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The best way I know to waste paper.

All sketches are hand-drawn with a traditional, old-school but evergreen tool (pencil); coloring is digital.

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These are some backgrounds I made for my short animation about the Italian Constitution. I had as reference the actual squares of Rome.

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I can finally focus on my animation project. Bully Bullfrog is the story of an evil toad that rules over his pond. But… I’m the animator, and for sure I will show no mercy! Bully for me!

Here’s the first screenshot, click to enlarge it.

I’m working with GIMP for layout, animation and coloring; Blender is my choice for compositing, keyframed animation and A/V editing.

The project is halfaway complete, and hopefully I will be able to publish it before my departure to the USA.

The main character of my next animated short is a toad. A lazy, fat bad guy.
These are different character designs I drew for this project.

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(This post is in Italian)

In occasione dell’anniversario della liberazione, rendo disponibile on-line un breve promo del cartoon a cui sto lavorando.
“La Costituzione per tutti” è l’animazione dei principi fondamentali della costituzione italiana.
Un tentativo di educare, divertendo, al rispetto verso la legge fondamentale della nostra Repubblica.

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I’ve been a Mac user for 17 years.
Since the days of my first Apple Classic, in my family there have been 12 Macs.
But, during the last two years I had a secret attraction for another OS. A free one.

So, now I switched from Mac to Linux, and my digital life changed dramatically.
My old .app’s are toys compared to the new tools on my linux box, and, damn, i feel stupid for not switching before.
If power-users and the artsy techies leave, Apple will lose its key-users.
I like to think that I’m leaving the kinky apple before it rots away.

My next big job, once in a while, will be a commission from myself.

I’m working on a series of short animated tales, and with the best luck I will be able to sell it to broadcast or satellite TVs’.
Not cartoons for children anyway! Kids can watch them, but the tales are targeted to adult, thinking audience. I will show here the first episode, when it will be ready.

MOBI is a version on my portfolio optimized for mobile devices.
Grab one of those hi-tech toys and point its browser to http://www.salvatorescandurra.com/mobi/ !

By now, you can just browse and download a selection of videos and backgrounds, but I plan to add more features later.

Link: MOBI

After a two-months work, i can finally publish my last short documentary: the animated doodle “History of Sicily in one hundred seconds”.
As the title suggests, it’s a fast-run across a pressing and hyper-compact narration.
Those who knew little or nothing about the events told, will be surprised by the great number of conflicts, wars, monarchies, dominations, martyrs and crimes that plagued the island in millenniums.
I advise to not blink your eyelids as you watch the video: you risk to loose a whole century.

Also available in high quality or on youtube in lower quality.
Original Italian version here.

The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC-BY-3.0), that allows playing, sharing and to remix, as long as I get credited as the author.
Full license is here.

Credits:
Script and Animation: Turi Scandurra (http://www.salvatorescandurra.com/)
Screenplay: Nino Arcidiacono (http://www.madeinsicilyproduction.it/)
Music: Peppe Gullotta (http://www.naxosinmusica.it/)
Thanks to Alessandro Sciglio (voice for Italian version)

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Italian version of “History of Sicily in one hundred seconds”.
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