New year, new blog

I'm moving to Tumblr to celebrate new beginnings. After years of working as a graphic designer, I finally got the courage to dedicate myself more seriously to Illustration. It's time to change, to let go of the past and say Hello to new projects and challenges.
Let's do it!
I have started the year with many great and demanding projects and I'm still really busy but I will write on the new blog more often, or so I hope.
Don't forget to update your Feedly :)
Hope you enjoy the new Room For Improvement

Good night

Mamatschi draft and color study

Mummy

There was once a small boy
Who begged so treacly
Mummy, give me a little horse
A little horse would be my paradise
....

Beautiful CD

The new album More Than A Kid by Suana Duo is finally out! With beautiful Christmas songs and my brand-new handwritten logo Suana.

mice

Some drafts for the project I'm working on.

play/work, work/play

Personal logo, done just for fun (slightly obsessed with "Blanch"?)

Being curvy

A quick one done just for fun.

Snow White

Just an excuse to play with handwriting.

"Preciso de um Fernando Pessoa com 1,20 alt, ASAP!"

Done.

Illustration Friday: Sweet

Feeling sweet

Fifth Title

Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the fifth world title. Yeah! I love you Ronnie.

Congratulations to Barry Hawkins, an excellent number 2.

Window

Goodbye old office with big window glass.

Boy

Let it snow

Baby part II

I wish I had Jam...

Quick sketch made in Ai.

new frame in the studio

Ballpoint pen Bic

Beach

A few days at the beach. With a water pen, some watercolor pencils and my journal.

Diário Gráfico

More pictures from my journal.

Feiras e Mercados

Entrada do Mercado Forno do Tijolo, em Anjos, Lisboa. Desenho feito durante o workshop de Diários Gráficos sobre o tema Feiras e Mercados. Um sábado e domingo bem passados, na companhia do ilustrador Richard Câmara, deambulando pela Feira da Ladra, Museu Mude, Mercado da Ribeira, Praça da Alegria, Mercado Forno do Tijolo, e estações de Metro, sempre a desenhar!

Beast of Burton, by Mikey Burton

Illustrator Mikey Burton collects "cool looking bears" and my Lonely Bear is now part of his collection. Check it here Beast of Burton.

A lot of bears

A Lot Of Bears is a project about collecting bears made by people from all over the world, with different techniques and styles. I'm now part of it with my Lonely Bear :)

Thank you Diego!

Feeling...

Crazy Cat People Exhibition

Ilustradores nacionais e internacionais uniram-se a convite da ilustradora Lara Luís, para ajudar a instituição Gatil Bastet (Terroso), que cuida e acolhe gatos de rua, proporcionando-lhes um novo lar. Ajude você também, comprando obras únicas a um preço simbólico.
Exposição a decorrer entre os dias 7 a 27 de Janeiro de 2012 no Posto de Turismo da Póvoa de Varzim.

As a crazy cat person I'll be part of the big exhibition "Crazy Cat People", at Póvoa do Varzim. Several illustrators offered some artwork to sell and help an institution (Gatil Bastet) that takes care of abandoned cats.

I made some new drawings about... cats!

Book ready

The Morran book project is finished and looks great!

All profit will go to WSPA - World Society for the Protection of Animals - Sweden (WSPA international).

Here's the complete book and the person who made it possible. Thank you Camilla and Morran.

Princess Morran

Morran's portrait.

More at studiomorran.blogspot.com

Le Cool Lisboa

Newsletter Out 2011
Lisboa é uma Rotring 0.5 e um caderno branco pronto a ser riscado.

Wallpaper inspiration

Ready To Start

Learning new coloring techniques

Happy 2011

Find A Way To My Heart

This is for a postcard, needs a little more detail, maybe a rose or a butterfly.

José Saramago - Portrait

Update

Personal work.

Bear and Fatbird say hello

Waiting

"À Espera", o título imaginário de uma peça que não existe.

bleed

sometimes it is

Pencil/digital

às amigas

Stephan Pastis, vol.3

Flagstaff

Desert

Happy New Year

2009

Lucky Girls

Dois desenhos que foram passear até Lagos, para a Exposição do colectivo Janelas Grandes.
Até 15 de Dezembro!