Gabriele

After Milt Khal's Baghera it is really intimidating to come up with a new design for a black panther. But here I go. I hope you like it.

I like a lot the humor and the style of the old Italian spaghetti westerns. Developing this character I was thinking of Terence Hill in the ...

Here is a little homage to my favorite Rodolphe Guenoden's character: the exotic Chel.

Bill Peet's stories about impossible friendship between different animals always touched me. What about a story with an old lion and a ...

Some drawings from my sketchbook.

We had this board here in the studio that was left blank for I don't know how long. So, one day I did a little pig on the corner of it...

In 1999 Munich Animation was looking for a tv series idea. I pitched "Blue the Shaolin Dragon" together with other two ideas that...

These are the first drawings that I did for the character of Till from "Till Eulenspiegel". They liked the one on the right but ...

An homage to Amedeo Modigliani. To his graceful elongated women.

Andrea Simonti (a colleague of mine here in Dreamworks) told me that the design of this characters shows a strong Don Bluth influence. W...

Back in Munich I was use to visit the Glyptothek in Konigsplatz. They have a huge collection of Greek Vases. The design of some of them was ...

I helped to design the Shark in "Help I'm a Fish". The animated movie was produced by Munich Animation/A-film. I suggested tha...

This country girl was done when I was in Munich. Big hello to all the people from the old Munich Animation!

Marvin is one of the characters inspired by Frank Capra's " A Pocketful of Miracles".

This was an idea for a short movie about an old lion tamer in the ancient Rome. As you can see the lion can't wait to perform.

In 2002 I was in London working as lead animator on "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas". I sculpted this head of Sinbad that we ...

Frank Capra's movies had a big infuence on me. Here are some characters that were inspired by Frank Capra's "A Pocketful of ...