Laying out the story

In November last year, we had a great meeting in London. Daniel came over from Sydney and we worked intensely for 2 weeks. We managed to create the structure of the entire story, all the 4 chapters of Golden Lion. Now we only need to draw, ink, colour and letter it. Everything will be done within 2 years.

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Costume design

The process of costume research can sometimes be very time consuming. When you are developing an original phantasy world you know books and google won´t give you a straight answer. But the time spent always pays off. Usually I do thousand sketches before I find a design that makes me happy. I love the balance between black and white and areas with ornaments and plain ones. The symbol in the centre of his chest suggests a chakra or energy centre from the yoga literature.

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Working on our next project

After a long pause working on the script of our graphic novel, we are back to the drawing table. I know it took a long time however comics creation is much more time consuming than most people think. At the same time in terms of freedom and artistic expression it´s very personal rewarding. You don´t need a few hundred thousand dollars to explode a car and there are no producers to tell you that the main character needs a romance interest to make the story more appealing to the general public. You just need paper, a pen and an idea.

In the picture below, I´m using water-colours in a dream sequence for our next project.

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Speech about Friday comics at Foyles

The speech about Friday comics on Monday was great. Very engaging audience and interesting questions. It was my first time at Foyles and I was amazed how nice and big the bookstore is. I´m definitely coming back soon.

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Basically I spoke about the comics we create and how our Brazilian background influences the stories we tell. Thank you, Nicola and Sarah from Laydeez do Comics for the opportunity.

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The Golden Lion – Chapter 4

The final chapter of The Golden Lion graphic novel begins.
Chapter 4 starts with a flashback sequence when immortal warriors try to prevent Illusion from initiating the Kali Yuga – the age of Darkness.

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