Patrícia Furtado

Illustration from a a still of “José e Pilar”, the documentary about José Saramago and Pilar del Rio, for an article about the upcoming book with the same title by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes.

A portrait of Isabell Allende and her world for the cover of LIV - the weekend culture supplement of i newspaper.

Illustration about crossing the 7 billion people mark.

Illustration of Mário Crespo’s monthly chronicle on the Portuguese edition of Penthouse Magazine

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Portraits for the profile section of Dinheiro Vivo. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, CEOs of RIM, the company that makes Blackberry phones.

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“O filho de mil homens”, the new novel by Valter Hugo Mãe, will be presented today at Livraria Ler Devagar, in Lisbon. For this event, I was invited by the publishers Editora Objectiva to paint a reproduction of the book’s cover on the bookshop’s massive door, and documented the process on a short time lapse video.

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Spoof western movie poster featuring Vítor Gaspar, Finance Minister, for the cover of Diário de Notícias supplement Dinheiro Vivo.

Series of doodle-style illustrations for the covers of LeYa’s collection of school textbooks.

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Sketching exercises coming out of the Urban Sketchers Symposium workshops.

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New website for Casa das Quintas - a rural development in the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal, owned by friends of mine, where I had the pleasure of spending a delicious few days a while ago. It’s the perfect place to get away from the world and enjoy some peace and quiet, surrounded by beautiful landscape, […]

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“Little Blue Book: A Critical and Political Analysis of Smurf Society”, an essay by french academic Antoine Buéno explores the totalitarian regime of the Smurfs and compares Papa Smurf to Joseph Stalin, sparking controversy among the comic book fans.

The Military Academy doesn’t allow relationships among students, but there are always secret love affairs.

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As a kid, I would spend all my school recesses and lunch breaks quietly reading in a corner. (No, I wasn’t very popular with the other kids…). I used to spend the Summer holidays with my grandparents and Avó Lena would take me to the local library, where I ‘d pick some old classics from the children’s section, with the help of an even older librarian. Needless to say, I loved the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, and anything else by Enid Blyton but I particularly liked the O’Sulivan Twins - As Gémeas, in portuguese.

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A seven page wide illustration on the wave of political demonstrations sweeping across Europe.

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A double portrait of Paulo Futre to illustrate an interview to i newspaper where he talks about his golden days as a football player and his new career in business.