alessandro barbucci

Step by Step : “Yes I Can” drawing

Hello my dear Patrons! I did this drawing today, half for fun and half for promoting my on-line classes. I eant to share with you the process.

I use a handy sketchbook with this paper, something I can use everywhere without stress.
I did the structure of the drawing with a “Naples yellow” pencil.

Then I did the lines and the values with two different colored pencils, orange and red. This makes the result more vibrant!

In next post I’ll show you the digital colors s...

PROCESS: Grémillets t2 vover image (1)

Hello my fantastic Patrons

I finished the cover of my next book, at laaast :))) I HATE doing cover images!!! I never attended illustration classes or anything like that, so I have to do everything instinctual, which gives me a lot of pression! And a cover image is so important for a book!!! But I did it, now I can breath :) until next one !!!

I'm going to show you the full process.

here goes the rough sketch. It's the part where you take all the decisions: what to show, who ...

Step by step: dramatic panel!

Hello m’y dear patrons! So I’ve come to the end of the pages of Grémillet Sisters volume 2  ^______^ happy!!!
I want to show you in preview one of my favorite panels.
Here you can see the steps from rough drawing to clean one, to grey values (with watercolor)

the rough drawing is done with 2B pencil on simple photocopy paper.

The clean drawing is done on Canson smooth paper (250 g/m).

Watercolors are Schmincke with Da Vinci flat brush number 4.

Hugs!<...

Grémillet Sisters t2 / sneak peek

Hello my fantastic patrons. I want to share with you a slice of my daily work . I ‘m running like hell to finish this new book, the second volume of Grémillet Sisters (Les Soeurs Gremillet in French edition).

Here are some panels . As you can see there is a dramatic twist , as I like it! The three sisters are investigating on a mysterious ghost haunting an abandoned church. In the same time, Cassiopée has to choose between two lovers!
The style is the same I used for book one: t...

PREVIEW : Gremillet Sisters volume 2

Hello , welcome in February!

I am working as hell on this new book that will be published in June but have to be delivered in a month o_O but I am kind of proud of the result in spite of the rush and some life-things to manage! So I’m posting next a sneak peek to some dramatic pages!!! Stay tuned my friend!

A.

PROCESS: COMIC PAGE

Hello my dear Patrons!

As I told you, I am deep in a new comic book, the second volume of Grémillet Sisters ("Les Soeurs Grémillet" in France).

For this project I use e style that I never used before in comics, which is a mix of pencil, watercolors and digital colors.

First of all: the script (which I don' show you here for it's in Italian XD ). Once , with the writer Di Gregorio, we decide what happens in the scéne and the dialogues, I start the storyboard stap. This is ...

PREVIEW: Grémillet Sister's page process

Hello my dear patrons!

I'm deeply sorry I haven't been very active this last month  ;___; 

reality got me: I have to finish my new book, Gremillet Sisters volume 2, for April, and I'm soooo late!!! All the 2020 mess got me, and I DON'T want to miss the scheduled release date, which is June!

... but, if you are following me since some time, you know I'm more likely to post on the second half of the month :)

anyway: I'll dedicate this last days to po...

Xmas Pin-Up step by step

Hello my beautiful Patrons! I wish you the best Xmas vacations in this crazy year.
I want to share with you the process of this Christmas Pin-Up so you can create your own! For yourself or for making a special gift!

I start doing a mini mood-board. I want to make a classical Christmas pin-up with a twist, so I start from 50s pin ups and mix it with modern pop star look! I like this Ariana Grande pose , her hair on the shoulder. And I am a Gwen Stefani fan XD love her irony!

I ...

Preview : Xmas Pin-Up

Hello my fantastic patrons! I’m going to post the process for making this Christmas Pin-Up illustration, so you can create your own!
Stay tuned my friends

A.

Aerial Dance // simplified anatomy

Hello my fantastic patrons! I’m working on some images for a show in a Bruxelles gallery. The theme is Ekhö volume 10. One of the characters , Little Snake, performs as an aerial dancer.
I share with you some of the poses to show you how you can play with simplified anatomy. And some of the references.

Enjoy!

Alessandro

Will relaxing // video 3

Hello my friends, here is the last phase of this drawing: I add volume to the hair and colored shadows. The image is ready to be colored digitally (when I will have some time :D)

This month has come to its end, I hope I will see all of you next month! More previews, process , videos etc etc in programme :) and a special December gift!
See ya soon!

Alessandro

Will relaxing // video 2

Hello hello, here goes 2nd one. As you have seen, I always start my clean drawings from the eyes. It’s an obsession :D 

here I can have fun with the rest of the body and clothes!

Will Relaxing // video 1

Hello back my fantastic patrons! Here goes the first video about my Will having a cool time (YES we all need to relax before another Christmas ! Even if this one will be different)

It’s sped up 200%

WILL relaxing // preview

Hello my dear Patrons, and welcome to all the new arrivals :) I did this Will drawing and I filmed it. So next post will be the process video for this image. Will was my favorite W.I.T.C.H. girl, the one identified the most. Yes I never thought about her as “girl” but just as a teenager. Probably this is why she doesn’t have any “girly” cliché in her (and why she’s such a strong character).
Stay tuned for the video!

