The magical portal to Modena
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A magical portal leads to Modena from a fantasy world! Painted for the event "Modena Fantasy 2010", Corel Painter IX.5 in June 2010
WindKeeper
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Painted for the exposition "I love Beauty", Corel Painter IX.5 in March 2009
Sole
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Painted for the Winter Solstice to bring luck to the new year, is a solar creature. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in December 2007
Sparta!
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A "300" fanart, referenced from the movie. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in April 2008
Elyon - a formal portrait
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A formal portrait with a cartoonish look for Elyon, a character by Serena Verde. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in March 2010
Drow Inside
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A drow - dark elf - in a act of magic, painted for the "Drowinside 2009 Calendar", Corel Painter IX.5 in December 2008
Nights Creatures
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This painting focus on the different attitude of a vampire and a werewolf. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in May 2008.
A winter wish
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A winter card. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in December 2009
April is the cruellest month
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An icy queen fightin her last battle as the spring come. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in January 2010
Raguel
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A pg for "Eden: the deceit". Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in May 2009.
Ariela
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A fantasy-flavoured portrait of my friend Ariela. Model: Ariela Coco. Client: Runde Taarn edizioni. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in June 2008.
Summerbreeze
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A red-haired elf. Model: Odessa Sawyer. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in January 2007.
Kyoshi
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Commissioned by the writer Francesca Angelinelli for her oriental fantasy tales about Kyoshi the monk. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in January 2010
Lisa Verdi e il Sole di Aresil
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Commissioned by the writer M. P. Black for the cover of the third book of her fantasy trilogy. Painted with Corel Painter IX.5 in February 2009

Covers

Books I painted the cover of, click on a title to see more:

Racconti di viaggio del monaco Kyoshi
Francesca Angelinelli, 2010

Lisa Verdi e il sole di Aresil
M.P. Black, 0111 Ed

Voci dall'oscurità, C.Banner
Mondadori, 2009

Werewolf, F.Angelinelli
Linee infinite Ed., 2009

Valaeria, F.Angelinelli
Runde Taarn Ed., 2009

Nessun Peccato, M.L. Bondì
Tanit Edizioni, 2009

4th Avenue Cafe

The 4th avenue cafe is my blog (only in italian, at the moment, sorry!) where I talk freely about my paintings, ideas, works in progress and the events I attend to. Here you can see my latest works or sketches and follow the steps of whatever I'm doing. It's a very personal and informal place, but if you don't fear some random chitchat you are welcome to pay a visit! click to visit my blog »

About Francesca Resta

Francesca Resta is actually an artist who works mostly with digital painting, she fell in love with this tecnique in the autumn of 2006; before this date she worked mostly with pencils and charcoals, as she studied during her years in the artistic high school of her city. Now she is attending oils lessons from the italian painter Giovanni Franchi, to extend her skills in this classical tecnique.

Her works have been displayed in several collective exhibitions: the illustrations made for the anniversary of the first edition of "Pinocchio" are still being displayed all around the territory of Brescia, she partecipated to an exhibition about "human rights" and to the most recent "I love beauty" held during all the month of March 2009 in the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia.

You can contact Francesca directly by sending her an email to the following address: francesca@nijiart.it

Copyright Info

The images in this website are displayed for artist portfolio showcase purpose only and cannot be used or distributed in any way without the explicit permission of the author and the eventual client.

Le immagini in questo sito sono mostrate al solo scopo di portfolio e non possono essere utilizzate o distribuite in alcun modo senza l'esplicito consenso dell'autore e dell'eventuale cliente.

Recent Facts

September 2009:
My painting "Ariela" in "The big book of contemporary illustration" by Martin Dawber

January 2009:
Some of my works in the poem and art collection "Harvests of the new millenium"

October 2008:
"Pinocchio" - illustration for the 2nd chapter
The novel rewritten in the dialect spoken in Brescia, every chapter illustrated by a different brescian artist.

December 2007:
Tapirulan "Calendario Duemila8" calendar
Illustration selected to be printed at the end of the calendar for the honorable mentions

TBA:
"I love beauty" exposition catalog
A book with all the paintings of this exposition in the prestigious Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia

Niji around the web

All of my works on CarbonMade
Niji page on DeviantArt
Portfolio on Yetibrush
My avatars (free avaiable) on AllAvatars.com
Niji page on Myspace
My profile on EquilibriArte (Italian)
Niji on Live Spaces
Niji gallery on Dragon's Lair (Italian)

The magical portal to Modena

WindKeeper

Sole

Sparta!

Elyon - a formal portrait

Drow Inside

Nights Creatures

A winter wish

April is the cruellest month

Raguel

Ariela

Summerbreeze