http://cgsalad.com/sketchbook/penopaper10.jpg)

[madplanet]

Wow, I've missed a lot. I see that you are improving by leaps and bounds with the digital stuff (I've been way too lazy in that department) and as always, your line work is top notch.
hope all is well with you...

[bengine]

'ello man!

You've got some great drawings here! Keep up the good work!

[dchan]

niicee one!! nicely done from big pen version to ps version, myst say you did a good job! good choice of color scheme and texture. the atmospherer is mad ii likeee! man your portraits are so inspiering, time for some portraits for me now! keep post some more of these stuff man, i enjoy watching it.
keep up the good work. peace!

MY SKETCHBOOK
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=78693

[blacky]

Modigliani meets Freud, huh?
really nice and expressive pieces.
specially like your pencil subwayscetches and last update
Interesting to see how you're more the drawing kind of person using brushes similar to a pen in your paints.