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26.07.2010
Illustrations created for the angry chronicles of Pedro Boucherie Mendes, on Index magazine, every Saturday with “i” newspaper.
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I'm a thirty-something Lisbon designer and illustrator. But I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up...
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23.07.2010
The special one arrived and the game is already changing at Real Madrid. Mourinho knows his players are gold and wants them happy and papered like gods.
17.07.2010
A cartoony illustration for an article about when small children discover their sexuality.
12.07.2010
Spain won the World Cup and Paul, the octopus got it right again!
Created a few hours before the final match, this illustration shows my faith in Paul’s predictions, making it the focus of a piece about the global reach of the world cup fever. Had the Neatherlands won the match, Paul would have still been newsworthy and a good metaphor for the article, but accurately predicting all of Germany’s results plus the final match, made this common octopus living in a Sea Life Center in Oberhausen a star.
06.07.2010
On the Zoom section opening page of today’s i newspaper, an illustration about the heat wave we’ve been feeling these days.
16.06.2010
Uncomfortably squeezed with each other, European leaders are trying to work together to find solutions for the crisis.
15.06.2010
On the day of the Portugal - Ivory Coast match, a double page with the most important moments from the Portuguese World Cup participation, from Eusébio to Cristiano Ronaldo.
08.06.2010
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.
03.06.2010
Another Sex and the City movie, another excuse to parade a million designer dresses. Ok, not a million, Carrie uses a total of 41 different looks throughout the movie.
28.05.2010
Watching the Snow Patrol Rock in Rio concert on telly, alone in my living room while pushing through a ton of work, I’m so wishing I’d had the time and energy to have been there.
25.05.2010
Illustration for an article on “i” newspaper with advice for newly-weds, for a long lasting happy marriage.
24.05.2010
Banoffee Shots
Ever since my sister-in-law asked me to search the web and find a good recipe for Banoffee Pie - and make the said pie - that I’ve been in love with the banana-tofee sauce combination. It’s the perfect topping to a scoop of vanilla ice-cream, it’s an amazing crepe filling, it’s even great on its own, sprinkled with some cereal for crunchiness. Continue reading…
24.05.2010
A double spread double portrait of Facebook’s CEO, for an article about the dark side of the social network: the privacy concerns.
24.05.2010
Portrait of the scientist who created the first synthetic cell, for the section opening page and cover of i newspaper.
20.05.2010
As the first signs of quiet protest and social unrest start to appear in response to the tax raises and other government measures to face the financial crisis, I was asked to create this illustration for today’s i newspaper, both for the section opening page and the cover.
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