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Time for a new TRADITIONAL ART-SHARE Let’s see yours #watercolors #gouache #oilpaintings. The more the merrier No digital this time 🍻🍻RULES🍻🍻 Like, follow and repost NSFW welcome (but tag accordingly) Tag your friends or your art idols (optional) 🚫AI not welcomed🚫 #art #artshare #traditionalart

Watercolor study from memory of an underwater scene

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 19h

And one more, study from a photo taken yesterday. Still very loose with values and hues, but I enjoyed the process here #watercolors #myart #artsky #traditionalmedia

Watercolor study of palm trees at sunset.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 26/09/2026

4/12 Odysseus at the court of King Alcinous and Queen Arete, lords of the Phaeacians. #coloscript panel for the project Odyssey Animated. #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #odyssey #myArt

Colorscript panel of the Odyssey animated, showing Odysseus at the court of the Phaeacians

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 23/09/2026

3/12 Calypso. Odysseus despairs on the island of Ogygia #coloscript panel for the project Odyssey Animated. #animationart #digitalart #odyssey #myArt

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 21/09/2026

Playing a little with #cameraprojection in Blender, learning few bits and bobs. Still very rough and unrefined, but funny. #animationart #digitalart #artsky #WIP

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 20/09/2026

TRADITIONAL ART-SHARE Let’s see some good ol’ fashioned: #watercolors #gouache #oilpaintings etc. No digital this time 🍻🍻RULES🍻🍻 Like, follow and repost NSFW welcome (but tag accordingly) Tag your friends or your art idols (optional) 🚫AI not welcomed🚫 #art #artshare #traditionalart

Watercolor painting of changing cabins by the sea

Underwater scene in watercolor with coral, sea weed and fishes

Southern italy Peschici street view at sunset, in watercolor

Travel sketches in watercolor and pen, depicting a valley view, roof detail, an old hut and a small church in Italy

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 17/09/2026

2/12 Nestor, Lord of horses. coloscript for the fun project Odyssey Animated. #animationart #digitalart #colorscript #odyssey #myArt

Rough colorscript panel representing Nestor, Odyssey's Lord of horses

A 12 panels animation colorscript that depicts some key moments from the Odyssey.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 15/09/2026

I’ve finally managed to put together a rough coloscript for the fun project Odyssey Animated. I’ll use this as a guide to develop each of the color/lighting keys in a bit more detail. 1/12 Telemachus leaves Ithaca. #animationart #digitalart #colorscript #odyssey #myArt

the first panel fo the Odyssey animated colorscript, depitcs telemachus leaving Ithaca.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 14/09/2026

Watercolor practice. I’m documenting my journey and there are tons of fails I’m too shy to post. Whilst not really happy with either pieces I see little “wins” in both that prompt me to keep having fun. #watercolors #artsky #artpath

Changing rooms by the beach in watercolor

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 09/09/2026

Timelapse of my last piece. I always like to watch artist's processes, feel free to post yours in the comments! #animationart #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #artprocess #artsky #MyArt

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 08/09/2026

Bad news for town, Sea People are here. Another styleframe from my Bronze age animated project, trying to refine the style a bit further #artsky #MyArt #animationart #digitalart #clipstudiopaint

A cartoon illustration of a bronze age looking era family running away from the pillaging of their town.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 02/09/2026

So, let’s try my first artshare:) 🍻🍻RULES🍻🍻 Like, follow and repost Feel free to share both SFW and NSFW (but tag accordingly) You can tag your friends or your art idols (optional) 🚫AI not welcomed🚫 ( so no post of that) #art #artshare #promo

Three illustrations from the Odyssey reimagined as animated series. Top to bottom: Odysseus ship sailing away from the sunset. Then passing by the Sirens, and lastly the sacrifice of blood to the dead.

Bronze age cartoon scene of a warrior looking down a valley over a ruined tower. In the far distance a green sea shimmers in the sun.

