Gouache - Final Version

Hello folks, this is the final version of the previous post.
I applied ink all over it and waited for it to dry, then the white gouache was washed off.
I placed them side by side so you wouldn't have to go back and forth between posts (I find that to be rather annoying).
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Gouache

Hello folks, this is a study using a technique - washed gouache - I learned from Marcelo Brucke Caribe. It's still halfway done, I started with pencil drawing then applied white gouache. On the next step I'll apply a coat of ink all over it and finally I'll wash the gouache out. The gouache will work as a mask keeping the ink from tinting the paper. All the other areas not covered with gouache will be black.
Once I'm done with it, I'll post some pictures of the entire process.
This one is based on a photograph.
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More sketches

Hello folks, how are you doing?
These are some of the stuff I've done in the past weeks. Special thanks to Davi Calil for helping me exaggerate the big figure on the right side. Much appreciated.
Hope you all enjoy'em.
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FAMINE - Final Version

Hello folks, this is the finished version of the previous post.
Hope you guys enjoy it. I used Painter and Photoshop on this one.
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4 Horsemen - FAMINE

Hello folks, I'm trying to redesign the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse as a personal project.
I have worked on it in school, put it aside for a while and now I think it's time to go back to the drawing board and finish the story.
This is the concept of Famine. I'll finish it up on Photoshop.
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Sketching from life

Hello folks,
This one took me about 15 minutes. It was done with graphite pencil and white prismacolor pencil on toned sketchbook paper.
It's ok, there's some areas I could've worked more but it's still worth posting (I guess).
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A trip to the Museum

Hello folks!
Yesterday I took my son to the Museum, it was the first time he was surrounded by art.
While my in-laws, my wife and my son were appreciating the works of art I was sketching.
Museums are a great place to sit back, chill out and sketch.
We went to a great museum here in Sao Paulo, called 'Pinacoteca do Estado'. It was built in the turn of the 19th to the 20th Century and it officially opened its doors to public in 1911. If you guys have the chance to go, don't miss it. It's worth the visit.
This sketch was done in graphite pencil.
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More charcoal drawings...

Hello folks, how are you doing?
Here are some drawings from life I did this past Saturday. I decided to do some sketches while the students were busy drawing from the model.
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Charcoal drawing yet again

Hello folks, here's another detail of a charcoal drawing done this past weekend.
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Shark Attack

This is a 2 page spread illustration, done in charcoal and worked on Photoshop towards the end. The dark areas were saved for text.
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Another day, another drawing...

Hello folks! This is a short demo I did in class today.
Vine Charcoal and charcoal pencil on this one.
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Drawing from Life

Hello, folks!
Besides Illustration, I am also teaching a few classes. This drawing is from one of them.
I did this one as a demo for the students (kind of, actually, I just wanted to draw), they were complaining they didn't have enough time to draw, that the poses were very short, etc.
It's a 10 min. drawing done from a great model, called Cris. She is a very talented model, she has strong features and very expressive gestures. I wanted to show them that they could do plenty in a short time, they just had to stop talking and start drawing!!! Well, I hope they got the message.
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More Mythology

Hello folks, a little bit more of the old mythology theme.
These were done for the same mag, but for a different issue.
The illustrations shown here are about the gorgons, Narcissus, and Penelope and Ulysses.
Hope you guys enjoy.
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Successful Nerds

Hello folks, a magazine asked me to do a series of small illustrations about successful... well, nerds (in the lack of a better term). I suppose I could have used geeks... well, nevermind.
Anyways, all 8 illustrations were done following the same style. The chosen eight were Jobs, Gates, Fanning, Orkut, Torvalds, Berners-Lee, Brin and Page.
I chose to post this one because I like Steve Jobs. Actually, I like Apple.
Hope you guys enjoy it.
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Body Types

Hello folks, how are you all doing?
I know I haven't posted in a while but life's been busy. Busy, busy, busy...
This is a quick spot illustration about body types, done for a mag.
They asked me for three individual illustrations, I just posted them together in order to enhance their contrast.
Thanks for your patience and for stopping by.
Cheerio!

