4º Encontro Nacional de Ilustração

Entre os dias 19, 20, 21 e 22 de Outubro de 2011, em São João da Madeira., irá decorrer o 4º Encontro Nacional de Ilustração. O tema desta edição é “De se lhe tirar o chapéu”.

Irei participar como Ilustrador convidado, um convite que me deixou muito contente!
Realizei três ilustrações sobre o tema acima referido, que irei publicar após o encontro.

Será a minha primeira participação no Encontro e estou bastante curioso para ver como os outros ilustradores abordaram o tema. Além de Conferências, Oficinas, Lançamento de obras, Visitas Culturais (Museu da Chapelaria, Fábrica da Viarco), Feira do livro, Exposição de ilustração com cerca 120 obras, que representam a ilustração de mais de 40 artistas de várias nacionalidades e diversas gerações de ilustradores que apresentam a sua visão sobre o tema "De se lhe tirar o chapéu" a decorrer nos Paços da Cultura, com oficinas de ilustração.

Eis a lista de Ilustradores que também vão participar no Encontro: Agostinho Santos, Ana Biscaia, Ana Brás, Ana Lúcia Pinto, Anabela Dias, André Caetano, Ângela Serra, Anne Wilsdorf (Suíça), Bruno Balegas, Carla Manso, Carla Nazareth, Catarina Correia Marques, Diana Marques, Elsa Lé, Eunice Rosado, Fedra Santos, Flávia Leitão, Francisco Cunha, Gabriela Sotto Mayor, Gastão Travado, Helena Veloso, Inês do Carmo, Irek Konior( Polónia), Isa Frantz(Brasil), João Mascarenhas, José Emídio, Marc, Maria Fernanda Antunes, Maria João Lopes, Marta Neto, Miguel Gabriel, Natalina Cóias, Patrícia Alves, Paulo Galindro, Pedro Pires, Pedro Leitão, , Raquel Santos, Richard Câmara, Rita Duque, Rute Reimão, Susana Leite, Susana Lemos, Tânia Clímaco, Tiago Albuquerque.

CONVIDADO ESPECIAL Brigitte Praplan – Instituto Suíço da Juventude e dos Médias PARTICIPAÇÃÇÕES ESPECIAIS Albertine (Suíça), Anne Wilsdorf (Suíça), Catherine Louis (Suíça), Irene Schoch (Suíça), Nicolas Zobel (Suíça), Silvia Espada, Cristina Taquelim, Silvia Alves, Maria de Lourdes Soares

O encontro encontra-se também como evento no Facebook (4º Encontro Nacional de Ilustração), o site oficial do Encontro http://www.fsjm.pt/QuartoEncontroIlustracao/ poderão encontrar o nome de todos os ilustradores convidados, o programa do evento e o tema.

Apareçam!
André Caetano

Wolverine FanArt

Hello!

I had the pleasure to participate once again in the collective blog, Fistful Of Fanart, and this time the illustrator before me, drew the Incredible Hulk! and it looked really angry!

So i had several ideas and tried several characters, until i remembered of Wolverine, which i am a fan, and have several books. These are some of my references for this piece.

Wolverine Netsuke, by George Pratt
Wolverine issues published by Devir
Mesmo Delivery by Rafael Grampá

So i started doing some sketches of Wolverine, and here are some of them:

The one in the lower left corner is a ink drawing i did almost a year ago, and i remembered seeing it, when i was organizing my sketchbooks.

After many sketches i decided on the pose and all and drew it, scanned and composed it on Photoshop.

Finally, after having the background and wolverine, i inked the pencils with a brush.

To end this long post, i leave you with some close ups on the inks!

Hope you enjoy it! Take care! André

The Killer

The Killer, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

The illustration says it all,(click to see bigger please!) but yesterday i've received Imagine FX, with a dvd.
It had Art Rage demo, which i was curioous to try!
So i started experimenting it, the tools and all, and i really liked the pencil tool and the ink pen tool.
I've used an imac 24'' with a wacom intuos4 L and its pen and my right hand :P
This is what i got from it, a sort of sad vampire i guess? I'll leave it to you to imagine what ventures he may had!

