So, I did go to LA for the "Inner Myth" micro show opening at Thinkspace Gallery, and all I can say is that I had a great time. It was really nice to meet Andrew, Shawn and LC from Thinkspace, I felt home there. Thanks guys.
Also showing there were (and still are!) Allison Sommers (amazingly detailed gouache paintings with a dark storybook feelling) and Kathleen Lolley (you can smeel the forest in front of her pieces).
After a couple of days I headed to New York, spent a day walking around, having a constant deja-vu feeling. The Metropolitan was awesome, as well as the MOMA.
I went to the DC Comics offices, where I met Shelly Bond, we spent a lot of time talking about Britpop, problems I have with Oasis and how awesome is Jarvis Cocker among other things. It goes so fast, now I am back to São Paulo.
I will post the show paintings as soon as it goes down at the gallery at the end of the month, as well as some Fables covers.
I've been away for a while now and I won't spend much time trying to explain because it is simple as that: I have been ultra busy. First I moved, then I have some freelances and a lot of work for an exhibition.
About that exhibition, It's just a small collection of (around six) works which is called INNER MYTH. This will be part one, I have the intention to do many others around the theme. The show will be at Thinkspace Gallery, in LA and if everything helps (visa/flights), I will be there for the opening night (May 8th).
A couple days ago I had a nice chat recorded as a podcast with the guys at Siderbar, Dwight and Swain, they are really easy going and made me less anxious. Unfortunately that didn't help much with my amazing english skills because I was with a huge migraine derived from a few drinks I had the night before. It was a lot of fun nevertheless. You can listen to it by clicking HERE .
Fables: I am working on the sixth cover right now, things go fast! I SWEAR that I will post the covers soon with some extra shots, and those will be a lot.
Okay, so here's the second image I have finished for the show:
Enkindu & Gilgamesh
28x28 cm
Watercolor, Gouache and Gold leaf on 300gms Fabriano
Some process shots:
Answering the previous comments tomorrow or tuesday.
Hi,
first of all, I hope you had a great time/festivities during the last few weeks wherever in -cold or +hot weather.
As some of you may know, Vertigo announced recently that I will be doing the covers for their monthly comic book Fables. It is a big responsibility, the series is highly successful and it is a major title, written by Bill Willingham and beautifully penciled by Mark Buckingham. It has also a big weight on my shoulders because the previous cover artist, James Jean, someone I respect immensely, is a role model for many Illustrators, fine artists (and why not art lovers) around the globe which will lead to future comparisons and claims about my work. All that made me think twice about the gig since It is not my intention at all to be a shadow or a plan B for anything or anyone. I was finally convinced when Shelly Bond received my opinions with open arms and mind, so you can expect lots of visual explorations within the next covers while I try to cope with the pressure.
I want to put some of this work here and I will do it as soon as possible.
"Scowrers" (see below) will be shown at the big Vanguard/Art Basel held in Miami, if you're around, great chance to check a great amount of awesome art.
Have any of you seen the Swedish movie "Let the right one in"? I saw it twice almost straight away, beautiful scenery, full of mood and a really compelling, new point of view for a recurrent theme. Recommended.
I was invited by Andrew from Thinkspace Gallery to join them in the next Art Basel show that is going to take place in Miami, from the 4th until the 7th of December. I managed to complete only one piece due to the turbulent times I am going though right now (will post about it soon).
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Scowrers
Watercolor and Gouache on 300lb Fabriano
41x30cm
And here's a Sketch that I am going to paint as soon as I can:
Hi there, hope everything is alright with you. No news about prints yet, I still don't know what to do and I am searching for advices about it but it seems very complicated to print them in US, then send all of it to Brazil, sign and number to then finally start selling. I am afraid the costs would be high and that would reflect in the final price for the people interested. I will do some more research on it and will let you know when I solve this issue.
This is the final piece for the show in LA, I worked on a pretty large surface for my standards, but it was nice for a change.
Yes, another girl wearing a parka/raincoat.
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Haunted #16
Watercolor/Gouache on board
44x33cm
There you will find quite a lot of stuff, most of them are process shots, specially involving the Labirinto project. I am happy to say that everything related to that is finally done, I am just waiting for some test prints to give it all an OK and sent the stuff to the oven. I think it will be out in January.
A long time ago, in another dimension and time lapse, an entity from nowhere whispered from the top of my head if ... enough bs, I asked the genius Barnaby Ward if I could do a painting about his fantastic Sixteen Miles to Merricks after reading a preview about almost two years ago in an art forum we both are part of. It's one of my favorite comic books ever. It is out and can be found on Amazon.
