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n_17/08/2011 - London Design Museum - Animated Ident

I animated and sound designed this short ident for the London Design Museum.. Art directed by talented Rob Peart at It's Nice That it will play as the Museum's intro to its films!

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108) Four dentist characters designed for a recent pitch.

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n_08/08/2011 - On the Water's Edge at Fantoche 2011!

On the Water's Edge has been selected in the international competition programme at Fantoche 2011!
Awesome news! Thank you for selecting the film!

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n_05/08/2011 - BBC History - New Development and Character Animation work

Just finished working on the latest episode of BBC History's A day in the life. The 2'30" animation - set this time in Victorian times - is part of a series about Eric, a primary school kid who daydreams to live
in past historical periods. I developed the animatic and animated the characters in 10 days using Flash. Watch Victorians or Romans on the BBC!

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n_11/07/2011 - On the Water's Edge at Animatou 2011!

On the Water's Edge has been selected in the international competition programme at Animatou International Animation Film Festival 2011!
Beautiful news! Thank you for selecting the film and hopefully see you in October in Geneve.

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n_09/07/2011 - Sony TX TV Advert - New commercial work

I worked on the animated bits of a Sony TV commercial for its latest handy-cam at HMX Media. The work involved rotoscoping but there was also a bit of animation I got lucky to do!

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n_24/06/2011 - On the Water's Edge has won the Special Prize of the Jury at Arcipelago 2011!

On the Water's Edge has been awarded the Special Prize of the Jury at the 19th Arcipelago International Festival of Short Films and New Images in Rome for its 'sophisticated and engaging storytelling'.
What an amazing news! Thank you SO MUCH!!!

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n_22/06/2011 - On the Water's Edge at Animation Block Party 2011 in NY!

On the Water's Edge has been selected in the international competition programme in this years's Animation Block Party!
Woohoo! Thank you for selecting the film!

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113) Recytal

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n_25/05/2011 - 7Lives - Animated Title

I recently finished designing, animating and directing the animation for the title of 7Lives, director Paul Wilkins' first live action feature film. The 15 seconds hand drawn Photoshop animation sequence
trys to visually convey the main character's emotional journey as he deals with the loss and retrivial of his identity and priorities. I'll upload the sound version as soon after the films' release.

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n_20/05/2011 - On the Water's Edge at Torrelavega, Arcipelago, SICAF and Animayo Festivals!

On the Water's Edge has been selected in the National competition programme at Arcipelago Short Film Festival in Rome and in the international competition programmes of
the International Short Film Festival of Torrelavega in Spain SICAF in Seul and Animayo in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Thank you so much! Tara & Romana was aslo selected and was screened at Animayo. Ole'!

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n_05/05/2011 - BBC History - New Character Animation work

Just finished working on the latest episode of BBC History's A day in the life. Directed by talented Steve Smith at Beakus, the 2'30" animation - set this time in the Stone Age - is part of a series about Eric,
a primary school kid who daydreams to live in past historical periods. I had the challenge and the pleasure of character animating all characters in 10 days using Flash. Watch it on the BBC!

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n_07/04/2011 - CBBC - New Character Animation work

Check out Mia, a pre-school 1'30" CBBC's short animation for the TV channel's spring season programming. I have worked on it at London based production complany Beakus animating all the characters
designed by talented New York based director Sarah Orenstein. I think the result is pretty fun to watch, evenfor grown ups!

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n_15/03/2011 - Channel 4 - Storyboard Artist

Just finished working on a Channel 4 storyboard at London's production company Somethin' Else. Great fun and a very quick turnaround for the 75 boards of the main live-action sequenceof a new
multiplatformvideogame!

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n_08/03/2011 - On the Water's Edge at Annecy 2011!

On the Water's Edge has been selected in the Graduation films competition programme at Annecy 2011! The kids are getting way, way too flattered for one week!! ;)
Wooooooooo - hoooooooooo!! Thank you so much for the beautiful news, festivals are pure ACE and Annecy, well Annecy in the domain of animation festivals has got its own PHD in aceyness.

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n_03/03/2011 - On the Water's Edge at IndieLisboa 2011!

