Amazing work! It's great to see someone this strong in traditional skills in a time where digital illustration is the easier choice of medium.

love how you show all the references/process. very inspiring

Donato is a fantastic draftsman and the nicest guy. Met him at a convention a couple years ago. It looks like the DVD is going to rock, gotta get it. I paint digitally now, but looking at this demo makes my hands itch to get my brushes out and assemble my dusty ol' easel. Thanks for the demo!!!

Yes yes yes. I love your comments about the often overlooked little visuals like scratches and the nature of lighting on metal. Wonderful! I also love the act of painting feeling the medium through the brush and having a physical piece afterwards. Thank you for sharing!

Incredible! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome talent and how you create your beautiful work. Very insipiring.

That is simply ridiculously beautiful!

The best work ever ,what an ispiration for us , thank you we bought your DVD.

"Its an essence of what is happening" what a quote. ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!

Wow!! Absolutely amazing!!

Looking forward to the dvd. This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful,Thank you for sharing your gift!

QUE MAESTRO......osea.... no hay palabras para poder describir tal domnio.... tal calidad.... definitivamente.... TODO UN MAESTRO

he seems lovely and so talented. i might get this dvd :)

Donato.!! wonderful work.!! You are amazing.!!

Great work ... You are the best! With professionals as you everyday we learn more!

you chose an excellent figure for your illustration. her eyes are amazing and her features are symetrical. awesome picture. as though you took a live 3D subject made it into a 2D illustration then made the illustration become real again. loved it.

You are amazing artist,and painter wow blow me away thank you for your time hope to see more videos from you you have helped me learn so much watching you

Awesome absolutely stunning .. thank you for sharing this.. so inspiring

jaw dropping incredible. I have been commissioned to do an oil painting and i haven't picked up oils in years. so im youtubing paintings and techniques to kind of get myself back into gear... and i get tree after rose after landscape after blaaaaahhhhhhhhh then i come across this... which is every essence of my passion put into oils... I am absolutely blown away and SO INCREDIBLY INSPIRED that I cannot wait to pick up these oils and go to work... I cannot thank you enough.

You have inspired me to get back to my first love...oil. Maroger still lingers in my studio. Thank you and best regards.

This was beyond amazing!! Had I not looked at the title and saw oil painting (and of course watch him paint) I would have thought the image was done digitally!

Beautiful work!!! ♥

This is just amazing! Thank you for this video!

Awesome work and excellent tutorial/behind the scenes info...really stand out work!

The other thing that is truly special about this tutorial is that this is an artist that shares so much....and $60.00 is nothing for what he offers...truly most generous. I can name several DVD's that I have bought of some artists who basically just sit there and paint...and offer NOTHING in the way of helpful info...NOTHING...and they have the gall to charge money for that...this man is generous and shares alot of excellent info..and is in his everyday studio...you see it for real. Awesome!!

This is a wonderful painting as well a wonderful educational piece. Thank you so much!

Wonderful, wonderful process stuff. Talk about an effective advertisement for the full product. Process-peeking with these production values and with such a willing, sharing artist (who happens to also have sick nasty skills) is pure joy.

Just AWESOME work

So humble and super talented!! Definitely subscribed to this channel 🎺🍾🥂🙌

Beautiful work!

Just spectacular!! And what an amaZing guy...

So wonderful!

This is amazing...Such Talent..

Pretty magical.

Amazing job! Thanks to show it!

Amazing art man. Many good tips

Thats a great painting😮Hope to see more,thank you!😊

very inspiring, i look forward to purchasing the dvd soon.

Is amazing!!! really amazing!

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

Awesome work Donato !

amazing! definitely an instabuy. hope theres a lot more zhang lu coming as well. love watching that guy draw.

Learned a lot out of this video, but, I want the full version, if exists. Keep posting more please!!!

Hello, just stumbled upon your channel... 1. Your work is whoa !! 2. You are so passionate about what you're doing 3. I love your attitude ( "wish that you could go beyond me... " wow that's so humble of you) Hope to follow and see more of your Work! Cheers 😊

what an incredible person such an artist, hope know him some day

Amazing work !

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this.

Dear Donato. Greetings from Lincolnshire England I am a British professional Aviation artist and your film of you working on this beautiful painting is a true record of brilliance. I love what you are doing . I wish you great success always with your wonderful art. Yours sincerely and with great respect sir. Simon W. Atack

this guy is so amazing!

Very gifted instruction, great work. Thanks.

without words, amazing

Fabulous work.

Wow! Mr. Giancola is a real maestro!

He's my favorite artist

He's one of my current faves.

thats just exquisite!

this was sooooo helpful! thank you for uploading this :)

The DVD comes out in a couple weeks. The download version should be out by 10/28. They're the same contents, same price.

Donato my college, painting and idea is Amazing.

This is what you call a master!

This preview is mindblasting.

Great video...very inspirational!

and thankyou very much yourself ! Very inspirational !

impressive!!! I will try and get this one too

love it!

Such an inspiration.

Donato is my #1 favorite

This is awesome!! :O

Excellent art, thnx for sharing ! :)

that was amazing...

Very generous...thank YOU !

Excellent attitude.

brilliant just brillaint proves how good you can get if you practise also love the music *_*

Its amazing when step by step some pencil lines become human

I got this and it's AMAZING! Not rly my kinda style tbh but these r 5 hours of perfect quality almost "in person" proces of creating amazing art.If you expect to see "this is how you draw hands and that's how u draw legs" kind of tutorial it may not come to your expectations. If you wanna see how a real master does all the magic and if u want the magic devided into easy steps and all the mystery off and away- this is for you! A giant push of encourigement!

Great Don. 👍🏼Trè belle le modelle ❤

THANK YOU FOR SHARE YOUR SOUL HERE.

a dear friend pointed me towards your work...wonderful process and your color work is exquisite...

Excellent!

amazing work . thankyou for sharing :)

Wonderful. Thanks.

what a nice guy, super talented too

MAGNIFICO !!!!!!!!!!

Nice Work And Thank you

wow verry beautiful painting sir

I own this and watch it frequently for motivation and just because I love to watch the process. Good stuff. Highly recommend other artists, artist wannabies like me, artists looking to improve their fantasy art to a better than more than youtube level, and people who just love fantasy art get this video.

Awesome !!!!

wow the video was amazing!!!!!

donato is truly talented. I wonder if he ever does stream punk

thank you for your time!

one cannot simply dislike this video !

WOW WOW WOW! Great work and thanks for the videoing the process. I was wondering, were you working on Masonite or was it Press Board? Have you ever worked with the computer and if so how were the results in comparison? Such rich work makes for a one of a kind object that is worth cherishing. Digital art falls short on that point. But I guess that's what limited printings are for. Wonderful work.

My local art store doesn't sell sketchbooks in that color, they're all white. I don't want to constantly tone my paper, so it looks like I'll have to order them online now. Fantastic video.

This is seriously awesome. Definitely buying. Is it one or two parts?

I like how you do metal.

complimenti!

thank you for sharing your process. I want to say that the contours of the galaxy are so similar to those of the architecture on the left that I think some potential feeling of depth is lost

was this entire piece filmed in 1 sitting? incredible work!

Questo pittore è molto bravo!

Wonderful