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Fantasy, Sci-fi and Childrens Book art; audio book reviews, movies, illustration and plenty of other stuff. Food for imagination.
Although it´s mainly an illustration blog to complement my professional work, the idea is also to post reviews about stuff that I like, comment on things that inspire me to create my artwork and answer the old question every illustrator gets all the time: - "Where do You get your inspiration ?!"
2020-02-12 16:47
I take it that you already read part one of this rambling of mine on my other initial post… right ?
So… self publishing your book, is it worth it or not ?
Well, the short answ… Read More
2020-02-11 19:39
Well… short post this one. Just to mention that as you might have guessed this website has now a new look. I´ve been trying for ages to organize my illustration content and you… Read More
2020-02-11 13:10
The most professional, best looking amateur ever ignored !
Self publishing, is it worth it ? Well, if you search the internet about this topic there´s a million different opinions out… Read More
2020-02-10 10:13
How to self publish a book. My two cents.
Hi everyone !
Of course all this stuff is really subjective and everybody has it´s own experience or opinion but I´m writing this post n… Read More
2020-02-08 18:55
IcreateWorlds Art – My NEW ETSY STORE!
Are you an artist ? Have you ever thought of making some money with your drawings ? Have you tried selling your images online ?
If the answer is… Read More
2019-08-28 17:21
Just another of my “test pics” to play around with the new Surface Pro 6 I got some days ago. See my other post below for more details on this device.
This one is also part of m… Read More
2019-08-27 18:49
Although I thought I was never going to own a Windows device ever again as I trully love the way Mac fits all my illustration needs, recently I got a new SURFACE PRO 6 and so I installed my… Read More
2019-07-06 16:45
Another one from my “speed painting” current trend. Although “speed” is not even the right description for this process because although it didn´t took me 12 h… Read More
2019-07-05 19:11
More of a book cover than anything else but I just did this for a video tutorial so I decided to post it here anyway.
This is a good example of what I mean when I say everyone can learn t… Read More
2019-06-24 13:36
I´ll post the link once the book gets to be available but in the meantime here are some of the pages I´ve illustrated for the project sometime ago.
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2019-06-24 13:19
This is another making of video from “THE HIDDEN SPACESHIP” book. Actually this is not exactly complete because my computer crashed the screen recording process when I was about… Read More
2019-06-24 13:09
So, here´s the making of, for this particularly scene in the book “THE HIDDEN SPACESHIP”.
Most of the painting work was done as usual in Clip Studio Paint because it´&hell…Read More
2019-06-14 17:30
Many people ask me how to start illustrating for a children book, so this is an example of how I start to illustrate a book. I´m not actually one of those illustrators who do a lot of… Read More
2019-06-13 20:15
Created for book 1 of a new series written by Jay Miletsky.
This one is called “The Masterpiece – One Big Canvas” and you can find it on AMAZON.
Join a spunky collection of… Read More
2019-06-13 20:10
New book about kids and dinosaurs written by Julia Miles Inserro, available soon at amazon too.
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2019-06-13 20:03
Recently completed map for an upcoming board game. Here´s some of the images and a sneak peek at the making of too because I know there´s a lot of people out there who enjoy to… Read More
2019-06-07 18:46
What you´re looking at is one of my new books which is about to be released in the United States, written by Jay Miletsky and it´s part of a more extensive children´s books… Read More
2019-03-10 20:10
Here´s an old pic I had around for ages and which I decided to finish because I´m currently filling my portfolio with movie poster illustrations as a base for an online illustrat… Read More
2019-03-01 19:27
All my work is very influenced by Cinema.
Currently my favorite low budget space opera saga is centered around the work of director Neil Johnson which has made one of my favorite space adven… Read More
2019-02-04 20:01
As I´ve been getting a lot of requests from people who want to buy my tutorials on how I create this sort of landscapes, this new image ended up being like a test of mine for several t… Read More
2019-01-30 14:32
Here´s an example of the type of pics I don´t do very often as they require a lot of human character figures which is something I have not much interest in creating (or talent fo… Read More
2019-01-28 22:12
For those who enjoy taking a look at how some books are illustrated here´s an example of one from some years ago.
Usually I don´t storyboard much but sometimes when a narrative i… Read More
2019-01-25 21:54
This is the Area-51 pic created for the new ATTACK ALL HUMANS – Board Game Expansion.
Here are three slightly different tonal variations I came up with.
The game is still being test… Read More
2019-01-25 16:35
Here´s one of the first Mars surface images I did for the upcoming Generation Mars book series. This first one in particular won´t be the one used in the book as the second versi… Read More
2019-01-24 21:00
Just one of the initial ideas for the new expansion for the Attack All Humans board game.
