

Toronto, Canada
Marco Bucci began serious study of art when he was 19. He began with drawing fundamentals for 3 years before discovering a love for painting.
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6mo
Illustrating Children's Books (and beyond!)
Looking to tailor your artwork to the children's book market? Let me show you how I do it!
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6mo
The Manuscript
We start where children's books always start: the manuscript. This is the idea that we have to flesh out with artwork. Find out what a professional manuscript consists of, and tips for working with them.
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6mo
Print Jargon
In this industry you absolutely need to know your way around how printing works - the jargon, and how to interpret it with your software. Here's how all that works!
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
6mo
Storytelling
Being able to tell a story is at the heart of this medium. But it's not just visual. You have to work with the text and make sure that what you are creating is adding to the manuscript, rather than simply being redundant.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
7mo
Posing Your Characters
A pose is the most fundamental way to tell a story with your characters, as body language can instantly communicate what your character is feeling. This is also quite a challenge to do well.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
7mo
3D Form
Drawing well means understanding the 3D of things. This is another mini-class that dives into the fundamentals of that, then applies them with real-world job assignment examples.
Marco Bucci added a new course
7mo
Getting Started With Digital Painting
Come check out my new intro to digital painting course!
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
7mo
Shape
The final facet of drawing well - SHAPE. Shape is the 'container' that takes your poses and 3D forms and delivers the information to the audience in a digestible, appealing way.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
7mo
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
7mo
Real Job Assignments 1 - Character Attitudes and Body Language
I dig up some of my old job assignments, and take you through how I draw them to satisfy clients.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
7mo
User Interface - Photoshop
I'll show you critical Photoshop tools, and tell you about the 2 requirements I have for any user interface.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
8mo
Real Job Assignments 2 - Finding The Right Attitude
More on-the-job real assignments. Tying in principles from the posing/form/shape lessons into the application of making fun art!
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
8mo
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
8mo
Real Job Assignments 3 - Character Sheet
More drawing assignments that you'll face in this industry. Multiple expressions and poses on the same character.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
8mo
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
8mo
Real Job Assignments 4 - Updating an Old Design
I once had to update an 80s character design to something more contemporary. Here are the principles I used and thoughts about shapes, character design, and posing that will help your work fit in today's media market.
Marco Bucci added a new premium lesson
8mo
Tools - Photoshop
Let's begin to discuss the tools you'll be using in digital painting, starting with those in Photoshop.