On the Water's Edge has been selected in the international competition programme at Lisbon International Independent Film Festival 2011!
Fan-tas-tic news! Thank you and hopefully see you in May in Portugal. The kids are extra-flattered ;)

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n_21/02/2011 - Channel 4 - New commercial work

Here's a sneak preview of the freelance animation work I was involved in for the TV programme The Science of Art, a primetime, landmark Channel 4 arts project to be broadcast in June 2011.
I worked on the animated short film The Sledge by the Moth collective which will feature in the programme's section dedicated to storytelling. I animated the characters designed by the collective in 3 scenes
including a particularly gruesome and challenging one featuring a monster-mother attacking her own son! Very exciting and unusual work in yet a new style!

The Sledge's main character Tim

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n_15/02/2011 - Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2011

I was a guest director at this year's Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival where my latest short film On the Water's Edge has been selected in the International competition programme.
Experiencing first hand the world best short film festival and its selection of works has been a lot better than my wildest expectations. What amazing works, such high quality both in terms of production values
as well as in terms of content. I am so hugely flattered my work featured amongst them. I have had the great pleasure to meet many talented directors and artists who inspired me with their ambition,
their good spirits and their brilliant films. Last but not least Clermont-Ferrand is an hidden gem of hospitality and quality of life.
Thank you to the festival and the city, great reasons to keep indulging this love for filmmaking.

Los caminos de Clermont

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n_01/02/2011 - On the Water's Edge at Stuttgart's TrickFilm Festival 2011!

In the midst of gearing up for Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival I just got the great news that On the Water's Edge
has been selected in the competition programme of TrickFilm Festival in Germany - woohoo! Thank you! The kids are extra-proud ;)

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112) Flying Doodles - Reality Check

Ageispolis

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111) Politics Inspired - Reality Check

Vassallo

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110) Flying Doodles - Reality Check

Spacesleep ( Dr. Sketchy)

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109) Telephone introspection - Reality Check

Self portrait

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n_01/01/2011 - Happy new year!

Best wishes to all for an awesome 2011! Here the plan is big and secret. More info about it towards March.
Big I tell you, BIG! ;)

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108) Character development - Reality Check

Cassandra solo perche' sei roscia (Dr. Sketchy)

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n_13/12/2010 - On the Water's Edge is in competition in the 23rd International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand!

Goodness Gracious! On the Water's Edge has been selected in the competition programme of arguably the world's leading festival devoted to short films with an average 100.000 people attending!
How amazing is that! This is quite an extraordinary news not only because it's an animated film but also because we are talking about a selection of 78 shorts picked out of 6700 films from all over the planet!
I mean five thousands three hundreds and sixtytwo films!! A huge thank you to the selection committee for considering my work and see you there!

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n_06/12/2010 - E.ON - New commercial work

Recent animation freelance work I was involved in for E.ON's Evergy-Saving campaign at London's MPC for DLKW Lowe.
I was the lead 2D animator for the people characters' turn-arounds and I have been the technical director and lead 2D animator of the animations involving the E.ON's mice. Very exciting experience!

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107) The Beaches of Cognes

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106) Matting and contrast test. Reality Check

matte1

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105) Politics inspired. Reality Check

apri la mano

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104) Politics inspired. Reality Check

occhio e grazie

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103) Politics inspired. Reality Check

satrapo disneyiano

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n_25/12/2010 - Animated Dreams

I was a guest director in Tallinn's Animated Dreams film festival last week. I had a chance to catch up with some old friends and to make some special new ones too as well as falling in love
with Estonia's hospitality. Very, very cold but highly raccommended! My warmest congratulations go to my friend Margaux who won the Award for best film handed out by Estonian Academy of Arts' animation
students for her moving and suggestive short My Mother's Coat. I feel I should list many extraordinary films that where both inspirational and entertaining but I'll mention one for all that I particularly liked:
the winner of the award for the best Story, Pritt and Olga Parn's last animated short film Divers in the Rain. Amazing stuff from a visionary filmmaker.

A screengrab from the trailer of Pritt and Olga Parn's Divers in the Rain

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n_18/11/2010 -E.ON's Digital Outdoor Screens - Energy-fit Campaign - Mice!

Had a brilliant time and met many great people whilst working as technical animation director and keyframe animator on another bunch of animations for E.ON's Energy Saving campaign. We had an extra tight
deadline but managed to deliver all the animations on time including an installation for London Underground's escalators' panels. The other screens included giant animated outdoor screens across the UK
It was produced at London's Moving Picture Company and has been directed by DLKW Lowe Limited. You can have a look at the animated mice here!

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102) Moving Illustration, it's buried deep somewhere in this website. Let me know if you find it...please!

Poor fish

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n_12/11/2010 - On the Water's Edge at Animae Caribe 2010!

