Hi everybody! I finally have a paypal account, so I'll finally able to accept commissions, donations and do a couple of things more! =)

I want to thank you all for reading my journal ... and I hope to thank you all in next future for buying something with my signature on it ;D In other words, asking me commissions and other things like LJ Icons, Bagdes, Sketches ... etc.
As many people do, I want to put my "tip jar" too; donations are always welcome! ;) they'll sure help me in buying new art supplies. However I want to underline that's not obligatory, it's just a detail to help an 'Artist' with his works (of course). =)

Thanks for your attention guys ... and thanks for your potential donations!!!

Yesterday night I had a strange dream in English! It has been a while since I dreamt of something in another language … the last time was a couple of years ago. I know, I’m kind of monotonous, however I had this dream about 'UP' with all its character speaking their natural language: Christopher Plummer as Charles Muntz, Edward Asner as Carl Fredricksen, Jordan Nagai as Russel and Bob Peterson as Alpha (I can’t recall if there was Dug as well).

I had a similar dream weeks ago, but that was completely Italian spoken (and the story was slightly different too). I won’t tell it now anyway. moonstonecat knows the story! :P

I just remember that I was heading to US with Charles Muntz onboard the Spirit of Adventure … he was in the control cabin and I was in great hall evaluating all the possible courses. We were in a hurry, I don’t know why.
Suddenly I heard a bang, then a red light! I contacted Muntz via intercom and he told there was something approaching to the airship: behind the clouds there was Mr. Fredricksen’s flying house and he was waving to us with Russel waiting on the porch with a rope.

I told Muntz to open the loading ramp and I run there to check the ‘docking process’. Muntz wasn’t happy to see them, but he knew they could have been helpful after all. (what for?)
While transferring a couple of wooden boxes, Alpha called me via intercom - “There’re intruders up here, Master!” - Muntz threw me his rifle and I climbed on a little ladder to reach the main corridor inside the airship’s body. Once inside the corridor, I started moving forward … until I got hit by something and I fell to the ground.

I woke up! Why were we heading to US? Why did we need support? Who were those intruders? What did they want? Probably we'll never know it! However, it was really interesting because I was directly thinking and speaking in English, just like all the characters around me. Have you ever dreamt something in another language? =) ;D

Gimme an adjective to describe your life ...
Personally I'd say 'Unexpected'! :P

Let's go find Arch Stanton's tomb!
Ahahah!!! XD No, well ... I wanna give you a couple of lines from four famous films and you must tell which movies I chose (no cheating, please! If you're not able to tell me these four titles, you have to post this thing on your LJ and ask for help! No, no ... I'm joking!):

"Take a piano: keys begin, keys end. You know there are 88 of them, nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite! You're infinite ... and on those keys, the music that you can make ... is infinite. I like that! That I can live by.
You rolled out in front of me a keyboard of millions of keys, millions and billions of keys that never end. And that's the truth Max: that they never end. That keyboard is infinite ... and if that keyboard is infinite, then on that keyboard there is no music you can play. You're sitting on the wrong bench ... That is God's piano!"

"Red wine with fish ... Well, that should have told me something."

"Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be."

"There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea: Ideas are bulletproof!"

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If you're also able to tell me which movie (or tomb) I was talking about in my first digression, well, you're simply the best! XD

I'm proud of my country for a lot of good reasons ... and being helpful to other countries is one of them: Recently our flagship, the aircraft carrier Cavour, has recently arrived to Haiti. It has been transformed into a hospital ship, it carries the best facilities we could provide and more than 300 tons of supplies.

Operation "White Crane" can now start!
  

Today in Trentino Alto Adige (a region in North-Eastern Italy) they touched -47 degrees Celsius, -52 degrees Fahrenheit. That's simply unbelievable!!!

Ok, today I faced my first examination: Diplomatics, Paleography (Study and reading of ancient documents) and Medieval History ... where I got 24 over 30. If we consider that 18 the least you can get to pass the exam, it's a pretty good result, but I hoped for something more; unfortunately I had to spend my turn with my professor's assistant and she's a real harpy! :P :( She didn't ask anything.

I have no idea about how the university evaluation system is in America or Great Britain, so I can't tell you how the proportion is. In other terms it'd be like a 8 over 10, where 6 means 'sufficient' and 5 means 'insufficient'! That's the Italian method.

BTW, taking a look on Wikipedia, I found out that the Royce Hall (University of California - Los Angeles) was inspired by the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milano, Italy!!! I didn't expect that and it's quite interesting too. That's a honour for our city, I'd say! =)

I was taking a look around youtube and I found this videoclip.( News about Charles Muntz )

I've just watched  Wall-E ... It's such a cute movie! =D


EVE is the best with that laser gun and Captain Mc Crea is just so funny, yet so sharp!
Too busy for an articulated review, however I liked it very much, I'd give 8 starts over 10.


