Panda Girl

This is what happen when i start, i can't stop.
Christina, my red hair crazy rock friend, has been asking for a Panda girl, and after the golden boy my hands couldn't rest, so i thought what the hell...
here it goes Christina your Panda Girl!!

Peace out there!!

Bic pen action again :)

So... yesterday i was at my friends house and they need a big poster for their wall, so i decided to make a owl for them. The thing is i get carried away and made a stag to, an decided that i want to fill my wall with little hand draws. So the owl is going to be big size at Jannie's place and original at mines, by the owls side it will be the stag, and i am planing on having some skulls,  a crow, a tree, a mad hatter maybe a fox. But if you guys have some ideas let me know.

 Peace!!

Sketching with a cintiq!

So finally i got a Wacom cintiq 22hd, i have been dreaming about it for six years but now the dream is real. I arrived last friday but i wasn't home, so i had to wait until today to go and get it at the mail office. Believe mr it was a long way from the to my place, a huge box, almost impossible to grab, 
weight 20 kg, and like if that was not enough during the weekend we had a snowstorm, so all the streets are filled with snow making it really difficult to walk around with a cintiq on your arms, but i made it. I used a lot of time to instal it and customize it to the way i think it should work, but this is an all other world and i have to get use to it. But of course i hat to try it and so here is a quick colour version of the sketch i made like a month ago, the skull and the bird.
 Hope you guys are doing well out there!

Sketching KarpeDiem

1st December, the snow falls slowly outside, the first snow of this winter, marking the start of another  christmas,what a fantastic day!
 In Portugal is Restoration of Independence's day, so another reason to make this day a special day.
But there is something else... something that makes this 1st of December different from all the others 1st of Decembers that we have know and that we will come to know. 

Today KarpeDiem is coming out with their new album  "Suspenso no Ar". KarpeDiem is a Portuguese rock band, one of the few rock bands that keep, i will not say the old Rock, but the real Rock alive. Rock melodies and poetic texts, that leave us speakers of the "Camões language" suspended in the air. I had the privilege to be a little part of this adventure, when i was asked by them  to illustrate something for the new CD. 
 I made 4 different sketches, and i know they decided to use the "birds", but i don't know how and where, i am waiting anxious for the exemplar they sended to me. 
 But the how and where they used my art is not the point, the point is that i would love to be there today, for their "premiere" concert, and i cant. But from here, from the cold north i send you guys a really warm hug, and the wishes of a fantastic night.
 Please Keep on Rocking! 

Sketching a Story... or History??

Once upon a time, a city.
A city with high buildings painted in many different colours, a city with a tree that was as high as the skyscrapers. In that city there were no cars, everyone arrived or left by air balloon, the sky was always blue, even when it snowed or rained, and the night never came. 
 On the top of the tree lived a whole village of small people, they never came down, they toke care of the tree,  the tree gave the Skyscraper People air, and the Skyscraper People gave the little people food. This was a city in harmonie.
 One day a strange fat man arrived by balloon. He had a high hat, a big moustache and with him e brought two really big leather cases. He called upon the people of the city and told them a sweet story about the capitalist world where he came from, a world where everyone was rich and living the dream, and that he wanted to bring this world to them. Then he told them to open the two leather cases, and inside them was paper - many little pieces of paper that the fat man called money. "With enough of this you can get whatever you want!" he said. But the Skyscraper people and the Little people didn't understand and told him that they were not interested, but that he was welcome to stay as long as he wished, that he could eat their food and refresh himself under the big tree, and then they left. And so did the fat man.

Not many days had passed, when the little people saw in the sky something that was not an air balloon. Hundreds of machines came by air and ground, making the city tremble. On the top of one of those machines was the fat man. He said that he knew about the weapons hidden under the big tree, and that he would not allow terrorism in the world. So he took the Skyscraper People that opposed his as his slaves and with his machines he felled the big tree and killed the little people. Then right away he started digging. Deep he went but no weapons were found. He kept digging for days and then something happened, a jitter of black thick liquid flew into the sky. The fat man and the capitalists all started laughing and for the first time night fell over the city.

Support Breasts!