I've been thinking about prints for a long time, I am still in doubt how should I start doing them, through a third party website or doing it on my own... each side has pros and cons... art printing is pretty rare and expensive here in Brazil, so I won't be able to sign and make limited editions and that takes a lot of the fun out of prints, at least in my opinion... Anyway, in a month period they will be available somewhere.
And here's another piece that will be at the November show (click on it for a larger image):
Two posts in a week, there must be something wrong with my lazy antics... Anyway, I realized recently that I've never really linked an interview I did months ago for the Australian webzine DesignFederation... the site is very well put together and showcases work from people with a very diverse background, which is really cool. Click here for the words.
One more thing about Australians, Empty Magazine #12 has a few pages with my stuff. Once I get my hands on it some pics will be posted.
The main reason for this post is that this November three drawings/paintings I've done will be at the show that Audrey Kawasaki is curating at the Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles. Those works are going to be for sale, so if any of you that emailed me about original artwork lives nearby, you can check them out along with all the amazing artwork from the other artists there. This is one of the pieces that is heading for this LA show (click on it for the complete image):
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Haunted #11
Pencil and Watercolor on 200gr Watercolor Paper
25x20 cm .
All the comments from the previous posts were answered by the way. Thanks for the support,
The artwork for the Labirinto Album is completely done, I just need to fill small design gaps and get some final info from the band to send it to the printers. It was a long journey till now but I am really proud of it... the whole thing consists of 10 illustrations, a typeface, the band logo, the complete graphic design and t-shirt designs. It was the most pleasant professional work I've done... maybe it's because I treated it as personal and I thank the band (Muriel, Erick and everybody else) to give me the freedom to do it this way. I hope everything goes well in this final stage, on my side and theirs with the mixing and whatnot. The album will be out this December, watch out for this space for news about that.
I am putting my flickr account in order and I will have a lot of process stuff for this project there, I took quite a lot of pictures and kept a lot of early material.
A small peek (click on it to enlarge):
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Chromo
Mixed Media on 250g Fabriano Watercolor Paper
25x25 cm .
The comments will be answered this week, sorry about the dealy, things are going crazy around here. Seriously.
I've been away due to an overload of issues. I will update this site as soon as possible, expect some new pieces. I promise to answer to the comments as well.
I am going to clean up the older entries for this website due to storage/bandwidth but mainly because It's good to start from zero. I am working on a layout for my "proper" website, hopefully it will be done in a couple months.
These last few weeks have been full of happenings and they are still coming. In January I went back to London to work on a pitch for Lobo after a bit more than a year that I left the city.
The travel was a mixed bag... It was good to walk on those old streets again, seeing friends and eating duck wraps, on the other hand I got sick resulting in some sleepless nights (maybe the inverse?) and had a weird nostalgic feeling for the days I lived there, even if London is though sometimes, It got things to offer and I should've taken more out of it, forgetting the fear of big mistakes... BUT, what is gone, is gone.
A work in progress, in the initial painting stages now.
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Elephantman
Pencil on 200gr watercolor paper
20x25cm
This other guy I painted about one year ago and came across him today while browsing some old folders. He still doesn't seem to have come over his mid-age crisis.
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Escorpiao
Pencil and Corel Painter IX
I hope everyone have a peaceful and happy new year. -
So, yeah, I didn't die but a lot of things (some bad, some good and some were even excellent) happened that took me away from updating this, for you people that check this site on a regular basis (and care about it) that might have been annoying, really sorry about that... to make it easier for you, the blog now has a RSS feed so you know when it's updated.
Enough excuses and some art for a change. One of the loads of projects I am currently working on is a whole album packaging, including multiple illustrations, designing typefaces/logo and planning the whole printing scheme. I am really excited about it. The band is called Labirinto, they are from here, São Paulo and play really good post-rock. The album will be called "Anátema".
When I was younger after my superheroes phase all I did were fantasy drawings. I was inspired by great movies like Dark Crystal and The Neverending Story.
Since the last couple years I have loads of ideas about tales that I would like to realize in some kind of media but I always stop during development. Writing a good, subtle and original story is a million times harder than drawing.
The following picture is a character study for a Story called the "Red River" thats is somewhere under my bed, maybe one day it'll come to light.
Anybody that tries to do something related to visual arts is often advised to take life drawing classes. It's a great exercise to evolve our perceptions using a subject that has the deepest of unconscient abstractions in our minds wich is the human body. While looking at it and trying to capture the essence of a pose, those abstractions and vices start to fade away and new doors are open.
There's a lot of talk about processes and techniques for life drawing (and other things) but none is superior to another, they are all there to be studied and acknowledged but drawing and it's mother, art, are not exact sciences, everybody is different and acts likewise, so, go on and search your way.