The expansions will be the center of a new Kickstarter campaign soon and there´s plans for a… Read More
2019-01-21 13:23
Here´s some initial work I´ve been doing for the new expansions of the upcoming board game “ATTACK ALL HUMANS”.
This first expansion is all about Ancient Aliens theme… Read More
2019-01-16 19:39
This is my first 2019 pic and it was just done for fun and for portfolio. Inspired by the classic John Wayne western “The Searchers” this is my scifi take on it and the idea was… Read More
2018-10-27 08:57
This is version 2 of my original SPACEPORT CITY illustration. I´ve created this new one to add it to my Jigsaw Puzzle product offers at my brand new PUZZLE STORE.
Go get your Puzzle to… Read More
2018-10-26 08:25
Finally I managed to start my online PUZZLE SHOP.
If you love puzzles, why not consider getting one of mine original illustrations ?
For now I just have a few 1000 pieces puzzles in there b… Read More
2018-10-17 10:34
Who doesn´t love some good old alien cow abduction ?
Yet another painting I did many months ago for the “ATTACK ALL HUMANS” board game, now in its test phase. These are a… Read More
2018-10-16 18:09
My transition from traditional acrylics, watercolor and ink illustration into digital was realy difficult. A nightmare actually. For years I thought I was never going to be able to do it an… Read More
2018-10-16 11:13
Well, continuing with my posts about the “ATTACK ALL HUMANS” board game, here are a few more pics with plenty of color and tonal variations I did some months ago for this project… Read More
2018-10-09 12:14
Yet another one of the digital paintings I did many months ago for the “ATTACK ALL HUMANS” board game, now in its test phase. These are a few of the tonal variations I played wit… Read More
2018-10-06 19:47
One of the books I´ve illustrated some months ago is now available at AMAZON.com ; ”
Beware of the Nose-Biting Monster!: A Cautionary Tale for Petrified Parents
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Written… Read More
2018-10-02 11:16
Another one of the digital paintings I did many months ago for the “ATTACK ALL HUMANS” board game, now in its test phase. These are a few of the tonal variations I played with to… Read More
2018-09-29 16:38
Yet another painting I did many months ago for the “ATTACK ALL HUMANS” board game, now in its test phase. These are a few of the tonal variations I did to play with color for thi… Read More
2018-09-28 14:47
This is one of the digital paintings I did many months ago for the “ATTACK ALL HUMANS” board game, now in its test phase. These are a few of the tonal variations I played with to… Read More
2018-09-17 10:33
And about this one, “untitled animation project” is all that I am allowed to say due to a confidentiality agreement.
This is a set of 6 color concept art small sketches/painting… Read More
2018-08-23 09:44
Not exactly my usually theme (I hate chickens) , but here´s a chicken pic I illustrated for a marketing studio sometime ago. This is the current campaign for an egg farm company here i… Read More
2018-07-16 12:21
Here´s a breakdown of the creative process for this one.
This was inspired by one of my favorite scifi movies “NATURAL CITY“. I love oriental cinema and… Read More
2018-07-15 13:18
” SPACE PORT – ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES”
This was inspired by one of my favorite scifi movies “NATURAL CITY“. I love oriental cinema and this movie in particu… Read More
2018-07-15 12:48
I´m not sure if this can be considered a matte-painting or not because I actually never know exctaly where the boundaries are on those things. Although it´s based on scenery exte… Read More
2018-07-12 17:56
These are some of the illustrations I did for a brand new board game project of which I cannot talk about it yet. I did this last year but only now I have the authorization to post this on m… Read More
2018-07-09 17:54
ESFS NOMINATIONS 2018Hall of Fame Awards – Best Artist Nomination
Wow, I just got informed that I was nominated by the ” European Science Fiction Society” for the 2018 Awa… Read More
2018-07-02 14:07
Here´s a breakdown of most steps I took to do this “WEST OF OZ 9 : PINK BUNNY MECH BORDER PATROL” pic.
As usual I don´t do any sketches or plan a thing and I just pa… Read More
2018-07-02 13:45
“WEST OF OZ 9 : PINK BUNNY MECH BORDER PATROL”
My HUION GT221 PRO has just arrived. So this is my first test pic with it. It´s a lot different from my old GT220 in the sens… Read More
2018-06-27 18:07
“WEST OF OZ 8 : ROCKET TOWN”
And here it goes another brand new one. All painted with Clip Studio Paint as usual as I totally left Photoshop behind for good.
Click on the imag… Read More
2018-06-27 17:59
So here´s the complete step by step making of for this brand new one. This is actually a good example of one of my ideas change overtime during the making of an image and why I don&acu&hell…Read More
2018-06-25 11:56
Just another pic for myself I´m working on. I´m in the middle of another complex children book commission, of which as it tends to be, I cannot show anything on my pages yet &hell…Read More
2018-06-18 18:58
“DESIGNING EARTH WORLD” : Winner at the Huion 2018 Scifi Art contest.Just in time as I was really in need of a new tablet.
