Another illustration I did using Inkscape. I just retraced one of the acrylic tiny paintings I’ve done in the beginning of 2010.

This version is even better, don’t you think?

Prints? Yeap! Here…

I’ve heard a lot about Inkscape, an open-source vector editor, but never have tried it for real. And for some reason, Illustrator stopped working… It doesn’t open anymore! So, I thought that’s the time to try Inkscape once and for all!

The illustration above is one you should know: Do You Want Some Coffee? It was just a digital-colored sketch, and then became a tiny painting experience.

I didn’t like both artworks. But the concept of coffee coming out the finger is cool – at least for me. So, I decided to discover if a vector version of it would be a better idea.

Inkscape’s interface reminds me Corel Draw’s. Actually, it seems that the open-source guys put the best vector editor’s features on it! And, the best part: it’s SO user friendly! Fast, simple, intuitive… I LOVE IT!

About using it professionally… Well, why not?

That’s the Do You Want Some Coffee? acrylic painting… I gave up finishing this piece. I will just fix some things, and hang it in my studio’s wall.

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This is a sketch I did on a Mac app called SketchBookExpress, using my tablet. Pretty cool, eh?

I think you probably shouldn’t know, but I had a very obscure dark past. I’ve already told you in my latest post that I was a frustrated Mangaka… Now, let me introduce you my Headbanger side!

Well, I was not exactly a Headbanger. Dressing black or something like that is not for me.  I was just a teenager who enjoyed listening Metal a lot. Always had a crush on rock music, but everything I knew were some Bon Jovi and Aerosmith songs. Thanks a boy I was in love on high school, I’ve heard about Iron Maiden for the first time. He had lent me a Piece of Mind tape, and I loved that! I never ever kissed him, but my love for this band persists until now! Today I can say, proudly, that I already have seen Bruce Dickinson and guys live three times (São Paulo 2008, Recife 2009 e 2011)! Then, I met a guy who gifted me other Metal bands’ tapes. And that’s the beginning of everything.

Years later, my music taste became quite varied.  But even so, sometimes I listen to the same songs I used to do repeatedly in my Walkman (remember that?)! And the nostalgia is a wonderful feeling!

So, let’s see a list of my favorites below…

The Dragon Lies Bleeding – Hammerfall
Another Holy War – Blind Guardian
The Assassin – Iron Maiden
Where The Rain Grows – Helloween
Carry On – Angra
Violate – Iced Earth
Rage Of The Winter – Rhapsody

And, bonus…

Hammerfall and Steel Meets Steel – Hammerfall
Sole Survivor and In The Middle Of A Heartbeat – Helloween

[Edit] I can’t believe I forgot these!
Stratosphere and Speed of Light – Stratovarius

I’m wanting to return to the headbang life… Really glad if you recommend me some new stuff! What are your favorite metal songs?

4th May was my birthday… Yes, I know: it’s 24th June today; too late for speaking about that. Sorry for not posting anything that day. Actually my b-day wasn’t awesome, but I celebrated it in a good way. Anyway-ay-ay-ay… I am 28 years OLD now! Almost feeling the 30′s crisis. Oh, boy… Can you believe that? I’m 28! o_O’

So, I’d like to share something that reminds my youth. That’s a ridiculous comic I did when I was about 14. Look the title: Star Rainbow! Oh, that’s so embarrassing! I’m very ashamed for that, but, you know… I was just an innocent teenage dreamer. That was the first issue, and I had plans of sending it to a publishing house… Really.

I’ve found it in a file that I keep all the old drawings. When I read that, I had the most “LOLing” time ever! The story is SO crappy… A kind of Sailor Moon copy. And that time I was completely addicted to reading my high school english books. Everything I needed, I had an english-portuguese dictionary… All characters had non-brazilian names and surnames: Peter, Aaron, Sany, O’Hara… The funniest part is that they all live in San Diego, but not the californian city… It was a fictitious San Diego; a city that only existed in my head! A place where everyone is caucasian and has foreign names, but speak brazilian portuguese. Oh, wait! I mean: they speak brazilian portuguese with Potiguar slangs (Potiguar: from RN)! Star Rainbow is such a super heroine who fights against whatever evil, using her colorful power. Her father is a policeman, but doesn’t know anything about her hero-side… blablabla blablabla…

On second thoughts, I’m glad to be 28.

Things are changing in my life. I had some bad moments that made me feel depressive. That’s why you haven’t seen me online all the time. Thanks to my psychologist, now I can organize my stuff and only care about what’s good to me – and DO what I WANT. I am living the offline life a bit more… Watching TV, films and Animes, reading, sketching, cleaning home, walking, cooking, working and – again – trying to go to the university next year. The song above is the new anthem of my life: I Wanna Live, by Tesla!

What I want and what I need
is everything that I’m supposed to be
I have my hopes, I’ve got my dreams
I had to fight for what is right for me

And other things that I expect
I take them all and I have no regrets
Life’s too short, there’s no rain check
Just one shot at it is all you get

I wanna live before I die
Don’t want the world to pass me by
I wanna live, I wanna live before I die

You tell me this, you tell me that
They wrote the rules but that ain’t where it’s at
They only dare to tell me lies
And do I listen? I don’t even try

And life’s an act, the worlds a stage
I’m like an animal outta my cage
I’m runnin’ wild, I’m runnin’ free
Just one shot at it is all we need

I wanna live before I die
Don’t want the world to pass me by

There’s so much more I wanna try
I wanna live

I wanna live before I die
Don’t want the world to pass me by
I wanna live, I wanna live before I die

I can’t wait around, I just can’t waste my time
I don’t care if you think that I’m outta my mind

I wanna live before I die
Don’t want the world to pass me by
There’s so much more I wanna try
I wanna live

I wanna live before I die
Don’t want the world to pass me by
I wanna live, I wanna live, I wanna live

I wanna live before I die
Don’t want the world to pass me by
I wanna live, I wanna live before I die

10th June was the Etsy Craft Party! I thought a lot about what to do… Live drawing? A painting? Well, actually I missed this event, even waiting that so much since the beginning of this month. Hmmmm… I’m not good at remembering dates. What day is today? Anyway… It’s better I use Google Calendar more often!

But… Hey! I did something! Finally painted the ACEO drawings I posted months ago! So, nobody can say I didn’t have my Craft Party!

Inspired by Phil McAndrew’s tips and Victor Negreiro‘s illustrations, I drew this gorgeous girl in my sketchbook. Plus size models are my favorite kind of woman… And honestly, I can tell you that my body has this shape too. Not fatty, but I have large hip. There are skinny girls and healthy women everywhere on media; what about a little of what we really see on real world? Ok, I bet you want to ask me if I like girls… Dude, I love everything beautiful, that’s it!

This is a watercolor (the paint set) and ball point pen drawing, by the way.

I think my illustrations are having finally a Tati personality! This “ink plus digital colors” technique is really cool. I like it! And you? Simple, but there’s something… emmm… classy.

Daisy is not someone I know. She came from my mind. The best part of being creative is that I am a kind of God of my own world. A colored and weird world, actually. Where everything is possible and easier… No problems at all! Hahahaha!

Well… Back to the real world.