Today, the 19th October is the international breast cancer day. People all around the world are supporting the fight against this terrible sickness, and so am I. Unfortunately i know some people that suffered from this disease, some survived some didn't, my thoughts go to all of them. If you can please help against the fight against breast cancer, well not just breast cancer, the fight against cancer is really important. There were an estimated 12.7 million cancer cases worldwide in 2008, the number is expected to rise to 21 million by 2030, we can not let this happen, so go and find out how you can help, and do it!! 


"Support breasts, because in a way or

another we all love them."

Love Birds!!

Dear friends this is going to be a really short post.
 I just want to tell you that i still active and sketching, but lately i have been a little bit busy with school and social life :) But i have started a project that i called "Love Animals", i don't know how i am going to use them or if i even gonna use them, maybe is going to be a kids shirt collection or a Valentines postcard series, maybe nothing at all. But the 2 first are done so i wanted to show them to you, so here they are "The Love Birds".

Peace!

Sketching Passos Coelho!!

This is for my fellow Portuguese, i am not going to be writing a all story about corruption and bad politicians, i just want to say to all Portugal that it is time to do something.
 Is time to make a exorcism, change is needed, do not only talk about it, do not simply share all kind of messages and pictures on Facebook, it is time to do something for real, we need a revolution and please don't make it with "Cravos" we need a real one this time. The Devil is not a imaginary figure from some religious book, the Devil is right on top of the chain, using and abusing you, but he is not stronger than us, we gave him his strength and we can take it back if we unite.

Fight Portugal!
Fight for a better Future!
And not the less fight for a better Past!!

More Art!

I know the world needs a lot of things.
More Love, less War. 
More Green, less Pollution.
More Humanity, less Capitalism.
More Respect, less Arrogance.
More Forests, less Cities.
More Bikes, less Cars.
More Farms, less Industry.
More Confidence, less Religion.
More Zombie Movies, less Soap Operas.
More Real People, less Reality Shows.
More Music, less Politicians.
And so on... But the world also needs MORE ART!

Peace!  

The Dark Knight Rises!

2012 has been a really kind year for movie lovers!
I have some in my list like: The woman in Black, Chronicle, The Hunger Games, The Avengers, Wrath of The Titans, Prometheus, Snow White and The Huntsman (extremely positive surprise) and finally The Amazing Spiderman. Stil to come for vampire lovers the last of The Twilight Saga, and the 2 most expected of all, The Dark night Rises and The Hobbit. 
 But right now everything turns around the last movie of Nolan's trilogy. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are im my opinion the best Batman movies ever made, and i know that many of you would like to discuss that with me, but lets just agree on not agree :D The Dark Knight specially blowed my brains away, and it is one of the few movies that i saw 2 times on theaters, Bale, Freeman, Oldman, Caine and of course Ledger in my opinion (and i say it with all respect to Jack Nicholson), the best joker ever. 
 So i have been waiting for the enclosing for a long time, and now finally next weekend is The Dark Knight Rises premiere, i am excited, happy and at the same time nervous for a desillusion... it is not the first time that i hype a movie so much, and get my expectations so high that it ends with a big disillusion. But i really doubt it this time, this is going to be big and i can't hardly wait!! 
 Here is a little 2Batman FanArt" from MendesSketchbook, hope you guys like it!! 


Peace!

You and Your Tattoos!

You are looking at me and my Tattoos, and a lot of things are going through your brain. "Dangerous, Psycho, Criminal, Bad, Ugly, Should be locked away..." Relax mate it's just ink!
 Seriously i am getting pretty tired of your "Pointing Finger", why dont you take a look instead to the skinny anoretic bitch, on Prozac since she was 16, cause that's the only way she can keep herself together, she is fucked up in the head!! Or take a look at the guys that you so respectfully call "Sir" and make little bows to. The ones in black suits making millions on children work, animal abuse and modern slavery, they are the real Criminals. Take a look at the man and women that you choose to sit on the power, look at them preaching for peace but calling for war, making enemies so that they have someone to sell their weapons to, they are really Dangerous. Look at the rich lady beside you wearing real fur, in a century where we are able to produce clothing as warm and good looking with no need to kill any animal, she is so Ugly! Look at you, scared and alarmed because the media washed your brain to make you react like that if you see someone that does not fit in their little box, you should be Locked Away!
 You see, i dont believe this shit about "Being born this way", no way... people change, and that is a lot of things that make people change  for the good and the bad, but Ink ain't one of them!