The last time I´ve entered a competition or an a… Read More
2018-06-18 10:15
Well, I think I´m going to put this pic on halt and give it some pause. It seems I cannot find the right approach for this one. No matter what I try this scene keeps lacking imaginatio… Read More
2018-06-16 15:58
“GAMBYS” – The Children Book : Work in Progress
For years I´ve thinking of creating a childrens book based on the original characters I did for the original “GA… Read More
2018-06-13 20:00
Still trying to figure out what this one will become. I had an initial idea but I´m trying to experiment with some different stuff at this stage still. I like the dog creature but I&ac&hell…Read More
2018-06-12 20:50
Continuing to create these pics to relax between commissioned illustration work, here´s the first steps for yet another West of Oz pic of mine which I just started.
Work in progress. S… Read More
2018-06-12 09:58
And here it goes. Here´s the final illustration I´ve been working on the last few days just to relax between another book project I´m doing right now and which has nothing… Read More
2018-06-11 21:52
Almost done. At this point I got inspired by the magic forest from the movie “LEGEND” and as usual by the Neverending Story book and movie.
Here´s the final steps for this… Read More
2018-06-11 11:21
First animatics test I ever created for a company project I was working for several years ago. It´s just an extremely rough-draft type thing/animated storyboard animatics to plan an i… Read More
2018-06-11 10:47
I think that finally this is now starting to take shape and going into a direction I like. I was having problems in trying to keep the idea of a vast landscape because my main characters now… Read More
2018-06-10 12:04
Although my creative process on this was a bit random and chaotic as usual here goes a small peek into how I got to build this Space Opera poster from nothing in my mind to the final image… Read More
2018-06-09 15:53
Continuing to sketch this thing to see where it will lead. Now for some little changes…
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2018-06-08 19:51
I have no idea of what this is but I just started to doodle it and so let´s see where it goes. Here are the first stages of this new… something…
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2018-06-07 16:10
And here it is. I think I´m starting to get the grasp with this Clip Studio Paint now that I´ve abandoned Photoshop for good after more than a decade illustrating all my stuff wi… Read More
2018-06-07 14:40
And here´s part 4 for the making of my recent Clip Studio Test pic.
I´m really happy I traded Photohop for CSP and this is really a lot better for illustration, particularly the… Read More
2018-06-06 20:14
And here´s the continuation of my work in progress for a brand new pic. Let´s see how this one will look in the end after I´m done with it.
Check part 1 and part 2 of th… Read More
2018-06-06 09:41
This one came out of the blue. I had this project to do with some subjective guidelines as the image had to have the company logo and be about space; and so things just started to happen. Af… Read More
2018-06-05 20:00
Continuing to create my new illustration here´s my original sketch taken to another detail level. I´m picking up details and them zoom them out adding new stuff around.
Of course… Read More
2018-06-05 12:46
This was my last Photoshop big painting before I moved into Clip Studio Paint. I love to create these epic space scenes and this one started also in Blender as I had created a space station… Read More
2018-06-04 18:16
I´m not exactly a sketchbook artist. Most of my sketches tend to lead nowhere and what usually happens is that 99% of all my illustration work that starts with some kind of sketch or p… Read More
2018-06-03 13:18
And yet another Clip Studio Paint illustration. Still ajusting to this brand new software after years working with Photoshop. So here´s one pic more inspired by the Oz ( and The Nevere… Read More
2018-05-31 11:03
Continuing to test my new Clip Studio Paint here´s another pic I just did.
I guess my, “West of Oz” idea is becoming a series of pics now, so here´s another one : &ld&hell…Read More
2018-05-30 15:44
Continuing to explore Clip Studio Paint I´m trying my best to leave Photoshop behind and migrate to this amazing painting software. It has a few drawbacks when compared to Photoshop (… Read More
2018-05-27 17:05
And after more than 15 years using Photoshop for most of my original illustration/concept-art work stuff, I´m replacing it with Clip Studio Paint ( also known as Manga Studio in Japan… Read More
2018-05-04 10:46
Not my usual line of work, but now and then I get asked to create a mockup illustration for an architectural project. So these couple of sketches were done a few weeks ago for a new restaura… Read More
2018-05-03 09:25
This is a peculiar old project. Although I tend to work mostly in traditional illustration even when it´s done in digital, now and then someone asks me to do a more graphic project, b… Read More
2018-05-01 18:44
For today a topic that many will perhaps find surprinsing. Particularly those who couldn´t care less about videogames or don´t even know this one exists.
