Inktober #20

My favorite animal. :)
I did it yesterday while having breakfast, eheh.

Inktober #18

Joy and energy at a dance class! *heart* With my favorite dancer.

Inktober #17

Had to miss 2 inktobers this weekend... too busy. Yesterday I was sick in bed, but I still managed to make a drawing when I was feeling better at night. :) 

Inktober #14

How a big "F" can change the meaning of a whole sentence... ;)

(it's a Star Wars reference, for those who may not know)

Inktober #13

Happened to me yesterday. Always trust your gut feeling, even if your mind is telling you "be reasonable". Your intuition knows best and is your best friend.

Inktober #12

Yeah... been really tired lately. 

Inktober #11

Here's a more detailed one, to compensate for the lack of Inktober #10. ;)

It's a tribute to one of the biggest loves of my life, Michael Jackson, and, in a way, it's because of him that I couldn't make any drawing yesterday, ahah... ;)
So I finished the MJ drawing I started in his honor at his birthday in August.

I usually draw MJ by heart, and this was no exception. :)

Inktober #09

My 7 year old in Movie Director mode, today on the bus. So silly. I cried laughing. 

Inktober #08

Inktober #07

*heart*

Inktober #06

Did this yesterday and wasn't able to post it here, but now there it is. :)

Inktober #05

That feeling of wanting to hug someone so much but can't because you fear being too cheesy and awkward.

Inktober #04

A random drawing done almost-sleeping-while-listening-to-music-after-a-long-day...

Couldn't let the day end without making the drawing, though. ;)

Inktober #03

A little bit late in my timezone, but still on time!
Mom and her little man playing. :)

Inktober #02

What a girl does with her old drumsticks...

Inktober #01

So, I decided to participate for the first time on Inktober! :)
My series of drawings will be quickies, so don't expect my most beautiful works. :P They will be based on stuff that come across each day. It's gonna be fun!

The first one is about my new hobby and new found love: drums!! I started learning a few weeks ago and now got a wonderful new pair of sticks. A good pair of sticks versus a bad one does affect your performance remarkably! Had I known sooner...

Sérgio Martins Interview

My friend and colleague Sergio Martins gave an interview to AnimSchool yesterday. :)
I talked about him in a post earlier; he's an amazing animator and I'm honored to be working with him (and his twin brother) right now.
It's a great interview, especially if you're into animation 2D or 3D. Check it out here: Sergio Martins Interview

Rita Spider

Hello :)
I'm here today to present you my dance muse: Rita Spider.
She's an amazing dancer from Portugal. :) If you love hip hop, dubstep, house and stuff alike, you may have heard of her, because she's been dancing around the world for quite a while, including in Michael Jackson's "The Immortal" tour of Cirque du Soleil!

I absolutely adore her style and the way she moves, it's so inspiring to me. I admire her energy, passion and sense of rythm so much. And also many of her choices of music. Those rythms really make me wanna dance. :)
I am lucky and honored to have her as my hip hop teacher, she really makes us work and I love that! Rita has so much joy and energy when she dances that we get to feel the same. We go crazy dancing, yeah!!! :D

I used to think contemporary dance was my favorite style, but now I see clearly that it's the large range of street dance styles instead. What I love about street dance is that you can incorporate an inifite number of dance types, creating many different fusions. It's complete freedom. That's my favorite thing about it all. When you fuse hip hop with contemporary dance, for instance, the result is beautiful. :)

I'm leaving you today with a dubstep solo Rita created some years ago. It's quite fast, and you'll see how amazing she is. ;)
If you like that video, watch the next. It's not so energetic as the first, but still very much hipnotic. Part two of that show is very poetic and in the whole you'll see various styles mixed in one. :) She's a queen of fusion!

Hope you enjoy this wonderful dancer! ;)

Absense

Hey you guys!
I'm sorry for my absence, a lot has been going on, professionally wise. It's exciting and I hope to be able to give you more news sometime soon. I can tell that one of the exciting things is I'm honored to be working on a new project with the creative team of animators behind the band's Angels and Airwaves short film "Dream Walker". :D They're my friends and also my favorite animators from Portugal, so it's really awesome! *dances around happily*

In the meanwhile, I will keep postng drawings whenever I can.
Thank you for your patience and for being there, still. *heart*

Elements

Hello! Here's my latest work :)
It's been hard to keep up with uploading every week in the past two months, due to extra work and being sick in the middle of it all...
It's all more calm now, but I doubt it'll last long though, ahah... ;)