Oxford University Press: Sketching Dinosaurs

I'm doing more work for OUP and here are four new sketches I sent them for approval. I need to make some adjustments and then I can go to colour. I'll post the finals when completed!

Sto lavorando di nuovo con Oxford University Press con cui ho già collaborato altre volte eseguendo illustrazioni per i loro libri scolastici. Queste sono matite preparatorie di dinosauri che ho appena inviato loro. Mi piace molto disegnare dinosauri, penso che il mio nipotino Matteo sia d'accordo con me!

1- Eoraptor 2- a Brachiosaur reaching up to the top branches of a tree to eat leaves
 3- an Allosaurus chasing a stegosaurus 4- a Compsognathus climbing a tree



Working on a pop-up illustration

Pop-illustrations have always been traditionally reserved for children's book. I often work on pop-up books and I'd like to show here how an illustration for pop-ups is created.

First I receive a white mock-up (a three-dimensional structure created by a paper engineer) or photos of the pops made up to understand how the parts work.

I have also a cutter guideline to see how many pieces of art work is required and what is the shape of each pieces.

The cutter guidelines can be adjusted a little to follow my drawing but it's best if I don't stray too far from the original shapes.

Once the pencil has been approved I go to colour and each piece will need bleed around it to allow the cutter to trim it out cleanly.

 ...And here is my nephew Matteo inside the School Bus!

Three kittens sketch

This is just a part of the drawing. I've just sent the sketch to the client for final approval before to go to colour. It is a new illustration for licensing.

Oxford University Press: Sketching

L'ultimo lavoro che ho fatto nel 2010 è stato per un editore con cui ho già collaborato altre volte, l'inglese Oxford University Press. "Wonderful Ecosystems" è il titolo del progetto su cui ho lavorato eseguendo una serie di piccole illustrazioni di animali e piante per la serie chiamata "Oxford Read and Discover".

The "Wonderful Ecosystems" work for the  Oxford University Press has been the last work I did before the end of 2010. I have already worked with OUP before doing some artworks for their Oxford Read and Discover series. This time I have made around 20 spot illustrations of animals and plants for some Food Chains. They show us what eats what in an ecosystem. Here are just some samples.