Dancing (sort of) Sketches

Some random sketches inspired on dancing (contemporary - my favourite). Done with photoshop. No references used. Just listened to music and let myself go. Not without watching a video or two about dancing just to set the mood. ;)

(I'm not a dancer... it's probably obvious in the drawings - I doubt they are official contemporary dance moves :P)

More to come soon!

Paranaue! Paranaue Parana!

I love drawing bodies in motion! Especially if they're doing martial arts or dancing... which for me is almost the same thing in therms of movement. ;)
Here are some sketches I made today isnpired on Capoeira moves. I did them while listening to the songs of the movie "Only The Strong", which they say to be the best film about Capoeira. These songs make me want to draw and do the "ginga" at the same time, ahahah!
Anyway, no references were used to sketch, except for the last two pages.

(Yeah... I know there are a lot of anatomic mistakes. ^.^;)

Pinups

These are my contribution for a pinup collection... and a personal attempt at painting realism. No photographic references were used, except for the gipsy girl's face position, which I've found a little difficult to make it credible enough by myself. ;)

More concepts...

... this time for a "Bollycao" commercial.. :)  This is how the wonderful "bread" full of yummie chocolate is made. ;)  These concepts were used to make the 3D version and the result turned out very nice!

Graffiti girls

My contribution for a comic project... The girls were sketched in photoshop. 

Character concepts

Long time no post.... I'm back with some new updates. :) I'll be around more often from now on.

These are some basic concepts I made a while ago for a game company.  

Happy Easter!

Dear Japan:

You have my thoughts and prayers.
If anyone can make it through, it's you.

Best of luck.

Love,

Carina~

The Magic of Love

Illustration for a book featuring stories by children from 3 to 9 years. It's really interesting and cute to see some of these kids' ideas. :D The story that I illustrated was about a princess and a prince in love; there was also two dragons, a fairy, a gnome, a boy and a girl. The evil wizard and sorceress didn't fit in the picture, ah ah. I'm not entirely satisfied with the result, but I certainly enjoyed myself painting this.
I hope that the little author also enjoyed the way I pictured her story. :)

Ilustração para um livro com histórias criadas por crianças dos 3 aos 9 anos. É muito giro e interessante ver algumas das ideias destes miúdos. :D A história que me calhou ilustrar é sobre uma princesa e um príncipe apaixonados; também havia dois dragões, uma fada, um gnomo, um menino e uma menina. O feiticeiro e feiticeira maus não estão incluídos, ah ah. Não estou satisfeita de todo com o resultado final, mas diverti-me imenso a pintar esta imagem.
Espero que a pequena autora goste da forma como ilustrei a sua história. :)

Some background concepts

Some concepts I developed for "The Sleeping Planet", a short musical film for children in which real actors acted with animated characters over painted backgrounds. I wasn't available to do more, so I fully painted only one background and sketched two more for the "What's Up" team (the studio working in the whole animation stuff behind the film).
The result of these within the movie was less than average though, which is a real shame...

Alguns concepts que desenvolvi para o filme "O Planeta Adormecido", uma curta metragem musical com actores reais a contracenar com personagens animadas, em cenários desenhados e pintados. Eu não estava disponível para fazer mais, por isso pintei apenas um cenário e esbocei outros dois para a equipa da What's Up, o estúdio que tratou de toda a parte da animação.
No entanto, o resultado destes cenários no filme ficou muito aquém daquilo q seria de esperar, o que é uma pena...

The Hunter - some close-ups

A picture of Drizzt and Guenhwyvar in "Exile", 2nd book from "The Dark Elf trilogy" by R. A. Salvatore. Click on it to full-view it, looks much better. ^_^

Painted in PS CS3. Lost count of time spent on it. More info about the picture at my DA page.

Happy everything!

Joined Hearts

I've finished reading most of Salvatore's books of the "Legend of Drizzt" some time ago and I've been working on a couple of illustrations. This is the result of one of them: Drizzt getting together with Catti-brie, his female best friend.

Depois de ler quase todos os livros da "Lenda de Drizzt", do Salvatore, fiquei com vontade de fazer algumas ilustrações. Tenho três planeadas e este é o resultado de uma delas: O Drizzt e a sua melhor amiga, Catti-brie, ficando juntos.

More girls

A little bit of poetry...

I like this drawing but it looks weird, somehow...

They look lost in the cold winter... but not lonely.

They've been apart for a while... ;)

I love drawing women. They're absolutely beautiful!

Adoro desenhar mulheres. São simplesmente lindas!

Random faces

... and it's basically it. :P They're all characters imagined by me, drawn randomly as my mind wandered their world. You may recognize the dark elf at the top-left corner, though... the resemblances are no coincidence. :P

Rostos aleatórios todos vindos da imaginação, desenhados aleatoriamente enquanto a minha mente vagueava nos seus mundos. No entanto até podem reconhecer o elfo negro do canto superior direito... as semelhanças não são coincidência. :P

Silver and Gold

Pencil lines of this painting I've made for Adele Sessler's Silver and Gold contest, featuring her characters Semiyar and Diana.

Desenho a lápis desta pintura que fiz para a Adele Sessler, destinada ao "concurso" Silver and Gold, representando os seus personagens Semiyar e Diana.

A remarkable shot

A drawing I made of Drizzt and Catti-brie, picturing a scene from book "Starless Night", from R.A. Salvatore. I'm completely hooked on the books right now. For years I didn't get past "The Dark Elf trilogy"... ah ah.

I based myself on the wondrous Todd Lockwood paintings of Drizzt and friends for the clothes, because Todd Lockwood is made of awesomeness!!!

Um desenho que fiz do Drizzt e da Catti-brie, ilustrando uma cena do livro "Starless Night" do autor R.A. Salvatore. Ando viciada nos livros e, depois de tantos anos, finalmente leio a série de uma ponta à outra!

Para as roupas baseei-me nas maravilhosas pinturas do Todd Lockwood sobre o Drizzt e companhia, porque este artista é uma inspiração!!

D&D Bros

So it's finally painted! If you scroll down you'll see the drawing before I painted it. This was made for a friend and it's picturing our Dungeon & Dragon characters: he's an elf hunter and I'm an elf rogue. We thought it would be funny if we were siblings in game, since we have chosen the same race. ;)

Está finalmente pintado! Mais abaixo no blog encontrarão este desenho antes de ser pintado. Ele foi criado para um amigo e representa as nossas personagens de Dungeons & Dragons. Ele é um elfo "hunter" e eu uma elfa "rogue". Decidimos ser irmãos no jogo, já q escolhemos a mesma raça para os personagens. ;)

Gracious flower

This lady was inspired by character Lizzy, from the wonderful BBC series "Pride and Prejudice". I'm a big fan! :)
I edited the image. When I returned here I didn't like what I saw, so... this version looks better to me.

Esta senhora foi inspirada na personagem Lizzy, da série "Orgulho e Preconceito" da BBC. Sou uma grande fã desta série! :)
Editei a imagem porque não gostei de ver a versão anterior ao abrir a página. Esta versão parece-me melhor.