Here I am again, after some weeks of lack.

To be honest a lack justified by a new job, and now I'll tell you what is about. I really need a vacation but before I leave you to this hot summer and get a bit of relax, I'll tell you something about my projects, new and finished ones.

First step: some weeks ago I received a new commission: six illustration for an Italian TV movie that will be on air I suppose at the end of this year or at the latest in spring 2010, called “Caldo Criminale” (eng. transl.: "Criminal Heat") with the direction of ARES film.

The actors are Sabrina Ferilli as the main character, and the co-star is  Gabriel Garko. I know that probably the most part of you never heard about them because they're really famous here in Italy, but I invite you to the same to check them on the net, following the link on their name...for curious people, I've found also some link on wikipedia, maybe you can find also your language page for them: for Gabriel Garko [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garko] and for Sabrina Ferilli [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Ferilli]).

About the story I can only say that's a thriller movie and that Anna (Sabrina Ferilli) is an illustrator...and then, I make the scene: they need a real illustrator for real pictures so they contact me and commissioned six brand new pictures (plus one w.i.p.) and asked the permission to show other pictures I've just done (here the list of all pictures showed:...). And furthermore, they need also to film my hand working on a picture, so there will be some shoots where you will see my hands drawing or painting...to be sincere, isn't properly what I really do when I work on a picture but there are some requirements on stage and about filming, but I do the same my share, suggesting something more probable. So, this brings the trivial question: “look, they don't seem the hands of the protagonist actor, isn'it it?”. Well...no, really they don't.

Obviously this movie will go on air first in Italy, but they told me they purchase the movie also on foreign countries, but really I don't know which ones, sorry.

About the movie illustrations I let you see only a combo preview (see it here: http://scarletgothica.deviantart.com/art/Caldo-Criminale-previews-131348237), they will be completely showed in due course (just to arouse a bit of curiosity). For this commission I had to do I was inspired a bit from the main characters, so I try to put a bit of them on my picture's characters, but they don't have to be portraits. I've taken this decision because the illustrations showed during the movie are related to the plot, so I liked the idea of a parallel story, into a fairy tale. The illustrations are all completed but I still have some scenes to film (so the stress isn't finished yet!).

Ok, I stop here, this is only an advance new, I'll tell you more in the near future and every picture will have a detailed explanation, I promise!

Next step, the upcoming autumn will bring other good news: I only anticipate that fans and lovers of my pictures and puzzles too, will have a nice surprise...really soon more new about that!

Next step again, do you rememberer my old project Terra di Chimere (if not follow the link)? Well, after a long break me and the author of the story have decided to resume the project with some changes: I will illustrate the whole story with my “child style”, and to color them in digital, just to create something fresh and probably more interesting. This time I hope to have more time to work at every picture, we both treasure a lot this project.

Ok, I would rattle on about these things for hours but it's time to go and I guess I've just bored enough. So, I wish you all a very refreshing summer and see you very soon. Keep to stay tuned for every new infos!

Bye!

Claudia