studio birthday

so, studio armad'illo just finished one year (happy birthday to us!!), and we celebrated with a party and a small show in the theme of ONE (or rather, our very free interpretations of the concept). I made this 21x29 watercolour called Un Intruso:

Before we popped the champagne corks and went on with the party (and what a party it was!), we also treated ourselves to a proper website; there's portfolios of the studio members, new works and all. all thanks to the mad skills of Nina Cuneo . It's at the usual address: http://www.studioarmadillo.it/  

there we go

so.. here is the long overdue update!
first of all, be sure to click through the superfun comic by my studio co-worker Lorenza, made to celebrate the first year of Studio Armad'illo (we're celebrating next week!). Inside, you will find many shocking facts from the lives of freelance illustrators, and a cameo or two from yours truly.
second of all, here are some owls, for no reason at all:

ekhm. moving on: there's two books i illustrated coming out this week (!), one in poland and one in italy. the first one is a children's book written by Paulina Wilk, and it follows the mellow adventures of a cute little bear called Kazimierz -

The italian book, Entra nell'arte del 900, is a fun little guide introducing the collection of Museo del Novecento in Milan to children. i'll be doing some live drawing for the book's conference on november 18th, yikes! here's a tiny preview, i'll post more images soon!

doodling

here are some distracted sketches of my studio co-workers; there's more on the studio blog.
a real post coming soon, promise!

who needs vacation!

...when you can just work your way through the hottest months. or, mid-august doodle. 

progressing abominably

i spent the weekend wrestling with the comic i am working on right now. i am both writing and drawing it, a first for me; it's proving to be quite a challenge. especially since i am handling a variety of 'day jobs' simultaneously. the original deadlines i set for myself a few months back seem laughable now... i'm still deluding myself that i'll have it finished by the end of the summer. which has just started, right? well, wish me luck! it's going to be a busy couple of months. 

war of the worlds

here's a poster i made for a performance based on orson welles' famous radio drama. it will be on in Wrocław later this month, and will be broadcasted live by Polish Radio.. (the 26th i think). Realised under the outstanding art direction of the show's co-creator Maciek Maryl ("throw in more flames! a tank! and a helicopter!!!").

asta di raccolta fondi / borse di studio giovanni mulazzani

...or a fundraiser for young illustrators, is on tonight at the Galleria L'Affiche in Milano, and i'm partcipating with the rest of the studio Armad'illo! this is my contribution:

unidentified flying object

bit of a poster i'm working on. invasion!!

folk

some fun with patterns for a small Friday show at the fabbrica del vapore 

zzz

(been needing a bit of that lately)

twelve sad men now online

i have just updated my website with the images i made for friday's armad'illo show for art kitchen. click here.

almost there

a little preview of what i'm working on for the show! 

studio armadillo for Art Kitchen

this friday, at art kitchen/superground (via bussola 4, milano), aperitivo with studio armad'illo. there will be drinks, prints, original art, and my lovely co-workers of course!

swing

been going through a lot of old family photos lately, here's a little side-effect -

goose

a test for a thing

'heart of snow' : coming to a bookstore near you...

...sometime in 2025. just a quick note to say that an in-the-works comic project by monika powalisz (story) and me (drawings) came second at the international pitching at Ligatura comics fesival (Poznań, PL). nice! 

ps. more news and drawings coming as soon as i fight my way through all the imminent deadlines!

tecnica mista

a little preview from a guide drawn for Museo del Novecento. in other news, i'm off to the Bologna fair tomorrow, second year in a row, along with the rest of the armad'illo posse (guest starring kasia). exciting (and exhausting) times ahead!   

tangled up

ooops. 

temporary workstation

well hello, March. 

website update

i've finally put up some pages from Złote Pszczoły / Golden Bees on the website. more in the 'comics' category coming soon!

sly

or, one minute doodle

valentines

studio armad'illo is putting up some valentines on the website today, and here's my contribution..

hmm churches?

some warm-up sketches for a rather large comic project i'm embarking upon:

mr. alone

here's the opening panel of  another (very quick) comic i made with monika powalisz this month. i think i'll post the entire thing (a wordless story, 4 pages long) on the website soon. now back to work!