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About me
Hi there! I’m so glad you’re here! While the usual standard contact page is a short summary of a person’s achievements, I wanted to introduce myself and share a bit about my creative journey.
I was born and raised in Brazil and moved to US a few years ago. Unlike many artists, I did not grow up drawing. Instead, I spent most of my time as a child climbing trees, playing pretend, reading colorful books, and watching TV. At the age of 9, my parents decided I needed something to occupy my time and decided to enroll me in a drawing/painting course.
I did not have a natural talent, and that was clear from the beginning. I didn’t even like the course - what child would enjoy waking up at 7:30AM on Saturdays to draw for 3 hours? However, I was incredibly stubborn and competitive. And so, on an attempt to prove myself, I stuck with drawing.
At some point when I was 12, I discovered the fashion industry. Fashion shows and fashion illustration became a slight obsession, and I quickly accumulated a small library of resources on the subject. My drawing skills slowly developed in that time. I struggled a lot with traditional media and while I enjoyed drawing fashion illustration, it always seemed like something was missing from my art.
In 2016, I got an iPad and discovered the wonders of digital illustration. While I’d love to say that my drawing skills improved then, it would still take me years of trial and error to create a piece I was proud of. In the meantime, I started creating videos on YouTube in Portuguese to share what I knew about digital illustration with fellow Brazilians and have since grown that channel to over 80k subscribers.
Three years later, I read about the “ten thousand hour rule” and decided to take it seriously for a year. While I didn’t reach my goal of 1000 hours in one year, I built a solid drawing habit and the results were clear. It turns out, practice does make perfect and that was the first time I actually experienced it!
Since then, I’ve been more focused on improving my drawing skills and creating work I’m excited about. I particularly enjoy creating illustrations that tell a story and hope to one day work on illustrating a picture book or a graphic novel. You can join my art journey through my YouTube channel or support my work through my Etsy Shop.
