Donato Giancola

Salvation

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

Salvation is the latest work in my Empathetic Robot series, and finds us back in a urban setting...

Mouse Guard by David Petersen

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

Today we celebrate the brilliance of David Petersen and his epic creation, Mouse Guard. For those...

Small Beginnings

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020

The beginnings of all things. Nearly every single artwork I create (not including life drawing!)...

Dynamic Resources

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, August 5th, 2020

Growing up reading comics helped prime my naive artistic eye with a deep well of narrative,...

Near Future

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, July 8th, 2020

Back in January I was able to tag along with my wife on one of her business meetings for a trip to...

Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth time’s the Charm!

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, June 10th, 2020

Spring is the season when many young and new artists are graduating and hitting the freelance...

Again, Again! Again, Again!

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

I love phrases of wisdom from children’s media, like Dori’s suggestion to ‘just...

The Herald Taln – The Stormlight Archives

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, April 15th, 2020

It has been a pleasure and honor to add a painting of the Herald Taln to Brandon...

What Color Is That?

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

This past week saw the public release of new cover art I created for Naomi Novik’s...

Spectrum 27 Entries

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020

Tomorrow is the last day to submit entries for one of the most celebrated collections in science...

Make It For the Portfolio, Not the Client

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

Over the course of my career, some of the most challenging and inspiring painting commissions have...

Astronauts

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, October 30th, 2019

Over the course of my career, I have had the pleasure of creating a few paintings centered around...

And Now For Something Completely Different.

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

Many of you who have followed my career, know that there is almost no comedy or humor to be found...

Lightbox Expo

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, August 7th, 2019

This September will see the launch of a new convention centered around the art and creators within...

Moon Landing

Posted by Donato Giancola | Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

This coming July 20th marks the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, an incredible feat...

Brian Cleary on The 2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of FameCongratulations to Gregory Manchess, always inspiring and encouraging with his amazing art and words of wisdom! :)
David Palumbo on Glaze 2.0This new version claims to have less artifacts, which I'm interested to try out. The program is slow if you run it from the cpu, but if you download t…
David Palumbo on Glaze 2.0not exactly. It alters the image in a way that doesn't look very different to us, but is very confusing for training models. To say it adds static imp…
Robert Cosgrove on The 2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of FameVery pleased to learn of Greg Manchess's induction into the Hall of Fame. Still lusting for a high production retrospective collection of his work, ho…
Joel Fletcher on The 2024 Society of Illustrators Hall of FameCongratulations to Gregory Manchess, a well deserved honor! The Society of Illustrators only just now inducted Gustave Doré, one of the greatest illus…

Author: Donato Giancola

Salvation

Mouse Guard by David Petersen

Small Beginnings

Dynamic Resources

Near Future

Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth time’s the Charm!

Again, Again! Again, Again!

The Herald Taln – The Stormlight Archives

What Color Is That?

Spectrum 27 Entries

Make It For the Portfolio, Not the Client

Astronauts

And Now For Something Completely Different.

Lightbox Expo

Moon Landing

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Materials and Methods

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