Ordinary scene of a seafaring village, setup in a fictional
Mediterranean bronze age setting

A cartoon scene of a weird giant statue/temple in a middle eastern insoired bronze age desert setting. Many tents are camping to attend what it looks like a religious festival.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 01/09/2026

Another one from my Bronze Age project. #artsky #MyArt #DigitalArt

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 28/08/2026

…last days of summer… Practice with watercolors❤️ #artsky #watercolors

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 25/08/2026

Meet Polyphemus. Another keyframe from my Odyssey animated visual development. #artsky #odyssey #DigitalArt

An illustration of the Cyclop polyphemus entering the cave and finding Odysseus and his crew. The scene is dramatic, with red tint, and the Cyclop has one killed man in his hand.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 24/08/2026

Quick and dirty style research for my Bronze Age project. Trying to keep things fresh #visualdevelopment #artsky #digitalart #oc #animationart #clipstudiopaint

Digital painting of a she-sheperd walking side to side with an ox during a hot summer day. On the background we see a stone tower. The garment of the character suggest we are in a Bronze Age setting, albeit fantastical.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 24/08/2026

Timelapse from my Odyssey visual development project (reimagining the poem in series of keyframes of an animated film to be) #timelapse #artsky #artprocess #animationart #oc #digitalart

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 24/08/2026

Visual development of the Odyssey as animated series recap. Lot of fun, more to come. #visualdevelopment #art #artofanimation #animationart #odyssey #clipstudiopaint

Vertical layout of three ages depicting an Odyssey adaptation
as animated film

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 21/08/2026

Odysseus and his crew at the sea. Another keyframe from my reintepretation of the Odyssey as animated film. #odyssey #digitalart #visualdevelopment #animationart

The image depicts a greek Bronze Age ship with owl symbols painted on the sails and a crew rowing at sunset. At bow, Odysseus look ahead. Seagulls fly nearby.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 14/08/2026

Starting to enjoy watercolors, one little sketch at a time… #watercolors #art #sketch #analogic

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 13/08/2026

Practice from today… with an unexpected visitor #watercolor #analogicart #art #sketching

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 12/08/2026

Holiday sketching. Beer✅ Sweating✅ Holiday mode on😂 #sketching #watercolor #art

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 07/08/2026

Another keyframe from my reintepretation of the Odyssey as an animated film. Odysseus and his crew sail past the island of the Sirens. #odyssey #digitalart #visualdevelopment #animationart

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 28/07/2026

After seeing the Odyssey in the cinema, I felt inspired to illustrate some scenes from the poem, as if they were still frames from an animated film. Here is the offering of the sacrifice to Tiresias in the Land of the Dead. #odyssey #digitalart #visualdevelopment #animationart #clipstudiopaint

Tiresias drink the blood sacrifice from Odysseus in the Land of the dead, surrounded by other hungry souls.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 17/06/2026

See you in Annecy from the 22nd to the 27th Can’t wait to catch up with old friends and meet some new faces. P.S. and to go for a midnight swim, who knows knows :P #Annecyfestival #animation #animationart

Illustrated poster depicting Annecy lake at night, with full moon and boats moored.illustrated in a vintage/travel poster style.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 18/05/2026

Another keyframe from my Bronze Age project. I don't know where this one sits as it’s a mix between vis dev ( and I don't know yet if I'll have dinosaurs in my world) and cheeky fanart of Primal. Definitely a weird piece. #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #artprocess #resources

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 29/04/2026

This is a little excursus from my project, a fun exploration that is. Not sure I wanna push things so much on the pulp side, or having a cross-over between scfi and fantasy. Atm I prefer a“believable”, pseudo historical look #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #clipstudiopaint

Neanderthal hunters in the foreground look at the rusted ruin of what seems to be an old spaceship, with some big deers hanging around the structure, unaware of the hunters.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 25/04/2026

Far away. Vintage vis dev ( as in old artwork🙃) from my Bronze Age project. I can’t seem to avoid including maritime pines in my art, I effin love ‘em😆 #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #clipstudiopaint

A Bronze Age warrior stops by a tree to observe a ruined tower atop a thinly stretched plateau. Far away, beyond a thick forest, we spot the sea.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 24/04/2026

Thank you so much. For this god statue I got inspired by the oxen head sculptures found in Çatalhöyük

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 24/04/2026

The Ritual. One of the very first images I did for my Bronze Age vis dev project. #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #clipstudiopaint

A group of bronze age, bare-chested priestess bring offerings to a primitive bull-god statue while in the foreground villagers observe the ritual. In the far background a placid sea and mediterranean-inspired view..

