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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