Here's a process gif!
First the blank page, then the pencils, inks and colors, like i would do traditionally.

Take care,
André

Spontaneous Drawing

Spontaneous Drawing, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Drawing made with brush pen on Moleskine Sketchbook.

Made directly on paper, no planning, just watching what as on paper and going with it. It was a nice break of the works i was doing, the drawing took something like 5 minutes ( i was not counting but it was not long).

Break from drawing with a drawing? Oh yeah! :D

Just for curiosity, here's the order i've done this drawing:
The character head, clothes, hands, skethcbook, speech balloons, table, cups and objects on it, chairs, window, and added litle touches here and there, like texture on the wall and jacket, and finally the sentences on the page, and signature and date!

In case of my caligraphy is not too clear, here's what i wrote:
The character says:
I've been drawn with a brush pen, withh no sketch.
And it was fun!

Under the window:
This view is from my studio

Next to the table:
I don't have a table like this, but it seemed cool for the character.

Hope you enjoy it! Take care, André

IF - Imperfect

IF - Imperfect, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Hello!

After a long time, i'm participating on Illustration Friday!
This week the theme was imperfect.
So after some doodling i realize that it could be read as i'mperfect, by adding the little symbol. And i also remembered of the ideal of beauty and perfection of greek civiization.

Here's a photo of my sketch!

Done with gouache and scanned!

Here are some close ups!

Hope you enjoy it!

Take care,
André!

Trabalhadores do Comércio

Trabalhadores do Comérico, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Hello!

I'm happy to share with you my latest published book, and it's a comicbook!

It's a project i made together with Pedro Pires, written by Hugo Jesus and published by Tugaland.
It belongs to a collection called Pop Rock Português, (Portuguese Pop Rock) and it comes with a music cd of each band.
The cover is made by Pedro Pires!

Here are some spreads of the inside! The watercolor like are from Pedro, the ink and digital colors are from me, and the lettering was made by Hugo.

For the portuguese readers, you can read a small review here, http://bongop-leituras-bd.blogspot.com/2011/07/bd-pop-rock-portugues-trabalhadores-do.html
Take care,
André

Creepy!

Creepy!, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

Hello Everyone!

Here's my take on Creepy, the newest theme for HungryForLines Blog
Made with pencil on paper, inked with brush, and the blood and type digitally added.

Now some process!
After some doodling on my sketchbook i did a test with a brushpen to so if i liked the idea.



After that i did the final pencils.



When i was happy with that result, i inked it with a brush. Here is a serie of closeups of the different characters.




Hope you enjoy it!

Take care,
André

Take care!
André

Versos de Respirar

Versos de Respirar, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

My book Versos de Respirar got selected for the National Reading Plan, more info here, http://www.planonacionaldeleitura.gov.pt/pnltv/english.php
In the photo it's the a spread the book, written by José António Franco, and published by Calendário de Letras.

O meu livro Versos de Respirar foi seleccionado para o Plano Nacional de Leitura!
Foi escrito por José António Franco e publicado pela Calendário de Letras
:D

Experimenting…

Experimenting…, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

A warm up drawing, plus trying out an ecolines colors pack i bought a few weeks ago.
The linework is brush and indian ink. The second image it's an inverted version of it. Which one you prefer?
Oh the joy of drawing just for the FUN of it!…

Take care,
André!

Updated website!

Updated website!, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

I have updated my portfolio website.
It has my latest work, including illustrated books, photos of my solo exhibition.
The one aspect i'm most happy with is the home page. It's easier now to get a visual idea of what i do, and the recent projects i'm doing.

Take a look at http://www.boredomsketch.com/v2/

Hope you enjoy it!
:)

Ride Me!

Ride Me!, originally uploaded by boredomsketch.

This week, for my participation on HungryForLines blog, http://hungryforlines.com/2011/05/06/ride-2/, i tried a different technique. I used monotyping prints, which consists on painting on a glass and then putting a paper on it, pressing it against, making a unique print. I did many of them, with oils and then linotype based water, but this was the best.
Hope you enjoy it.
:)

Here's a close up.