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.
Thanks for looking.

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.
Thanks for stopping by.

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.
Thanks for looking.

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.
Thanks for stopping by.

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.
Thanks for looking.