Wonders of the Ancient World...

I did a series of illustrations for a magazine about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.
It's a theme that's been worked to exhaustion by magazines so I decided to put a little spin on it.
I like to make people laugh every now and then, you know? It's healthy.
I decided to show here my top 3: The Colossus of Rhodes, the Pyramids of Egypt, and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Hope you guys enjoy' em.
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Spooky...

Hey fellas, how are you doing?
I've been pretty busy with the new baby but I was able to find some time to update the blog.
This is a small illustration about ghosts that I did for a magazine.
They asked me to replace the guy lying down for a girl. Heck, they paid for it.
As long as the money keeps rolling in I'll do as much changes as they see fit.
But I still like this version better.
Hope you guys enjoy it.
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It's a boy!!!

Hello folks, how are you doing?
Last wednesday, March 21st, my son Kevin was born weighing 7 pounds and measuring 19.7 inches.
My wife and I have been very busy since then. Life couldn't be any better, I'm having trouble to wipe that silly 'new dad' smile off my face.
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Doodles

These are some doodles I did yesterday while I my computer was being formatted.
I added the color later, after the tedious formatting process was done.
Hope you enjoy 'em.
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Spot Illustration

Hello folks, this is a small spot Illustration done for a magazine.
It's about the origin of the maps.
Hope you enjoy it.
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Curiosities

Hi folks, today's post is another Ilustration I developed for a magazine. It's supposed to illustrate their 'Curiosities' Section.
It's a full page spread. I saved some space on top for the title. I also left the background of the original file transparent because they wanted to place it over their own gradient background with the logo and everything. All Photoshop on this one.
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Long time no post...

Hello folks, I know I haven't posted anything in a while but you guys know how busy life can be sometimes (most of the times actually).
This is a two-page spread illustration done for a magazine, it's about the 10 deadliest animals.
I used Painter and Photoshop on this one.
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Colored Version

Hello folks, I worked the charcoal drawing on Photoshop. That's pretty much where I stopped in class.
Hope you guys enjoy.
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An Update!!!!!!

Hello folks, I know I haven't posted anything in a while but it's just been soooo busy...
But there you go, an update! I used charcoal on this one, it's supposed to be a sketch, not the finished thing.
I'll be doing a demo tonight in class so I pulled this one out this afternoon. I'll be finishing it up with Photoshop.
Once it's done I'll make sure to post it.
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Quick Head Study

Hello folks! Another one from my sketchbook. It's pretty small, about 3x3 inches. I drew this one from a photograph I took in class. Just trying to get the rust out of the Ol' gears.
Quick small study using black Prismacolor pencil.
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More sketches

From my sketchbook. Once again, it's all from my head. Just trying to put the old brain to work.
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OMG! An update!

Hello folks, I know I haven't updated the Blog in a while - almost a month - but it's been quite busy for me lately. Work, projects, personal stuff... It's been busy but it's a good kind of busy. On top of that my wife and I are preparing everything for the arrival of our first son. He's due in March 2007. Well you can imagine how things are over here.
I've been doodling and sketching a lot lately (I wish I had time to paint) and this update is a result of some of this brainstorming.
I drew this from my head, I'm trying to stay away from references, at least for a while. I'm forcing my lazy brain to workout a little bit. I realized I was too dependant on visual references. Besides I'm into gladiators nowadays. Maybe I'll do a quick digital painting of some gladiators within the next week. We'll see...
Anyway, I hope you dig the update. Basic stuff. Hi-tec pen and blue pencil. It's not much but it sure was fun to draw it.
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Freakin' Busy, man...

I know it's been a while since I updated the blog but it's been really really really busy over here. We moved to an apartment, we had to get it painted, furnished, plus internet connection, cable, appliances etc. I didn't have time to paint anything so I'll just update a photograph. I took this one in San Fran. Here they go: The loud and elegant Blue Angels.
Thanks for your patience.

Quickie

Hello folks, I sketched this one this evening while watching soap-opera - brazilian soap-opera, the best there is (just kidding, some of them are actually awful). I'm only posting it today because tomorrow will be a busy day. There will be a Comics Convention in Sao Paulo, nothing big like San Diego Con but worth checking out.
As for this sketch... Photoshop all the way (as usual).
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Memorial Day

Yesterday was Memorial Day in Brazil, it rained so much and the drops were so thin they reminded me of tears. Tears of joy, not sadness.
Then I found this picture I took the first week we arrived in Sao Paulo.
I think it suits the occasion.
This is an homage to all those who already made their transition.
God bless.

Okay, I did have some time...

I know I said I wouldn't post anything today because I'd be busy and all... but I did have some time. We finished everything we had to do ahead of time so I decided to do something productive instead of being a vegetable in front of the TV set. And voilà (did I spell it right, Mikael?), here it is. Today's update. Same as the other one, only Photoshop on this one.
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Tomorrow's update today (yet again)

Hi folks! I won't have time to update my blog tomorrow so here goes a quick digital painting I did this afternoon. It's from a photograph I took at the Met (it's somebody´s sculpture, I don't know, I'm really bad with names).
I was kinda rusty when I started but eventually I got the hang of it.
Hope you enjoy it.
It's all Photoshop in this one.
Thanks for looking.

Happy Halloween!

Hello folks! We found an apartment! Yay!
But we haven´t got it yet (paperwork, you know, it´s going to take a while, even here). But in the meantime I´ve been meeting some people, making some connections etc.
I haven´t had time to draw or paint in a while therefore I´m posting an old drawing.
I did it about two years ago, I just thought it would be appropriate to post it today (for obvious reasons).
Pen and ink on paper.
Hope you enjoy it.

Peek-a-Boo!

I know, I know, it´s too soon for a Halloween update but I just felt like it. And besides, God knows when we´ll be able to finish our apartment hunt. Until then daily updates will be almost impossible, folks.
I was fooling around with the apperture on this one... And (colorwise) a little bit with Photoshop later.
Thanks for stopping by, and for checking my blog regularly.

Bart Station

I took this photograph inside Pleasanton Bart Station, I like the way the light was breaking up the space. I only had to compose it and click.
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Yay! Updates again!

Hello folks, how are you all doing?
I have been quite busy this past week, we arrived in Brazil on Thursday and since then we have been looking for an apartment (as well as visiting the family, socializing with people, making some calls etc).
This update has kind of a nostalgic feeling for me. I took this photograph at the Fisherman´s Wharf in San Fran a few days before we left. I´ll miss San Francisco but what I´ll miss the most is the people I met there (artists, some instructors but especially my friends - thanks for having lunch with us, guys. Hey Al, we missed you there).
Anyway, I hope you´ll enjoy the updates from today on (only photo updates for a while, I´ll start with the drawing updates as soon as we find an apartment).
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Sonoma 2

Another photograph I took in Sonoma. Great place to visit!
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Chinatown

San Francisco's Chinatown.
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Sonoma

I took this one yesterday in Sonoma.
Hope you enjoy it.
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Enjoying SF

We have about a week left before we move to Brazil. As you can imagine we're trying to do as many touristy things as we can.
This is the view we had from our old apartment.
I'm gonna miss that place...
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Back in SF

Hello folks!
We're back in San Fran.
I took this one at the Stonestown mall last night. Hope you enjoy it.
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Santa Monica

We'll be driving back to SF tomorrow.
I took this one yesterday.
Santa Monica, early evening.
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Nice Moon

I took this one in San Fran some days ago.
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Tomorrow's Update Today

Hello everyone!
I won't be able to update my blog tomorrow (October 7th) so I decided to do it tonight.
My wife, a friend and I drove to LA today. I took this one at the Farmers Market.
This one gave me a hard time because I didn't use a tripod.
Hope you guys enjoy it.

Yay! Update!

Hello folks, I'm back after a few days off.
This photo was taken yesterday. I went to a friend's building's rooftop and was amazed with the view.
Thanks for checking my blog regularly.
Hope you guys enjoy it.
See ya.