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Artwoks, artists, or art events related to Brazil

SPETO | Brazilian street art

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Interview with legendary brazilian street artist Speto. When I interviewed Rodrigo Level, the brazilian street artist cited Speto as one of his influences. As a matter of fact, Speto is one the graffiti pioneer in Brazil. Nothing would have been the same without this guy who as been involved in the street art for the past 27 years. Who can beat that? More about Speto. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF I am Speto , I am 40 years old, I was Born in Sao Paulo City, and I have been doing graffiti over Read more [...]

MIXHELL | Booon Da EP cover illustration

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Mixhell Booon Da! Client: Mixhell Album cover for Mixhell (Iggor Cavalera + Laima Leyton). One day Iggor, the ex-drummer from Sepultura asked me to draw a poster for his new musical project called Mixhell. I then do another illustration for his first album cover. That's why we call it ILLustration. The title of the EP is a play with the Brazilian slang word "Bunda" which means booty. So I chose to draw a sexy booty black girl in the jungle. Her butt is large enough to write the name of the Read more [...]

MIXHELL | Poster for Iggor Cavalera and Laima Leyton

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Mixhell by Mega Client: Mixhell Poster for the new musical project of Iggor Cavalera (yes, the one from Sepultura!) and Laima Leyton. Back in the Myspace era, I used to receive a lot of email from unknown band asking me to illustrate their album cover. I usually wouldn't reply, but one day, I check the name of the sender and he was a brazilian dude called Iggor Cavalera. I asked him how he felt to share the name of Sepultura drummer, and it was actually the man himself! I was surprised and Read more [...]

DJ DIPLO | Illustrations for Clark magazine

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DJ Diplo Client: Clark magazine I met Diplo in Australia. To be honest I think that we were both drunk and I don't remember it. I met the DJ during a music festival held in Sydney. The name of the musical event was Big Day Out and he was playing a nice DJ set. I lived in Brasil for a while, and those drawings are symbols of my experience there. A weird but great period. Tà tudo dominado" means "that's all corrupt". This was a gimmick from my favorite Brasilian journalist Boris Read more [...]