Tomorrow I've my first examination: Diplomatics, Paleography (Study and reading of ancient documents) and Medieval History!!! :P ;) I love it!!! =)

BTW, Today 'UP' arrived in Italy, unfortunately I don't have a Blue-Ray Player and the DVD version has just one disc in it. I think I'll have to wait a bit! Damn, I want it so bad! XD

I was exaclty thinking of THIS!!! :P
Avatar + I'm Blue (Da Ba dee) = Perfect movie description

(It's a youtube videoclip ... unfortunately the code is hidden)

Well, today I met my Professor (expert in Philosophy, Symbols and Myths) and we talked about the story I'm trying to write ... but I failed tremendously: I was so worried about what to tell him that I got confused by my own words! I didn't want to make my story look childish; I was trying to find the right terms, but I didn't find them at all.

I spoke for 35 minutes.

He managed to give me a couple of advices, but I'm really afraid. I'm afraid because, probably, I was terribly boring ... and he didn't say a word; he kept silent for a good half of our conversation. It's unbelievable: it sounded like if I was telling something that's not mine! (I just hope he will forgive me for being so stupid - He's a professional researcher after all and I'm just an ingorant idiot)

Probably I'll have to write a reminder of what I want to ask.
There're too many things to fix and I don't want to get confused again.

Hey, I won the lottery yesterday!

I didn't win very much, because I just played 2 numbers over 5, but at least I won 470 Euros - 805 Dollars!!! (They should have been 500, but they wanted 30 Euros back as 'State taxes') :P

Watched 'Avatar' in 3D yesterday night ... I liked it! =)
There's something metaphoric, something that reminds me of Native Americans and American Settlers :P ;)

Well, I'm too lazy now to write a complete review, however I'd give a 8,5 over 10 (and that 0,5 is a plus just for their care while developing this concept).
(Click here to see the Italian trailer)

Hi everybody! I'm trying to put together all my contacts ... I realize I don't have as many of your addresses, phone numbers, E-mails as I should (sorry for copying your phrase Niko, but I've been planning to do the same thing did a while ago and now I want to start too ;)

Please, would you send me your contact information via PM or via E-mail? I'll add everything on my new address book! Even if you think I have it already, please send it anyway.

BTW, a note to _graywolf_  and bibliovixen : I know you told me your adresses, since I sent you a couple of things, but I don't remember them because I changed my computer in Spain ... and now I'm in Italy. :P (You should have my E-mail; please, would you send me your addresses again?)

I heard something about an earthquake in Northern California!!! 6.5 on the richter scale ... are you okay over there?

Ok, I'm planning something really, really, really, REALLY ... really, what was I saying? Ah, Yes! Something really 'Macchiavellic' (I don't know how to translate it - Italians know what I mean: Macchiavelli was an Italian philosopher, writer and politician who said "The end justifies the means!").

I hope to give some good news soon! =)

Hi everybody! I know that you're busy, but I would like to ask something:

I noticed that I don't get many comments lately (it seems to be a periodic thing), so I want to ask "What should I post here? Are you more interested in photos? Sketches? Recipes? Literature? ... or something else?" Sometimes I ask for technical support, but only few persons are really available for that!

Please, would you be kind enough to help me? Since I can't draw that much, I to tend to ask for online support when I'm working on something. However, if I don't get many comments ... well, it's pretty useless! :P If you're no longer interested in my sketches (I don't call it "art", because that's not ART!), just say it and I won't upload anything. BTW, I want to be clear: I know we have better things to do, I just want to save time.

Mmmh ... I was trying to train myself with something cartoonish and, since 'UP' is still my favourite animated movie, I decided to trasnform myself in a UP-ic character! XD I quickly sketched up Carl Fredricksen to find the right mood and style; I think he turned out pretty well. =)


This is how I developed my face: my main reference was Charles Muntz, because he was skinny enough! ;) I like it, but there's someting I can't define, something I didn't get right. Can you help me? I'd like to know your opinion before taking the next step. I just want to be sure! :P

Ok, here you can see yesterday's results ... it's just a bunch of sketches, but I enjoyed working on it! Since I didn't received many comments in my previous post, I tried to develop more than just one historical figure: The first one was Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan and then Elizabeth I of England, as suggested by thornwolf (but, since her clothes were too complicated, I retreated on the figure of Leif Ericson) XD

When I changed my mind, breakingpencils suggested me to try with Gengis Khan ... and that's what I did! =)
I'm really curious to know your opinion. It's not a coherent process, I know; I just wanted to move my hands and put something together. ;) BTW, I think I need to train myself with facial expressions, I've always been kind of rigid. Do you have any suggestion? I don't have much time to draw as much as I wish, but your help is still a treasure to me!!! =D

Now we can really start:


"Where does this guy come from?" :P




I hope you liked them!

Hi everybody! Now, I want to try something new: I'm planning to draw an historical character in different ways and styles.

I was actually inspired by something thornwolf developed a couple of years ago, when she drew Henry VIII of England; now I want to reproduce that experiment, so I need your suggestions. Please, give me a historical figure, just name someone! =)

(Personally, I was thinking about Ludovico Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan)