A personal project
EUGENIO PANICHI
‘SDIJUNE’ It is a fantasy project for animation, TV series and video games and talks about sorceresses who defeat the Evil Eye demons using the powers of food. The idea was born from the desire to rework the infinite amount of stories, tales, traditions and values that swarm the rural and peasant world of Southern Italy. A land full of magic, but also full of culture and fairytale landscapes. 'Sdijune' is a dialectal term that is about to 'break the fast', or to break hunger to recover energy. It is also a hymn to conviviality, as good food brings people together in the name of sharing.
SYNOPSIS Sdijune is the fantasy world in which the funny and dramatic story of Nonna Silvestrina and her granddaughter Ernestina who live together in a magical house carved into a rock takes place. Grandmother Silvestrina, one of the most powerful sorceress, holds the secrets of the magical arts that she hands down to her granddaughter and applies them in the kitchen, her great passion. The young Ernestina, only 12 years old, is cheerful and full of energy, but often insecure and clumsy. Victim of a curse from a powerful Lammid, demon of the Evil Eye, Grandmother began to lose her memory since the birth of her granddaughter, to the point of not remembering precisely all the secret recipes of the magical arts. One day grandmother Silvestrina, while preparing the homemade tagliatelle, had a momentary loss of memory to the point of not recognizing her granddaughter. The frightened Ernestina immediately ran to his rescue and cried so much that it flooded the whole floor. The flood of her many tears awakened her grandmother who managed to recover lucidity. This event was repeated six more times, in each of which Silvestrina's memory deteriorated progressively. In a further episode, the seventh, the grandmother had a sudden epiphany: she remembered the ancient secret recipe capable of canceling the effects of the curse of those who, like her, are victims of it. The ingredients of this ancient recipe are unfortunately particularly difficult to find! All this prompted the little sorceress Ernestina to embark on an adventurous journey with her grandmother and her dog ... the first important decision of her life.
A personal project
So our sorcerers, walking from one village to another, earn their living to defeat the dangerous Lammids that affect people who are victims of envy. The progress, between enthusiasm and fear, leads the protagonists to that fantastic world in which the meeting with new friends is a source of help, magical discoveries become motivation for researchEUGENIO and momentaryPANICHI losses become wealth and revelations. This is the world of Sdijune, where people are not special, but their stories that are kept and handed down.
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ERNESTINA
Ernestina is only 12 years old and she is the protagonist of the story. She born during the flood of a tragic night in which she lost her mother. She lives alone with her grandmother, her only bond, and she is learning all the recipes and secrets of the magical arts to become, like her grandmother, a respectable sorceress. She is a kind-hearted girl who likes to help people in need.
Character Design
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BUCANEV It is a rare sheep-dog puppy! He is very cheerful but also quite spiteful
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Ernestina tries to apply her grandmother's teachings and techniques, but fails miserably. The bread she has prepared with her hands is full of energy and hides a sickle-shaped blade that it is trying to extract. The sorceresses, in fact, have the ability to transfer their energy into food so as to use it as a weapon to deal with dangerous Lammids.
Character Design
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Character Design
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Throughout history, the characters grow and their skills increase and strengthen. Thanks to a last lesson from Grandma, Ernestina learns to manage her energy on everything in her body, managing to maintain a protective armor made with the broken shards of the precious ceramics of Castellum, an ancient village perched on the mountain.
Character Design
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Concept ‘Ernestina’s fight’
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EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF ERNESTINA
12 yo
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16 yo
32 yo
48 yo
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Concept ‘Routine Life of the powerful Sorceresses from Scannella’
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SILVESTRINA
Silvestrina is the co-star of the history and she is one of the most powerful sorceresses ever. She is a humble woman whose formidable memory is fogging because she was the victim of a curse inflicted on her years earlier. Despite the ailments of age, she remains very industrious and spends all day cooking and preparing delights for her granddaughter to whom she hands down all her secrets. She is a very affectionate, but sometimes confusing grandmother.
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Over the years Silvestrina becomes increasingly weak and less agile; for this reason she often rests to recover his energies. She wears a powerful amulet made of onions and a waffle-medallion that protects her from further curses. Her explosive rolling pin is unmissable, useful for rolling out the dough, but also for being used in the fighting against the Lammids.
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TAGLIATELLE Nonna Silvestrina's specialties are Tagliatelle, a typical homemade pasta! They are used as many sharp blades.
CA-MA The CA-MA is a Magic Coat, made with an ancient cloth capable of exponentially generating the type of food it contains.
Character Design
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Character Design
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EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF GRANDMA SILVESTRINA Throughout history Silvestrina grows older and smaller and smaller until she becomes a precious olive seed. So the wise Grandmother, growing from seed to mighty tree, reveals her trap to her granddaughter: << Dear granddaughter, there is no special recipe to break my curse, but this trip of ours wanted to reveal the magic of trust towards your own abilities. A useful trust for that moment in which I will be rooted in this land and I will not be able to stand by you step by stepâ&#x20AC;Ś Then you will understand that building ties with special people also means knowing their history, just like ours >>
Character Design - Silvestrinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Evolution
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Concept ‘GoodBye Grandma’
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In Sdijune rocks have a significant importance: they are formidable containers of energy. However, you need to know the secret techniques to fully exploit all the potential!
PRE-TA It is a magical house carved into the rock, solid as the bond between Ernestina and her Grandmother. It is self-powered with an ever-living fire that heats it through the channels inside the rock.
Magic Rock House Design
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BEDROOM FLOOR
KITCHEN LIVING ROOM
CELLAR FLOOR
Interior Design
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House props Design
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House props Design
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Ceramic tiles
House props Design
Drapes made with ancient fabrics
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Concept ‘Fun At Home’
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THE LAMMIDS They are mysterious and dangerous Evil Eye demons. Their internal body is made of rotten ash soaked with envy and their coating is composed of a particular vegetable weave. The greater the texture of their coating, the more envy the people hatch and weave over time. They suddenly appear, each one in a different way, and go around sowing fear and attacking people affected by Maloccchio. They can only be annihilated through the purifying food prepared by the sorceresses.
THE BORN OF A LAMMID
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TYPES OF LAMMIDS There are different types of Lammids. The larger and more complex, the greater the envy plotted.
Lammids can reach advanced stages, taking ever more humanoid forms and becoming more dangerous in the fights.
The High Lammids are a type of demon whose mouth is hidden within their complex coating. For this reason it is much more difficult to deal with them since it is necessary to find out where their mouth is located.
Character Design
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SATTAN Arid coal
He is the leader of all the Lammidi. Sowing aridity in the world and in people's hearts is his task, driven by an extreme desire for envy and revenge. He is he who launched the curse on Grandma Silvestrina.
FA-MA Evil Eye Scythe
Character Design
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THE ANNIHILATION OF A LAMMID To be defeated, the Lammids must eat the cleansing food made by the sorceresses. Once ingested the food, they explode creating a huge bonfire, around which the protagonists and all the people celebrate the victory with songs, dances and lots of good food! Once the bonfire is finished, the remaining ash is purified and becomes a precious fertilizer to be used even in the driest soils for farming.
Character Design
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THE FARCHIETTI
They are particular types of Lammids very powerful and difficult to defeat due to the presence of countless mouths. They are more than 10 meters high and are particularly robust thanks to their disguise made of reeds. They destroy everything in front of them without mercy.
Character Design
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Concept ‘Awakening of Farchietti’
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SIR MARTINO
Sir Martino is an exuberant and taciturn character. He become a faithful friend of Ernestina helping her to face the dangerous Lammids. Despite his fat belly, he is very agile and with his special rope he manages to block the Lammids in the fighting.
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Sir Martino hides his true identity by means of the magical Ma-Ma. Despite being good-natured, he loses control without his cape, turning into a huge monster that devours everything around him, even his friends. Only grandmother Silvestrina with her infinite noodles manages to placate his throat filling his deep stomach. In this way Sir Martino recovers lucidity and wears the Mask-Cape again.
MA-MA
Mask-Cape
Character Design
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Character Design
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Character Design
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Concept ‘GO Il Martino’
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Layouts and Concept
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Environment Design
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Environment and villages Studies
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WANDA She is an envious witch of the sorceresses' skills. She lives isolated in an old ruin stuck in the rock. She has made a deal with Sattan to receive black witchcraft skills and she is able to summon the Lammids. She earns a living by satisfying the requests of envious customers, in exchange for food and particular objects.
Nephew of Wanda
Character Design Sketches
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OTHER CHARACTERS
Character Design Sketches
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NU-BI The Rogue-Clouds are the beard of the enormous rock and suddenly change shape according to the mood of the giant.
HERMETE It is the name of a majestic rock mass. The legend tells about Maja, a powerful queen from faraway lands, landed on the coasts of Aprutium together with her faithful Majellane, giant amazons. They were all looking for a cure to save her wounded son Hermete in battle. Unfortunately the time was not in their favor and Hermete died between the desperate tears of her mother. The young prince solidified by transforming himself into the highest mountain of all.
Hermete, The BIG STONE Studies
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CONCEPT ‘Ernestina Mets Her Mother…’
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EUGENIO PANICHI
CHARACTER DESIGNER AND VISUAL DEVELOPMENT ARTIST
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
IDEA ACADEMY - Rome IT Visual development Master Lev.2, October 2019- June 2020 Visual development Master Lev.1, October 2018- June 2019
GCDS - Milan IT Illustrations for fashion brand, February 2019 - June 2020
DELOITTE GREENHOUSE - Milan IT Illustrations for mural painting, September 2015
STUDIO RAM - Bologna IT Animal character design for editorial projects, September 2018 - June 2020
REDBULL - Bologna IT Illustration for event and sketching ideas while meetings, February 2015
L. Da Vinci Scientific High School - Pescara IT
MOVE Srl - Milan IT
MOVE Srl - Milan IT
September 2005 - June 2010
Pictorial interventions on Mickey Mouse statues for the show ‘Micky Mouse and Italy’, September 2018 - June 2020
Illustration for spot video, November 2014
SCUOLA DEL FUMETTO DI MILANO - Milan IT Comics and Illustration, October 2012- June 2015
SKILLS LANGUAGES Italian, English ABILITIES Graphite, watercolors, acrylics, Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, ZBrush, Procreate INTERESTS Trekking, Hiking, Nature, Animals, Equitation, Cinematography, Literature, Psychology, Anthropology
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