LRNZ | FUTURO ANTERIORE | EVENT HORIZON

VERY VERY honoured to be selected for Futuro Anteriore 2010 (BLACK) at Napoli COMICON.

Event Horizon, my story, is about a lost spaceman that turns into a black hole, devouring the entire universe as we know it.

Event Horizon will be printed as part of the Futuro Anteriore 2010 book.
You can see the panels at Napoli Comicon.

Text by Alessandro Caroni.
Japanese Adaptation Federica Lippi.

See you in Naples!

GOLEM | Poster 1

50x70 cm poster.
For sale at Napoli Comicon 2010.

MORE MIT 2010

The second wave:






T shirt artwork:






Annnnd here is the big guy:

GOLEM | -18

GOLEM | -19

GOLEM | THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN

I'm very excited to announce that my work on Golem has finally started.
Golem is my first long story, something between 23 and 25 episodes total, for approximately 500 pages.

First episode out on Pic Nic N°1, end of april 2010.

"Golem", original story by LRNZ, future concept and background scripting by Emanuele Sabetta, screenplay by Daniele Capuano and Alessandro Caroni, art by LRNZ.

JAPAN ANIME LIVE LOGO

Designed this logo/mascotte for THE international Anime event, in collaboration with BANDAI, Shueisha, Studio Pierrot, SONY ANIPLEX, Toei Animation, TV Tokyo and Sunrise.

From their website:

The first and official live event made and performed by the
Japanese creators of the famous Manga and Anime series
WORLD PREMIERE – PARIS, Zénith - October 2010
The Greatest SHOW OF MANGA & ANIME ever conceived in the World.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is an extraordinary event that brings live on stage the “all-star” of
the world of Japanese animation such as NARUTO-SHIPPUDEN,
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD, BLEACH, ONE PIECE
and GUNDAM Series.
A unique show for the first time on tour in Europe.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is a mix of live action, live recitation, special stories, flamboyant
effects and live music to sing along with the public the original theme songs of the TV
series.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is a fast paced POP OPERA that puts into reality a world of fantasy
and its heroes. A time-space gate that connects the fans with the dream world of Anime. A “must-attend” event for all cosplayers and Japanese pop culture lovers in general.
JAPAN ANIME LIVE is what you will never watch on TV: in fact all animations and
stories have been re-created and re-edited exclusively for the show and what’s more, they contain hidden facts about the stories of the beloved Anime characters.
Over two and half hours of breathtaking show, divided into five chapters, each one
devoted to an animated series, dynamically orchestrated by a script that combines all the different elements of the show.
All contents featured in JAPAN ANIME LIVE are licensed and created by Aniplex, Toei
Animation, Sunrise, Pierrot, TV Tokyo and Shueisha, which are the major Japanese
Anime-maker companies.

LRNZ | MEET IN TOWN

Ok I know: this is a borderline illustration work.
It's more a illustration on photos process.
I usually don't like people working with photos.

Still I want to share it on this blog.

It's my work for Meet in Town, a music festival in Rome.
Xister involved me in the project as a creative director.

Honestly, I started working on it as a joke, but it did get dead serious in the end!
The basic idea was to develop a 3 step communication process, a teaser, the evolution and the final images.

Each step is made of 3 images and three simple animations I made starting from the illustrations.

The concept is very easy: 3 huge mysterious objects are coming, one from the desert, one from the ocean and one from the sky (yes, it's a SENTAI tribute).
Where do they come from and what are they coming for?

Then I got this idea to use the main auditorium structures as alien vessels and it was very fun to develop.
Hope that Renzo Piano will have fun as much as I did.

I hope that after the whole set of posters is out, somebody will think of the real auditorium as a GIANT action figure set of a sci fi movie rather than modern architecture. Maybe it will look like a fake repro of my spaceships.

Moreover: you are actually going INTO those BIG spaceships - to party.


These are the first images, including some previews for the next round of illustrations.
Enjoy!







Here are the first three videos:

EARTH VIDEO

SEA VIDEO

SKY VIDEO


Font by ADE Creative Studio!

Music and SFX by SNOB/MIT

Hobby Comics 3 | Astrogamma Ep02

Things to come.

SOLOMON KANE + SINISTER BARRIER BOOKCOVERS

Here are 2 book covers I did for Coniglio Editore.
One is for Solomon Kane, a novel by Conan the barbarian's author, the other is for Sinister Barrier, a classic scifi weird story.
Never did a cover for a book.
So I started with two :)

Both covers were done in the same VERY quick technique (2hours each).
It's basically a quick draft photoshop sketch, layered with true paint spatters, and then rendered with a quick, standard photoshop white brush.

The original files are very big, while the final output will be rather small so I didn't care to hide all the photoshop artifacts as they will blend during the downscaling process generating interesting subpixel details.

Below the covers and the process!

Here is Solomon Kane:




And Sinister Barrier:





And the process:

Quick sketch:


Watercolour Spatter:


Rendering details:

LRNZ EXHIBITION | FUSOLAB ROME | HHLV

HHLV (Honba Hyper Laser Vision) is my selected works solo exhibition, presented by Laboratorio Creativo Fusolab.
Via G. Pitacco 29, Rome (click link for google map).
I'll be there for sure for the opening, friday 11/12/2009 starting at 9:00 PM till 2:00 AM. The exhibition will last one month ending on 17/01/2010.
You'll also have the chance to buy some very exclusive stuff, like portfolios and limited edition prints.
Don't miss it! Everyone is invited!

LRNZ for Zeroguide 2010 | Torino

I illustrated book about Turin thanks to mr Matteo Stefanelli.
It's the 2010 guide to Turin by Edizioni Zero, a deluxe small book full of good informations to spend your time in F.W. Nietzsche favourite city!
Moreover it will be out SOON, and (TAH DAAAAH) for FREEEEE!
It features one of the 1825 named "Sol", acting as the main character.
Check it out!