Andrea Ciulu - Illustrations, Drawings, Doodles.

Unreal illustration: a man looking out of the window…or not?

Andrea — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:20:07 +0000

Playing around with versatile color pencils I came out with this illustration of a fat guy looking out of the window to a serene day. Since it seemed too obvious, I added a string. So…what about thinking out of the box now?

Illustration of Extra-Speed Dating, the speed dating of the “i-cant-wait” era

Andrea — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:52:35 +0000

Just a little funny doodle, this one, but a good illustration of our era of narcissistic hurry. This was hand drawn as usual, with a TOMBO ABT felt tip pen.

Color illustration of three mariners wasting time at the bar

Andrea — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:32:32 +0000

As I did in two previous illustrations, here I drew by hand, scanned, vectorialized and then colored in Adobe Illustrator. The result is quite sloppy, especially compared to some extra clean digital illustrations, but I don’t really mind.

Illustration of a screaming guy: lines and exaggeration for this drawing

Andrea — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:10:03 +0000

As much as i like colors in an illustration, I still prefer to play around with b/w lines and fine details. In addition, I like to take objects out of their context – say a floating head. I find this fine line shadow drawing kind of a zen exercise. Even with a pencil.

Illustration recap: a different way to tell Red Ridinghood fairy tale

Andrea — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:59:10 +0000

Poor wolf. Why always the bad guy? What about the hunter, he’s pretty bad as well, huh? Well, this illustration belongs to our politically correct times: no need to warn our kids about wolves in the woods.

Illustration recap: more previous work. Wrestlers just hate white collars!

Andrea — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:07:56 +0000

So, here it is: another previously drawn illustration rejected by the client (the same one as the previous color illustration i posted on this blog). Again, the technique here is hand drawing, 0.5 line inking, vector making and Adobe Illustrator coloring. Even though I’m favoring Photoshop colored illustrations lately, this process still makes nice and completely risazable illustrations, good for any format. Plus: I like the face of the white collar!

Illustration recap: some of my previous personal work. Let’s have a rap-a-licious start.

Andrea — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:50:00 +0000

I did this illustration as a proposal for a client: it didn’t make it, but I like it. The main outlines are hand-drawn and inked with a 0.5 line pen. The color has completely been added in Illustrator, after converting the drawing to vector. Sure Illustrator color is not as smooth as done in Photoshop, but it’s really versatile.

To see the difference in usage, view an illustration of mine colored with Photoshop.

Color illustration of Adam and Eve: in the iPhone 3G launch day, that’s a bitter apple

Andrea — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:11:12 +0000

I enjoy depicting God in the funkiest way, say like a 60s producer or something. This color illustration – hey a color illustration on this blog is some kind of event! – is an attempt at giving a vivid coloring with Photoshop. Well, I’m pretty new at that, as I prefer line drawing and black and white, but still I like the result.

Click on the image to see the full size version.

PS (i might be tweaking the color balance on this illustration soon)

Illustration of an adventurous old man beholding a cute bartender: free interpretation

Andrea — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:23:22 +0000

So basically in this illustration you have an aging man who could be either an adventurer or just a frequent client of the bar. I drew him first, then – since he had this mellow look – I imagined he could be looking at something nice, say an attractive bartender. Even though this illustration should be neutral, I guess I put some kind of morale, since she’s frowning upon him. Feel free to judge the scene otherwise.

Biro Pen Illustration of a Robot – adding features to drawings is fine, but you have to draw a line…somewhere

Andrea — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:40:44 +0000

Biro Pen is a tool for fantasy. The best drawings come with this humble pen that is supposedly meant to serve in meetings and briefs, but the way you can control fine lines with that is just awesome. So…yes, this robot was born during a meeting, it’s a 2 mins doodle. I kept adding features, maybe I could make an illustration out of it.