Sketch

Bringing to "life" some sketchbook doodles with photoshop.

Wonder Team

I'm so incredibly lucky to be working with this wonderful people: Sérgio Martins (and his brother Edgar, who is not in the picture; the other guy is a friend) and Carina Morais - Poet Anderson's main artistic team.
I'm learning more in a few months than in all the years combined! Sérgio's been like an animation mentor to me, He inspires me to go beyond the limits. :)

I suspect in the next few years you're gonna hear much more about Sérgio Martins and Edgar Martins in the animation field. ;) Stay tuned!

Carina talks about the Transformers Project

I'm a volunteer at the Transformers Project (Portugal), a social project supported by the Global Changemakers, among others. This project helps teenagers in poor social conditions to make the difference in their community through what they love doing most - their talents, which at the Transformers we call "the superpowers" that can transform the world.
I didn't say it in the video, but the place where I teach is essencially a prison for teenagers, with a rehab program of which the Transformers Project is happily a part of..

Being a part of the Transformers Project is something very special to me. So, a friend of mine asked me and 3 more volunteers to record a presentation video in english saying what it is for us to be a Transformer, so she can share it with people in Italy this week.

I decided to share my video in youtube as well because I feel it's a Universal message.

I used some drawings made by me to illustrate this message as well. ;)

Enjoy!

http://www.projectotransformers.org/site/

A Tribute

This is my tribute to one of the people that most inspired me this year: Paul Whitecotton, from the documentary "People in Motion". I've seen other interviews with the guys and the way Paul talks about parkour makes me think of how it applies to everything in life... For instance, you don't have to do parkour to feel at one with everything around you.

It's easy for me to feel at one with nature in nature but I've always felt very much uncomfortable in cities, my spirit would close itself up. Paul has inspired me to see buildings and all man made things around me in a beautiful way. I learned to feel at one with everything! It's like as if my spirit is parkouring the surroundings all the time and every single corner counts. It's wonderful, it feels free and I do feel very happy in that! :)

Paul, thank you so much. *heart* You're amazing!

This tribute is a digital painting done with a reference shot from "People in Motion".
And the "LOVE" sign with Paul jumping is directly traced out of another screen shot.

Parkour Documentary: People in Motion

This is one of my favorite documentaries of all time. I even get emotional when I watch it, lol! Is this normal?? :P  Perhaps it's my passion for movement... These guys are so awesome, so part of everything around them... Makes me feel inspired! 

If you enjoy parkour, you're gonna love this too. :)

Portuguese Talents!

And my friends Sérgio Martins and Edgar Martins (twin brothers) really rocked with their animation skills and film making for Tom DeLonge's Angels & Airwaves new album "The Dream Walker". I'm so proud of them!! This is really the beginning of something great for them, because they are great and they shall be doing great stuff. :) I can't wait to watch what the twins will bring to the world in the future! *heart*

See the full article at Cartoon Brew - here you can watch the trailer (the animation short will be launched somewhere in December) and the little animation done by Sérgio Martins, just for fun, which ended up opening the doors for this great oportunity. :)
Funny how the brothers have always been big fans of Blink 182 and ended up working for the guy... how cool is that?? :)

Nothing happens by chance indeed...

A Unique Book

This is my art contribution for the only book in the world made uniquely based on trades, no money involved. True story! :D It's my friend Andresa Salgueiro who lived for 1 year, 11 days, 1 hour and 1 minute with only 1111€ and many trades! :) And guess what: she actually did it! She still does it, and her project became a social project named "Believe", for she inspired a lot of people to trade and live with less money and also attracted to her those who believed that this was possible. These people help each other with whatever they have so together they can ease any financial crisis. :) Her story is now in a book all in Blue that is not for selling of course... it's for trading! And there's only 1111 books, no more no less. I'm the proud owner of one of them and had the pleasure to contribute for it with a drawing depicting chapter 11 - Dreams - hence my drawing's theme. In the end it was not for chapter 11 nor there was a chapter named "Dreams", but the illustration is there for her final reflections on her life projects, so... it fits! ;)

Yes she has a thing for number 11, she sees it everywhere! I can relate, as many other people can, although not necessarily 11. Numbers do have meaning and there's something about them when they appear frequently as apparent coincidences. In Andresa's case, it's not that she forces the number 11 to appear or makes herself see it everywhere (unless she wants to use it in it's "honor" as she did in her project)... it actually appears when she least expect it, as if the number is implying itself on her... ahah. Her friends can witness this so many times, they cannot deny it. The most recent example is our group dinner celebrating the book launch. The bill came and guess what... it was 111.10€. We all were mesmerized at the coincidence once again. It's really fun!!! :D I'm glad I changed my mind and didn't ask for that coffee, ahahah!

Nothing happens by chance...

And dreams do come true when we really Believe!
Most important of all: when we believe in ourselves!

Angelic Care

This drawing is from last year but I thought I'd share it. It was made for someone very special...

Still here...

... oh yeah!

Been busy in the last few days, so I'm here to tell you that updates will come soon! I've been looking at my old drawings (lots of papers worth sending to the recycle, but I love keeping them) and there are some things worth sharing. I'm going to give them an improved look and post them on the blog. ^_^

This sketch I posted today is an old drawing inspired on Amy Lee, from Evanescence. I used to be a big fan.