Walter Vasconcelos

American Illustration 27

2008-10-06T19:47:23+00:00

This my drawing has been chosen for the book American Illustration 27, He was published in the Graphic magazine in Brazil, a text about the 80 year anniversary of Mickey Mouse . I'm anxious to see the book.

Eyes on China

2008-09-23T17:50:23+00:00

Some months ago I have been invited to participate on an exhibition and also on a special issue of Newgraphic magazine, in China.
The goal was to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake in the Province of Sichuan.
Recently they have published a website with all the works for this project, about 200 artists all around the world. Among them we also find our "Drawger" Randall Enos.
This is the link - made by the designer Robert Appleton , from Canada.
http://www.robertappleton.com/china/

Children's book

2008-09-08T02:04:39+00:00

This is my new children's book.
Small poems written by Chico Homem de Melo, writer and designer.
The title is something as The Other Name of the Animal, a very good job to do.

El Tango

2008-08-21T20:32:59+00:00

A recent illustration for The Pennsylvania Gazette, a text about Astor Piazzolla and your great music.

A Sunday drawing

2008-08-03T17:38:22+00:00

Red Box

2008-07-22T18:29:56+00:00

A illustration for my unpublished files.

Duck Songs

2008-07-14T13:02:25+00:00

"If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck". New work for an exhibit in September.

More Birds?

2008-07-07T02:49:31+00:00

More Birds...

2008-07-02T00:05:57+00:00

A Sunday Bird

2008-06-29T23:23:55+00:00

Pruebe su inteligencia

2008-06-19T21:29:58+00:00

Illustration for Zonaste magazine, Spain 2003 / AD: Jorge Alderete, el Doctor.

DNA

2008-06-09T01:25:47+00:00

New illustration for Medical Alumni magazine. The theme: basically two neuro-scientists at Tufts School of Medicine have perfected technology for identifying a nearly unlimited range of odors ... land,mines, mold, bacteria, chemical spills, etc..

Electronic Music

2008-05-28T00:10:19+00:00

New drawing for my unpublished files.

Bird and clouds

2008-05-18T16:22:19+00:00

This page illustration was done recently for Ciência Hoje das Crianças, Brazilian children's magazine. A poem of Fernando Pessoa, one of the greatest Portuguese writers.

Green Kitchens

2008-05-05T15:38:54+00:00

This new illustration was published last week in the Hartford Courant newspaper, AD Reck Tim.
A publication of Connecticut, land of our friend Handall Enos.

Black and White / 6 [ e n d ]

2008-04-22T19:38:59+00:00

We that work with commercial illustration know it is a kind of art that has well-defined rules: text, a defined lay-out, conversation with the AD and a final-art that pleases everybody, being as understandable as possible.
But besides the every day work, I like drawing to myself and I think that I came to create a "private universe", where there are no rules.
I always liked Donald Duck and his city full of dogs, ducks, mice that live "in harmony". I thought: I can do the same! To mix characters, fragmented images, add some phrases, different languages, and make all sort of associations. Kind of a "crazy-bossa-samba-pop".
With no "great concept" at all, just the pleasure of drawing and having a good time. As time went by, these "qualities" have been interacting with my commercial work. As a matter of fact, these drawings make me very happy, and are part of a small book I am preparing to be published in June, with new and old drawings.
Thank you for your comments about this series Black/ White, you make feel that I am in the right way.

Black and White / 5

2008-04-21T20:49:51+00:00

Black and White / 4

2008-04-03T23:44:46+00:00

This drawing I finished now...
I have been selecting some B&W works for a small book that will be in print this semester.
It's an opportunity to review and think about my drawings and my own work.
Thanks for your comments in the last post, they have been of great help. :-)

Black and White / 3

2008-03-30T19:24:16+00:00

Black and White / 2

2008-03-23T20:43:57+00:00

+ three works...

Black and White

2008-03-08T16:05:34+00:00

Three works, collages done in year 2000 for Papel Brasil / art magazine.

Comix

2008-03-04T22:07:29+00:00

New illustration, one fake comics page.

58

2008-02-07T19:55:29+00:00

A new drawing for my files. No theme, just free associations of images... I think.