Ps: Chicks with Tattoos are Hot!!

Red Pill? Blue Pill?

Hello!
My name is Morpheus... do not follow the white rabbit, he has rabies :)
But i am here to tell you about this 2 pills i got for you.
Take the blue pill and: 


Welcome to the perfect world.
In this world, there is only good people, everyone haves hundreds of friends, in this world we all love each other! Welcome to the world where everyone is ready to change, the world where everyone is green and thinks about the environment, here everyone helps people in need, and is against classes diference. Welcome to the world, where everyone haves a farm, love animals, fight against cancer and all other kind of deceases, everyone is a designer, a comedian, a artist, a critic, and most important of all everyone knows better than any politician, here are the answers to all the problems, there is no pollution, no suffering, no hunger, welcome to Facebookland!


Now, take the red pill and:


Welcome to the world full of reality!
The world where no one is entirely good, friends are not more than a hand full and that is if you are lucky, here love is more and more an illusion, and everyone would like to change but is to complicated, so we keep on with our miserable life. We think about the environment but that is kind of it, cause we love to much  our confort and luxury to give it up, we would like to save trees and animals, but we need our computers, our iPhones, our paper bags, we need to eat more than necessary, you see and because of all this we have no time to help the ones in need. Now we all would like to stop cancer and all other deceases, but in this world to share a picture or a status is not necessary, and so we still have a lot of people dying of it, Artists, Designers and Comedians are talented people that have been working for long time to earn their titles, so we dont have that many, we suffer, there is pollution and people die of hunger all around the world. Politicians suck like in any world, but still they are necessary and many of them more intelligent than any of us. This is our world, but is the real world.


Now you decide.


-Hello Morpheus.
Fuck off, red pill sucks!  

Metallica!

We are almost there! 
 The day after tomorrow, it is going to happen. We are going to step in a time machine and travel back in time, or at least some of us are. Me and my good friends, Ronni, Jesper and Eduardo are going to Metallica concert, so it is time to take that to small old black grayish t-shirt out of the closet, and play a 20 years old metal fan again.  Jeez we are getting old!! But Metallica guys are getting even older, i just saw a picture of Lars in Rock in Rio and i swear he looks like Phil Collins :D The only thing  that does not get old is their music, it still's good as it was back in the days, i am sure i am going to see Metallica fans much older than me, and other much younger, that is the beauty of music, or real music at least, never gets old, never dies. 
 I wonder if in 20 years from now people will still listen to Bieber?... ok back to the topic and the real music, i just wanted to share this anxiety and happiness with you guys. I know that are many out there that do not like metal, i know that are many as well that like metal and think that Metallica is not real metal anymore, well i am going to tell you again, stop labeling everything. When i was a kid i thought that only heavy metal was music, today i listen as much to hip hop, rock, pop, dub, electronic ... and the list goes on and on... there is nothing like the "only music", that is only good and bad music (and Bieber music :/ ), thats it!
 And wether you want it or not Metallica is good music.


I hope you all are doing well, i am going to party hard and head-bang so much that probably 2 day after the concert i still will not be able to move my neck, see you around!

 And by the way, this illustration was totally inspired in a amazing artist Denis Zilber, i hope one day i got to be as good as he is!! 

Peace!!

Sketching Jason!

It is not Friday, not even the 13th, but Jason is coming home anyways!
 Ana a friend of mine, suggested to me that i made a "Jason illustration", maybe something like: "The man behind the mask" I found the idea really interesting and started to work on it right away, the problem was that i could not see the man behind the mask.
 I don't think that it is a man behind the mask. Jason is the mask. Or the mask is Jason? I think that sometimes the mask is the real you. But then is that a mask? 
OMG i better stop with this cheap philosophy and show you the sketch i made.


Jason is coming home, on a Sunday :D


Peace!

Denmark or Cantmark??

