Buon Natale

It's early, I know... I hope this blog will come back to life with the new year. Until then, Buon Natale! (Click to see a larger image.)

A bear and a new book.

Last week I received a gentle nudge from two of my favourite illustrators and twitter friends, Eric Orchard and Charles Santoso "Update your blog!" What happened in the past five months?

I'm currently working on a book for EliReaders. It will be printed and available next Spring, this is a small preview of one of the spreads. I'm very pleased with how it's turning out and I can say it was quite a challenging project for me, since all the characters are adults. No kids, no cute animals, no pretty princess... I can't wait to show you more!

At the same time I rediscovered my love for pencils. If you follow me on Twitter you know I've been struggling with this for a while and now I'm finally pleased with the result. Here you can see the final illustration with digital colour. The base of the bear is done in graphite. I plan to do more in this style in the future. Some of my past attempts are on my Dribbble.


In September I will finally set up a new website, it will have a different domain name and new work. This blog will stay right where it is. I plan to update it more often, post work in progress and hopefully play with Illustration Friday sometimes. I missed it! If you're still reading my posts, drop me a comment and let me know what you would like to see and thank you for following!

Pollicino and Bologna

I'm almost ready for the Book Fair in Bologna. I leave you with Pollicino (Little Thumb - Le Petit Poucet) and his bread crumbs!

Piccola Sirena - Little Mermaid

I've been very lazy with blog updates. I'm planning to move everything to a different platform where I will have a portfolio and a blog. I think this is keeping me from posting new work.

Shades of Gray

I'm currently working on some black and white images. This is what I can share so far! Hopefully more coming soon. Also, thanks to the super talented Lydia Nichols (visit her website here) I now have an account on Dribbble. Add me if you use it too or visit if you want to see some work-in-progress images! http://dribbble.com/GaiaBordicchia

Early Christmas

I had no Christmas cards last year and everyone seemed a little upset. This year I decided to start early. I've sent an order for printed cards today and hopefully I'll put some in my Etsy shop very soon!

Happy Halloween!