This post is mostly for… Read More
2018-04-20 17:50
These are a few images out of a children book project I did last year. This was a fun one because it allowed me to do a bunch of scenery and background artwork as those are my favorite thing… Read More
2018-04-19 17:34
I apologise for the lack of updates on my site and on this blog, but I´ve been really busy the last couple of months with children books and board games to illustrate.
So here goes a l… Read More
2018-03-15 20:32
“GAMBYS” – 1993/95 – THE FIRST PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED PORTUGUESE PC GAME – Video Games History / Retro Gaming : A look back in time.
A long, long time ag… Read More
2018-03-12 16:05
“ELDORADO SPACEPORT” – Blender ANIMATICS
It was not in my plans to create an animation out of the low poly basic models I did in Blender sometime ago but things just kept b… Read More
2018-03-07 14:05
Just a glimpse of what I can show out of an old project for what was to be an upcoming new publishing company years ago but which I never got to ear from anymore. They had a bunch of titles… Read More
2018-03-07 11:52
POETRY BOOK ILLUSTRATION – MIX MEDIA – Traditional / Digital… and more….
These are a few images I created several years ago for a poetry book which is something tha… Read More
2018-03-02 18:26
Secondary concept art / sketchbook tests or illustrations I didn´t used.
When you work fulltime in illustration you end up doing a ton of stuff you never show anyone. Either test pics… Read More
2018-03-02 13:11
Very Old Doodles and Sketches and stuff 1…Sketches I did back on my army days or earlier back in the late 80s early 90s perhaps…
I found an old folder with some small scans of… Read More
2018-03-01 12:50
“THE ADVENTURES OF DEWI TRIDWR” : Old Book Illustration project.
This is another old one. It´s actually one of the first books I did in digital when I was transitioning fr… Read More
2018-02-24 15:17
“MONUMENTS OF MARS : TERRAFORMING TECH – GAIA 2” – Illustration / Concept Artwork – Making Of / Step-by-Step creative breakdown.
And here´s the step-by-s… Read More
2018-02-24 11:09
“MONUMENTS OF MARS : TERRAFORMING TECH – GAIA 2” – Illustration / Concept Artwork.
When I did my recent Mars pic, I mirrored one side of the image and suddenly come u… Read More
2018-02-23 10:09
“MONUMENTS OF MARS : TERRAFORMING DAYS” – Illustration / Concept Artwork – Making Of / Step-by-Step creative breakdown.
So as usual here´s a glimpse into the m… Read More
2018-02-22 18:29
“MONUMENTS OF MARS : TERRAFORMING DAYS”
As I´ll be illustrating for a board game next before I started that project I wanted to warm up so I created another of my Martian i… Read More
2018-02-20 18:25
“BEWARE OF THE NOSE BITING MONSTER” : Page MAKING OF – from Doodles and Sketches to the final illustration.
Here´s some pages from a recent completed childrens book… Read More
2018-02-19 18:53
“The Adventures of Prince Ziph – PT version : As Aventuras dos Príncipe Ziph” – V2.0
Time once again for more bad art from long ago as people tend to enjoy lo… Read More
2018-02-14 18:36
“SPACEPORT” : Concept Illustration – Step by Step – from an old photo to a spaceport on an jungle alien world.
And here´s another step-by-step depiction of the… Read More
2018-02-12 15:58
“Thunder and Lightning” – Still getting good reviews on Amazon
Noticed just now that one of the books I did 5 years ago (back in 2013); “THUNDER AND LIGHTNING&r&hell…Read More
2018-02-12 11:49
“MONUMENTS OF MARS : FUTURE PAST” – Illustration / Concept Artwork – Making Of / Step-by-Step creative breakdown.
And here´s the possible step-by-step creative… Read More
2018-02-11 19:31
“MONUMENTS OF MARS : FUTURE PAST” – Illustration / Concept Artwork
I have this illustration book project for years “MONUMENTS OF MARS“, based on my own interest… Read More
2018-02-08 13:50
“FIRST MEN IN THE MOON” : Concept Art / Illustration – Step by Step Making of
And here´s the step-by-step making of for my recent illustration “First Men in the… Read More
2018-02-07 23:05
“FIRST MEN IN THE MOON” : Concept Art / Illustration
Here´s another pic I just did for fun. Many times I spend so many months just illustrating “regular” childr… Read More
2018-02-07 17:54
“PLANETARY DRY DOCKS” – Step By Step Concept Art making of.
Here´s an old one that I had almost forgotten about it. Just noticed this step-by-step making of imag… Read More
2018-02-07 16:37
And here´s the step by step process for the small pic I did yesterday for those of you who enjoy knowing about the creative technical process when creating an illustration. There´&hell…Read More
2018-02-06 21:46
“ROCKET WORLD” – SCIENCE FICTION SKETCH ILLUSTRATION / CONCEPT ART 2
Just another painting ( color doodle (?)) I did today for fun and to relax a bit out of my current chil… Read More
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