On the Water's Edge has been selected for screening at this year Animae Caribe Animation and New Media's Film Festival in Trinidad and Tobag, woohoo!

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n_30/10/2010 -E.ON's Digital Outdoor Screens - Energy-fit Campaign - People!

Had a great time working as key animator on the animation for a series of giant animated outdoor screens for the latest E.ON advertisment campain produced at London's Moving Picture Company and
directed by DLKW Lowe Limited. I animated these E.ON characters turning towards camera. You can have a look here!

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n_23/10/2010 - On the Water's Edge at Kiskakas Animation Festival 2010 in Hungary!

On the Water's Edge has been selected for screening in this year's programme of Kiskakas Animation Festival! Woohoo!

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n_10/10/2010 - On the Water's Edge has been awarded the Grand Prize at the Canterbury Animation Festival 2010!

My short film On the Water's Edge was awarded the Grand Prize for the best film at Canterbuy Animation Festival 2010! Hurraay!
A big thank you to all who came to watch the films, to the Festival and the city of Canterbury.

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101) New frelance animation showreel DVD. It includes the short films I wrote and directed as well as a showcase of the best work from this journal. Here are some of the designs. Would you like one?

Show10 DVD - rainbow designs

Show10 DVD design - black and white

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n_01/10/2010 - On the Water's Edge at Canterbury Animation Festival 2010

My short film On the Water's Edge is in competition at the Canterbuy Animation Festival 2010! Woohoo!

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n_01/09/2010 - A new TdS.com

A new more dynamic and simple layout and HD video!

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100) Arsiei- lllustration

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n_01/09/2010 - Carrots Game

Worked for a few fun days at UNIT 9, London, on director Anrick Bregman's iPhone Xtreme Xrunch Kart game. I assisted the animation and animated one of 6 in-game cinematic sequences.
Here is a snapshot from Apple's iTunes Apps Store's preview of the game.

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n_02/08 - 27/08/2010 - Le Fiamme di Nule

I just spent August working as an assistant animator on the beautiful short film Le Fiamme di Nule by director Carolina Melis at Nexus Productions Ltd., London. Lots of work and lots of fun!


Concept artwork for Le Fiamme di Nule designed byAlessandro Monaco and Carolina Melis, directed by Carolina Melis

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99) Frank, Erika, Laura and George. Character Development for my next short film Reality Check (wt.)

Frank

Erika, Laura and George

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98) On the Water's Edge - DVD design

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97) Annecy Lake, from the Recycle Series, illustrations drawn on found materials at the time and in the location of their discovery.

Annecy Lake

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24/06 - 04/07/2010 - On the Water's Edge - PREMIERE

After 4 unreal months of around the clock production following the 4 months of development my last and bestest short film ever has been delivered safe and sound and it's gorgeously unsettling.
Soon you will be able to watch a clip from the short here.

On the Water's Edge will be premiering at 6pm on the night of the 24th of June at the Royal College of Art's Show private view.
The RCA Show will then be open to the public from the 25th of JUNE until the 4th of JULY 2010, the best occasion to come over, watch the film, have a look at the show and meet with me for a drink.

Look forward to seeing you soon there!

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95) Artwork from the development of my latest short film On the Water's Edge

Storyboard Artwork made up by 8 A4 boards.

Character Design from On the Water's Edge

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94) Illustration Palinuro

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n_02/01/10 - On the Water's Edge

The very best wishes for an amazing 2010 to you all!

After more than four months spent developing the story and screenplay of my latest short animated film On the Water's Edge has just entered production.
Completely hand-drawn directly in the computer it's the most challenging creative adventure I have embarked on so far
and the closing chapter of an highly rewarding experience at the Royal College of Art.

On the Water's Edge will be screened first at a private viewing to be held on the 24th of June at the RCA and will then be available for public viewing
from the 25th of June until the 4th of July 2010 as part of the Royal College of Art's Summer Show.

Please cross fingers for it and I will see you soon!

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93) Photography and cut-outs from the sketch Tara & Romana


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assembled cut-outs

cut-outs eyes and mouths

the 'Bible' or how to over-complicate your life and create your own lypsynk queue sheet!

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92) Production stills from Devastation Red Code, a short film about christmas shopping, meat and mayhem which was developed until its final animatic stage and is currently in standby.
I will soon upload a page dedicated to this project withthe animatic and all its epic hand drawn camera movements - see below for some screenshots


The main characters in the final shot of the short film

One of the special backgrounds created for camera movements. This one follows the central character into the supermarket aisles opposite the deli counter, a shot made up by a total of 10 A4 key backgrounds.