China Today

2008-01-31T19:31:14+00:00

I'm very happy because, after waiting for months, I finally received the issues of the Chinese magazine NewGraphic. It's really a cool edition, well printed, big format. I'm in the company of great designers, I like Reza Abedini. He's from Iran and does a wonderful artwork, you really should see his website: www.rezaabedini.com/

I contacted by editor Ge Hong last year, they wanted to publish something about my work. They asked for a presentation text, so I didn't think twice: I wrote for our great Randall Enos and sent my works for his appreciation. He quickly wrote a very intelligent and generous text.
Randall, I'll be sending a copy for you very soon. Thank you again, my friend!

Spreads

2008-01-23T16:57:26+00:00

Hello folks, I'm back!
Two weeks of vacations ( férias in my language ) , everybody needs
to recharge the batteries now and then. :-)
Now, it's back to work...recent spreads for magazines.

Calendar 2008

2008-01-03T22:00:10+00:00

Illustration for promotional calendar, Sturges Reps / Salvato Coe + Gabor. My theme ... blackmail.

Today

2007-12-24T19:56:22+00:00

Sunday

2007-12-16T21:51:50+00:00

A Sunday drawing...let's go working tomorrow again ?

Untitled

2007-12-07T01:08:50+00:00

Just finished this illustration for Grafica, Brazilian art magazine. I hope they like...

Encryption

2007-12-04T16:17:26+00:00

New illustration for Storage magazine, A.D.: Mary Beth Cadwell.

Recycled

2007-11-25T15:01:28+00:00

An old drawing that I found in my usual disorder...
I made a scan and small changes in the Photoshop. Just a recycled doodle and any explanation. :-)

Black & white

2007-11-16T20:16:30+00:00

Yesterday I finished this illustration for Bongolê Bongoró, Brazilian alternative magazine.
No theme and B/W, really I love typologies and Japanese characters.

Today

2007-10-28T20:02:23+00:00

Just a Sunday doodle.

Freestyle

2007-10-12T21:43:30+00:00

Today I finished this illustration, a detail was used in my old banner...

Biotech

2007-10-03T11:24:26+00:00

Illustration about complex biologic drugs.

Children

2007-09-26T06:26:32+00:00

New illustration for The Pennsylvania Gazette, A.D.: Catherine Gontareck.
Here's a summary of the whole story....

"Imagine you’ve just earned $5 for filling out a brief a questionnaire, and someone gives you the chance to donate some or all of that money to alleviate poverty in Africa. How much of your unexpected windfall would you be willing to part with? As anyone in the business of charity could tell you, that depends on the sales pitch.
If you’re given information about the plight of 3 million children going hungry on account of regional food shortages, you might decide to reopen your wallet. Or you might not — perhaps reasoning that the problem is too vast for your donation to make an impact. But if instead you’re confronted with a picture of a seven-year-old girl named Rokia who lives in poverty in Mali, chances are that you’ll have a much harder time resisting the urge to give."

Naval Battle

2007-09-13T00:01:12+00:00

My new illustration for Colectiva, alternative magazine of Costa Rica.
The theme: Traditional Games, I made about Naval Battle.
Linzie Hunter also participates of this number :-)

Los Tres Amigos

2007-08-31T17:03:47+00:00

A freestyle illustration to finish the month of August .

Dali's optical illusions

2007-08-30T00:11:55+00:00

One recent illustration, full page.
The theme are about science, art and Salvador Dali for
a Brazilian magazine. I'm not a big fan of Dali, but is Art History :-)

Mental Powers

2007-08-20T15:50:47+00:00

Recently I made this illustration for Colectiva / Special Black, alternative magazine of Costa Rica. No theme and in B/W. My drawings collection :-)

Brazilian children's book

2007-07-24T14:49:15+00:00

I've made this illustrations 3 years ago (how time flies!) for a Brazilian children's book called " É isso ali ". It was a collection of little, beautiful and sophisticated poems.
I really felt free to work as I pleased. Sometimes I think I'm very lucky, since I can do things my way and suffer no objections. I consider it a prize. It's not always like this, but that's the way things are. :-)

Polaroid

2007-06-29T23:39:14+00:00

A complicated week, layouts go and they return.
Today, I made this drawing to calm the nerves... :-)

Spots

2007-06-18T22:49:01+00:00

These are some recent spot illustrations for magazines of the USA and Brazil.
Small and fun drawings :-)

Guide 2007

2007-06-05T15:42:01+00:00

A nice work, a cover for Guide / Warner Bros.
The art director Mike Diehl gave me total freedom.
I liked to see other covers done by illustrators of Drawger,Taxali e Zimm.

