Meltin-Pot

You will find here all the thoughts behind this website.

Deacon Brodie Schiraldi ACC Haunted History Bus

Here comes another interesting figure and so fascinating that it inspired a well-known author, Robert Luois Stevenson for this famous novel “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”. It has been a bit hard for me to draw a half-face, but I made it.This kind of chatacter reminds me so much of the cleverness of a certain …

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Maggie Dickinson Schiraldi ACC Haunted History Bus

The portrait of Maggie Dickson is the second illustration I like more than the others. She is a woman that I dare say, modern. Modern due to her courage to be a free woman in a time not yet ready for it. Repudiated by her husband, after she gave birth to their second son, Maggie …

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Ghost Piper Schiraldi ACC Haunted History Bus

I want to talk about the commission that made me proud the most, the first one made for a foreign country. The Haunted History Bus hired me in the far may 2017 to create 7 illustrations in a horror-historic style to decorate their bus. This bus in fact would have had to circulate around the …

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The Witcher Fan Art Sketch Schiraldi ACC

Speaking on something else: tv series. Recently a new series was released, that caused uproar: The Witcher. Last year ended with the last season of Game of Thrones. I still remember that day when I bought the first book of the saga, in paperback, I was 17. I was in a very popular bookshop in …

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The Sleeper and the Spindle Fan Art Schiraldi ACC

Training Courses Listening to original sound tracks on the internet, suddenly some advertising started playing. It was the promotion of a format of training course in various areas. This time there was Neil Gaiman, promoting his course for creative narrative. Neil Gaiman is author to “Sandman” and the novel “Coraline”, just to mention some of …

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Elia Illustrazione Erfea Miriel Schiraldi ACC

The author of The Lord of the rings has strongly influenced my collective imaginary of the fantasy themes. Later I have made a lot of research and I found out that Professor Tolkien was inspired by norse folklore rather than English tradition. In fact in the latter, elves are pesky and spiteful sprites; nothing like …

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Klaus Fan Art Schiraldi ACC

In these freezing nights, with Christmas at this point so close, I would like to suggest you watch a very nice and entertaining cartoon: I am speaking about the new cartoon movie “Klaus”. It is a Spanish cartoon directed by Sergio Pablo, on his first debut as a director, produced by SPA Studios in collaboration …

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Tosca Tribute Art Festival Theatre Edinburgh Anna Francesca Schiraldi

Everytime I go to the theatre it’s like I am about to start a voyage. Perhaps the best kind, in my opinion: a time travel, but also through space and imagination, where everything is possible and belongs to everyone. In fact, that play is signed by an artist but speaks about universal values (love, justice, …

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Tosca Festival Theatre Tribute Art Schiraldi ACC

Tonight, after few days of silence, meanwhile Bibi and PoPoF are being set up, I want to share with you a feeling. A couple of days ago I have been at the theatre to see the Opera of Tosca by Puccini. Set in a Rome subjugated under the dictatorial shadow of Mussolini, Tosca is the …

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Character Design Popof in UK Schiraldi ACC

Well, it’s time, finally, to introduce you the soulmate of Bibi, the male side of the “Life at 30s”: Popof, 35 years old, a big fan of videogames with a hopeless passion for junky food. He will follow you through his and Bibi’s adventures: paying bills, living together, starting to live an adult-life has never …

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Colette Tribute Art Schiraldi ACC

Being an arstist has never been easy or simple. If you are a writer, a composer, a dancer, a singer from the past to the present it is very difficult to emerge or to express yourself, what you have inside of your heart. It is like sharing your own language, that belongs to you only …

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Character Design Bibi in UK Schiraldi ACC

Today I felt very creative and I was able to complete one of the characters for my newest project. Her name is Bibi, she is 30 years old and she will let you in her everyday life, that for her is full of adventures and challenges: how to live like an adult when she feels …

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Since now we only spoke about that everything on this website is work in progress.All the ingredients are ready and in our docket is boiling a new project. A project made for this blog. Soon on this platform two characters will be released: they are drawn to smile on the adventures of everyday life .These …

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