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91) Storyboard frames from John on the Oil Rig, a short film idea about a man who sleeps 6 months and spends the remaining six awake, working on offshore oil rigs.

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90) Artwork inspired by London's Circle Line Tube for London Design Festival and Platform for Art.

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n_01/01/09 - TdS.com is back

My best wishes for an amazing 2009 to you all!

The website is back in action.
Since the last upgrade you will find a brand new News section, new work from the Royal College and a new Photography Gallery with some of my best snaps from my trip in Asia.

Hope you like it. Comments more than welcome!

Ciao

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89) Traditional family- A style test, playing with vectors

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88) Jubelee Line - Installation

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87) Nokia 6110 - Storyboard for Campain's Commercial


concept rendering

final rendering of one of the boards

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86) Top Car - Illustration

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85) thnx - Postcard

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n_29/09/08 - RCA's Animation Master

Hello Everyone

The Royal College of Art's adventure has started!

Those of you who know me better will get a good picture of the situation as I say that even the highest expectations so far have been met by this amazing place!
I am already working in 6th gear within an environment that constantly promotes growth, surrounded by very interesting, super talented people who love what they do and are amazing at it.
If this wasn't enough both the College kitchen and bar are way above average and the toilets so far shine.
It must also be a case of long lasting over excitement as I am cheating you over the date of this post by writing it in late November and still I can't get my head around how nice is studying.

As I'm writing, the first juicy challenge has started unfolding. The development and production of the first year's film.
I wont go into detail, as for now I only know it will be between 1 and 3 minutes long and I'll use this project to experiment with the action genre.
It's so good to be back filmmaking.

I am still gladly taking on board freelance work but I will be able to deal with a reduced workload in order to invest most of my time in this course.
Please get in touch and I will be happy to discuss your project and my availability.

Take care

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84) Eco Coating - Concept Design for Website and company's ident


Website Design

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83) Sport Enterprise Gateway - Concept Website Design and Ident

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82) alien territories - photography

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n_07/05/08 - URL project

Dear Friends

The 7th of May I left the UK and went traveling in China and South East Asia equipped with a light camera a sound recorder and a bunch of black Pilots.

Unprocessed resource library is a research/documentary project running for 5 months.
It is all about having a great time collecting new ideas, feelings, atmospheres and sounds building a library of raw resources for new work to come.

TdS.com will be frozen until a raving come back

See you soon

Tommaso

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81) Warp deck - Illustration

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80)Showreel Design

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79) Background artwork from my short film Goodbye Antony


Camera movement backgrounds (2xA4 each) and 2 details

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78) Fori - Concept Illustration for short film Goodbye Antony

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77) DVD design for my short film Women's Enemy

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76) Buridane's Ass - Painting

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n_16/04/08 - A place at the RCA

I got accepted at the Royal College of Art!

After a challenging selection process I managed to get a place in one of the most amazing animation Master Degree in the world.
I will start the animation direction course at the end of September 2008.
Both the application and interview stages represented an invaluable opportunity to recatalogue my work and get a clearer picture about where I 'm coming from and where I'd like to go.

Drink one for me!

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75) Concept Artwork for Little Piranhas represented by Chris Horton Productions

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74) Illustrations for Gemin-i's online platform Rafi-ki

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73) Illustrations for charity MyBnk

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72) UK India Business Angel Network Logo Design for UKIndia Business Coucil

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71) Concept Logo Design for Clima2010

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70) Various CD Covers for self promoted friends musicians

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69) Various graphics and visual experiments for Supercognes project

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68) Concept drawing from Women's Enemy

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67) Test drawings from Goodbye Antony

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66) Baghera a Bologna - portrait, pencil on paper

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65) Skeleton 5 - Life Drawing, charcoal

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64) Playing with classics - cut-out test for a serie

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63) Late for work - sketches

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62) Automa - Illustration

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61) Sai cosa ti dico - Illustration

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60) Westernized illustration for the European version of Aflatoun Child Saving International's Educational Serie of 6 books (here's an example of new and old illustrations)

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59) Gordo - Illustration

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58) Orto - Illustration

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n_02/07/07 - TdS.com

Dear Friends & Visitors

tommasodesanctis.com is born!
My portfolio and showreel is now online for you to have a look at and hopefully enjoy it!
Please don't hesitate to get in touch and let me know your thoughts about your experience here.

Wishing you a very pleasant stay

Tommaso

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