Shanghai poster

2007-05-25T15:53:55+00:00

One illustration in poster format, for an art show in Shanghai/China.
The theme was Brazilian's movies...accomplished mission!

Invader

2007-05-05T23:33:46+00:00

I have a very eclectic (or very weird) musical taste. I like the late Rage Against the Machine, Elvis, Moby,Prodigy,Tom Jobim,Bossa Nova,Samba and much, muuuuuuuuuch more...
In the month of March, I loved to see and listen to a new Rio de Janeiro rap group, called "Os Inumanos". They have a very creative clip on Youtube. Enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FabHc2Mtxhw

Freestyle

2007-04-22T22:11:03+00:00

A new illustration for one collective exhibition in Rio de Janeiro.
I finished today... :-)

Do you have light dishes?

2007-04-17T00:21:43+00:00

I did this illustration in the end of 2006 for The Hartford Courant newspaper.
The deadline was very short, the theme was about healthy feeding, low calories versus fast food in the menus of restaurants. As always, I made my mix – typologies, collages and drawings.I think it was much graphic and well arranged in the page.

Multi-task ?

2007-04-06T00:44:34+00:00

Two illustrations for New Scientist magazine / UK.

The Text: "Is it really possible to multi-task ? On her morning drive to work, Debbie drinks her coffee, eats her breakfast, checks her email and chats with her mum, often all at once. She hates wasting time. This isn't just a female talent: Alun can conduct a job interview on top of answering emails and surfing the web. These people are examples of an elite species of human: multitaskers. They can juggle more activities in 5 minutes than our ancestors did in a day. Or so they like to think."

PS: I had a beginning of terrible week... My hard disk burned! Really a true hell! I called a firm of data and I got to recover almost everything! Fly money... but I am in the sky! :-)

Good-bye Drawger!

2007-04-01T20:10:29+00:00

I will never again illustrate in my life!
This will be my last drawing!
Starting from tomorrow I will be taxi driver,
I want to see the world of another vision...

Birds for the people!

2007-03-27T22:33:08+00:00

Illustration for one chilldren's magazine.
At the risk of sounding obvious, the theme was birds and I made my birds.
The art director spoke to me that the author of the text didn't like a lot of the drawing, he wanted something more "real "...
Patience :-)

Illustrating without text

2007-03-21T23:04:40+00:00

Recently I made this illustration for Bizz, Brazilian magazine
of music and pop culture.
I didn't receive the text to read, they sent me the format
of the drawing and just a sentence:
" the text will be about the author's memories on the
year of 1990 ". I believe that was I called because my drawing has
a very abstract side. I liked to do and they also liked the final result.
I would like always to draw like this...

Insectos

2007-03-17T20:49:35+00:00

An illustration for the Colectiva, alternative magazine of Costa Rica.
The theme of the publication was insects. A good drawing of doing!

Bird

2007-02-25T21:23:08+00:00

Finished a new drawing for one exhibition collective, that will happen in second semester in Rio de Janeiro. Will hopefully post some of the things I am currently working on soon.

Children's dreams

2007-02-10T20:34:28+00:00

Hello folks, I finished this illustration today for Suenos Ilustrados, a book of children's dreams edited by Roger Omar and illustrated by artists from several countries.
This is a selection made from thousands of dreams of boys and girls, gathered each winter since 2002 in México, Spain, and Brasil.

My text: THE DOGS / Dreamed by a girl in Mexico
" Today I dreamed that I was a puppy and I could speak. My owners didn't love me because I was short, so they threw me away. Later, some sirs picked me up and took good care of me. My first owners got mad. Then I escaped and went to play with my friends the dogs. "

The other contributing artists can be viewed here:
http://flickr.com/photos/rogeromar/sets/1835379/detail/

Today

2007-01-25T18:11:07+00:00

A few updates in the galleries section:

Collors, B/W, Doodles and Library.

Old papers and new spots. Enjoy...

Hello!

2007-01-20T15:26:58+00:00

Hello folks!

Please coming...

The pizza is on the table, and the beer is in the kitchen. :-)