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Ricardo Cabral

Portugal

Drawing
Comic Art
2D Illustration

Hello, I´m Ricardo. I´ve worked since 2007 for advertisement, animation and news media. Also done several comic books and children´s books, always focusing on storytelling and visual narrative.

Biography

Ricardo Cabral, Lisbon , 1979. Graduated in Painting from the University of Lisbon in 2005 and started to work as a freelance illustrator for newspapers, magazines and advertisement agencies. In 2007 published his first comic book, “Evereste”. In 2009 published “Israel Sketchbook”, a collection of drawings done on his visit to the country in the previous year. The following year published “NewBorn- 10 Days in Kosovo”, again a collection of drawings produced in his short visit to that country. In 2011 one of his drawings was selected for the “Cover Art by Moleskine Community”. In the same year the comic book “Pontas Soltas- Cidades”, an anthology of his short stories was published, as was the children´s book “Portugal para Miúdos”, with the writer José Jorge Letria. In 2012 the author published two more children’s books; “Uma Baleia no Quarto” with writer João Miguel Tavares and “Expressões com História” with writer Alice Vieira. In 2013 Ricardo would be the guest author of the biggest Portuguese comics Festival, Amadora Bd , producing the poster for the festival and having the central exhibition of the festival featuring his work. During the festival “Comic-Transfer” was released, a book done with the German Illustrator Till Lassman after an art residency in that artist country at the invitation of the Goethe Institute to promote comics as an art form. In 2014 published the comics anthology “Pontas Soltas-Lisboa”, with short stories about that city and published also “Caras e Coroas: Reis e Rainhas de Portugal para Miúdos” a children´s book with writer José Jorge Letria. From 2015 he has been working on his “Terrea” comic, self-publishing it and releasing it in the comic books “TLS-Series” the Lisbon Studio comics anthology, an art studio which he has been sharing with comic book artists and illustrators since 2010. From 2017 to 2020 worked in the short animation movie “The Monkey” as Art Director for the animation studio Sardinha em Lata where he develops all the visuals for movie, did all the character and background designs and most of the final background art. From 2021 to 2022 worked as a comics/narrative storyteller with writer John Harris Dunning on the story "Wiper", a 107 pages cyberpunk /futuristic dark noir graphic novel published by Dark Horse Comics to be released in November.

Work Experience

2021 -2022

Comic Artist

Dark Horse Comics (Lisboa)

Worked as a comics/narrative storyteller with writer John Harris Dunning on the story "Wiper", a 107 pages cyberpunk /futuristic dark noir graphic novel.

2017 -2020

Art Director/ Backgroung/Character artist

Sardinha em Lata (Lisboa)

I was invited to develop all the visuals for the short animation movie "The Monkey". I did all the character and backgroud designs and also did most of the final background art.

Education

Present day

Painting

Faculade Belas Artes Lisboa

Art/Painting

Skills

Drawing

Comic Art

2D Illustration

Illustrator

Sequential Art

Art Direction

Background Artist