Some days ago i read in a Danish newspaper  that they are looking for a date to stop the act of smoking in Denmark, as they already did in other countries like Finland if i remember right. They simply want to make it a crime, so get ready smokers you are going to get to be on the top of "Most Wanted" just after Hells Angels! 
 How can this be possible?? I am a non smoker, but i was a smoker for not long time ago, i stopped cause i choose to, not because someone told me to. The smoke policy implanted for some year ago, i can understand, and never was against it, but go as far a make it illegal?? When i moved to Denmark i remember i saw this land as a land of freedom. Denmark was known where people had rights, the land where people choose what to be, how to be it, and when! I know that rules are necessary, and is not that that we are discussing here, the thing is that in the past few years more and more laws appear to tell me what to do, what to eat, what to drink, etc... What is coming next??
 We cant be fat anymore, we cant be thin either, are they soon going to decide how tall we can be too? The color of my eyes and hair? Wait a moment, i have seen this somewhere, Oh! i know where, it was not this kind of idea, that that little psycho that they called Adolf, had in mind like not that long ago? No? Sorry, i might be getting confused here!
 Well i hope i die before the day that we all look the same, walk the same way, and have to ask permission to go and have a shit!




Peace!

Kaizers Orchestra!

While i seat here and listen to Kaizers Orchestra "Kontrol på Kontinentet", the lines start to form around these Balkan music beats, and the stories behind the texts...   Norwegian words and special melodies, nad in the end this what we got!!

 Hope you had a good weekend, the sketches are back!

Peace!

 

Sketching He-Man

I was watching some kid channel, and some new cartoons, and nostalgia came over me. I do not want to sound like a old man, saying that everything in the old days was better, i promised that i wouldn't when i was a kid and  i am not going to go that way. 
 So the cartoons today are different than the ones when i was a kid, but not necessarily better or worst,(How did that came out?) but anyways i miss some of the old cartoon characters and series, one of them was "He-Man and The Masters of the Universe", who remembers that??
 He-Man was a barbarian (with a really strange hair cut ) that had a coward green tiger as a pet, and a sword that gave him incredible powers when he said "For the powers of grayskull"or something like that, and it would transform his coward tiger in a wild battle cat. Together they fight against their life enemy "Skeletor". And so i decided i should sketch He-Man, to be honest he doesn't look the hero he used to when i was a kid, i think is the hair cut, if HeMan came back he would need a new haircut that didn't make him look like a page. 
 The ones who are old enough to remember He-Man will for sure agree to me that: "He-Man is the cartoons Chuck Norris!


Peace!

Some Sketches laying around!

Hey There!
These are some sketches i had "laying" around for a while now, the first one is the imaginary me. If i could i would have long hair, but with my 32 years, i am almost as bold as an egg, i also would have long beard like a Viking, but my girlfriend don't see it as charming as i do, i would smoke big cigars like Hell Boy, but i stopped smoking, and the goggles... well i could wear them in some Anime convention :D 




The second and third sketches are something that i made for the "Comissão de Festasde Nossa
 Senhora das Pazes" so they could make some t-
shirts for the Ficalho Festivities!
The fourth and final one is not a sketch but a
graphic job, also for "Comissão de Festas de
Nossa Senhora das Pazes", a poster to a event
that just happened last weekend, but cause it
was kind of secret i had to wait for them to 
come out with the poster before i could show it
to you, but now the Festivities are over so here it is

Peace My friends!!

Sketching scary Stuff!!

Hey there!!
Jus a sketch of some skulls, like the day after the Armageddon or something, and a illustration of a Vamp Girl. Some would call it scary stuff i personally think that the vampire is kind of sexy, and secretly i wish she would bite me!! 
 Take care out there!! 

Sketching Ghost!!

So finally Game of Thrones season 2 is out!!
 It was a long and hard time waiting for it, but it was totally worth it, the first episode was as good as i expected, to short to be honest :D, The man of the North are back and marching south, the Wolf wants revenge upon the Lion, The Nightwatch is marching north of the wall to a greater danger than the games of the south, in every corner of the seven kingdoms we have a new self-proclaimed King, and even some new and strange Gods. This episode was really a build up to a great season o Game of Thrones.


When you play the Game of Thrones you win or you die!




I could not let it pass without a little sketch, so here it is "Ghost" the Direwolf!