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 22/04/2026

Harbour. I keep posting old Vis dev pieces from my Bronze Age setting while working on new stuff. With this one there is an half baked/easter egg. Tip: is from a famous arcade video game.Nuff said🙃 #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #clipstudiopaint

Afternoon. Sailors unload goods from an old sail boat docked on a Eastern Mediterranean-inspired harbour. In the background we see buildings from the walled city perched on the hills.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 21/04/2026

The Sheperd. An oldie from my Bronze Age project while am busy working on new stuff:p #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #clipstudiopaint

A lonely female shepherd sits on top of a ruined stone statue , looking down at the sea surrounded by maritime pines. It’s noon and extremely hot.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 16/04/2026

Here's the timelapse of my last piece, The Festival, if anyone's into the process of artmaking. This went pretty smooth and straightforward, which is almost never the case tbh, but I like how it stayed close to the initial vision #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #artprocess #resources

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 15/04/2026

For the curious here's a selection of older works, I think 2013-2016 era 😓. Some of this stuff is very outdated but perhaps it's interesting to show the direction my art path has been taking? I'm so done with over rendering though. Line art and flat colors are my world now :P #conceptart #oldart

Thumbnails sketches of of dungeons/underground environments, drawn in pen and paper and coloured digitally.

Scifi scene done in mix technique 2d/3d, using blender and photoshop. iot shows a busy scifi city with flying ships over a waterfront

Mixed technique 2d/3d done in blender and photoshop. A mech maintenance crew is reparing a bit walker robot inside an hangar

Landscape concept 2d sketch of a eagle hunter (inspired by real life mongolian hunters) is getting back to his tent in the steppes. His eagle flying ahead. >Flower petals and fluff flying in the air

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 15/04/2026

Posting here the sketches/steps that lead to this illustration, in case anyone is interested #artprocess #sketching #resources #art

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 14/04/2026

Hi, apparently it’s #PortfolioDay so here you go: I am Marco I work as freelance art director in animation and I love my job, ancient history and fantasy( among many other things). I’m relatively new on these shores so feel free to say hi. www.macalabs.com

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 14/04/2026

The Festival. I've cleaned up and coloured the sketch from yesterday. Another storytelling keyframes of my Bronze Age inspired project. #animationart #digitalart #visualdevelopment #clipstudiopaint

A panoramic shot of central asian inspired bronze age folks, attending a religious festival in the desert. Many tents are camped around a massive carved statue of a venus figurine. In the foreground a traveller and his dog look ahead the scene.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 12/04/2026

Fate. Wanted to do an interior for my Bronze Age setting. For some reason I find it pretty relaxing to design and draw all that little props. I Tried to use references whenever so that the scene could be as beliavable as possible. #digitalart #animationart #clipstudiopaint #visualdevelopment

AN old man sitting in a bronze age hut, reading the future with foretelling stones and a board.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 11/04/2026

The architect and his little helper.Vis dev from my Bronze Age project. #animationart #visualdevelopment #digitalart #clipstudiopaint

An ancient architect checks the blueprint of the city walls construction he’s supervising. His cat doesn’t care and ask for food😆

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 10/04/2026

Another old one from my Bronze Age project. Tomb looters in action. There is a little bit of weird storytelling going on, can you spot it? :) #animationart #digitalart #clipstudiopaint

Two bronze age tomb robbers in action, entering in a strange and forgotten crypt.

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 09/04/2026

Here the timelapse for today’s post. Differently from other pieces, this was for once a relaxing experience. I think I got the idea of the setting inspired by the tavern seen early on in the Witcher 3 game:) #digitalart #animationart #tutorial #clipstudiopaint

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MaCaLabs @macalabs.com · 09/04/2026

Keeping up with posting vis dev from my Bronze Age setting ongoing work. This is an older one, named “Listen”. By the way I’m overwhelmed by the love that a lot of you showed towards my art, thank you so much❤️ I am at loss for words. #digitalart #animationart #clipstudiopaint #OC

A man and a woman in a bronze age era like tavern are sharing secrets.

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