Alessandro

CORNELIA redraw: coloring step-by-step

Hello my fantastic Patrons. And Welcome to the new ones :)))

THANX for being here and support my Patreon page. The #thankyourpatronsday made think about this experience on Patreon and I'm really enjoying it. Your support allowes to  "steal" some time from my book production and do  something that I like more and more: sharing! So mille grazie :)

SO here goes the coloring! It's the same technique I used on previous sketches: I take a picture and open it on my computer wit...

Cornelia redraw : video

Hello there

here goes the video of the drawing of CORNELIA, one of my favorite characters in W.I.T.C.H. ! She looks so confident but she hides more weakness than all the other girls in the group. I loved this duality!
Here I had fun redrawing this pose from the famous comic number 1 ,”Halloween”.
up next I’ll post the steps of the digital coloring.

The vidéo is a little sped up (150%) , you can turn the music off if you don’t like it ;)

Alessandro

CORNELIA 2020 - preview

Hello my dear Patrons,

Just for fun, I went back to my W.I.T.C.H. book and I decided to redraw one of my favorite poses: Cornelia welcoming Will and Taranee to the world-famous Sheffield Institute Halloween Party! I liked the confidence that I managed to make her communicate, so in contrast with Will’s shyness!
I will post a video of the drawing and a step-by-step of the digital coloring.

So, stay tuned my friends!

A.

Video II : Beth pencil illustration

Hello! Here goes the second part (I split it in two because it was too long and heavy!)

It’s sped up 200%
For doing this drawing I used Staedler ecologic colored pencils. They’re very soft and pigmented, I love them!

See you next post!

Alessandro

BETH - pencil illustration

Hello my dear patrons, here I am. As I promised here I put the first video of the making on this little illustration inspired by “the queen’s gambit”.
It is a little sped up .

Another video coming up next!

Alessandro

Preview: BETH from “the Queen’s Gambit”

Hello my dear friends. Like MANY people in this moment I fell in love with Beth, the main character of the new Netflix mini-series The Queen’s Gambit. If you have Netflix go take a look! A very strong, modern character! So I dedicated her this “hommage”. I will post the full video of the drawing so stay tuned!

Alessandro

Cornelia anatomy process

Hello again! Here goes the full video.

I recreated the process I used for creating this image, so you can see how I construct this kind of drawings with a very simple and effective use of anatomy.
The most important thing is the choice of the mood. Then, the line of action is what makes the image alive. I put special care on the right hand, to make it the most important element of the composition.
I hope you’ll like it and that it will be helpful.

hasta pronto!

Ale...

W.I.T.C.H.tober: Cornelia anatomy process

Hello my dears

next post will be a VIDEO about simplified anatomy: I will recreate the process for constructing this Cornelia image. So, if you are interested in simplified anatomy, stay tuned!

A.

Fourmille Pin-Up : watercolors

Hello hello

here goes the video of the watercolors process I use for my pin-up illustrations.
I use Canson illustration paper (250gr) wich is not the best watercolor paper, but it’s good enough for simple images like this.
I use Schmincke watercolors (these, YES , are good watercolors!).

Now it’s up to you to try :)

Alessandro

Fourmille Pin-Up - watercolors

Hello, here is the final result with watercolors on. I will post the video of the watercolors process , so see you soon!

Pin-Up inking (2)

Hop, second part. You can see how I ink my illustrations alternating pigment pens and brush pens. They have to resist water because next step is WATERCOLORS (in next video)

A.

Pin-Up drawing and inking (1)

Hello! Yes, I know she’s not a Witch character XD but I did a series of promotional pin-ups and I wanted to share the process with you. The video is a little speeded up. Other 2 videos coming!
Hugs

A.

Hay-Lin hair study

Hello! We‘ve seen Hay-Lin with loose hair very rately! So here is a quick study about hair. The video is speeded up a little. I love to draw hair, playing with lines and weight and air ... 

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Will: muscles video

And here is the creepy part :) 

I did this video as a promo for a masterclass that is a lot about anatomy. so I had the idea to show what’s under Will’s skin :p

Note that the muscles are NOT scientifically correct, but this is the point of the conference. And she’s a manga girl with wings, so realism is not really the deal here :D

see you on next W.I.T.C.H. post!

Alessandro

Will face// defining the details

Here I go redrawing the face. Notice the pressure on the paper is the key for playing with the values of grey.

Will Video : construction

Hello my friends

first video! Here you can see how I use a classical animation construction: a ball for the head and a mask for the face. I always put immidiately the expression on, for the expression guides the energy of the pose.

Line of action pour the pose! Note as all the lines are related: hair, wings  etc flows with the same energy.

Hop in next video I start defining the details!