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Aranha Ilustrações Daniel Mesquita

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All the work, organized by type. Projects with an open case study show the whole process — from brief to delivery.

Portfolio

  • Page 15 of the Leon Spark comic in black and white: a horned skull creature declares it will take both, followed by action panels with a blade slicing through the air

    Leon Spark — page 15

    Comics

  • Page 22 of the Leon Spark comic: a black and white fight sequence with sound effects, and a caped hero leaping in backlight

    Leon Spark — page 22

    Comics

  • Page 26 of the Leon Spark comic: a woman shouts in two consecutive panels and a horned demon answers that they are his prisoners

    Leon Spark — page 26

    Comics

  • Personal comic page in pencil and ink: heavy clouds over a landscape, a flash of light with a loud sound effect, and a young man on the ground asking who he is

    Comics

  • Full case study Page 3 of the O Vigilante comic, in color: two characters discuss the hunt for a killer while a muscular masked hero appears in the foreground

    O Vigilante — page 3

    Comics

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  • Full case study Page 4 of the O Vigilante comic: a night scene in blue and black, with a bank robbery and a hooded figure watching from above

    O Vigilante — page 4

    Comics

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  • Red-haired character in a green scout tunic, hood and tall boots, standing in a forest clearing beside a cut tree stump and mushrooms

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Fighter with spiky black hair in a purple and green outfit, arms crossed and wrapped wrists, in a rocky landscape under a blue sky

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Black-skinned warrior with large white wings, a light dress and golden armor, standing on a rock with a sword planted beside her

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Character design of a shirtless blond fighter in blue shorts with red hand wraps, in a front-facing pose on a light background

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Black line art on white: a female character with a flowing cape wielding a spear in a dynamic pose, with no color at all

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Full case study Character sheet of the prince from the Valisbinha book on a grey-blue background: pencil studies of body and face, plus two colored versions of the boy in a blue coat, front and back

    Valisbinha — prince character sheet

    Character Design & Model Sheets

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  • Full case study Character sheet of the queen on a pink background: sketches of a long gown and facial expressions, plus two finished versions of the character with a crown and red dress

    Valisbinha — queen character sheet

    Character Design & Model Sheets

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  • Full case study Character sheet on a light green background with Valisbinha the snake, her body striped in bright colors and a red cap, beside princess sketches and pose studies

    Valisbinha — title character sheet

    Character Design & Model Sheets

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  • Concept design board on beige paper: expression studies of a young man, panther heads, and the final character in feline form wearing a green cloak, with height guides behind

    Hozaruko — concept design

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Paladin in white and purple armor with a red cloak, wielding a glowing war hammer, against a grey and green background

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Full model sheet for the character Elias Thorne, arcane investigator: three full-body views in a dark overcoat and, below, eight labelled expression studies — serious, smiling, angry, surprised, winking, shy, exhausted and neutral profile

    Elias Thorne — arcane investigator

    Character Design & Model Sheets

  • Full case study Colored model sheet of the villain from O Vigilante: five views of the blonde character in a white tank top, black shorts and high boots, plus expression studies with clown makeup, on a pink and blue background

    O Vigilante — villain model sheet

    Character Design & Model Sheets

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  • Full case study Final artwork of the RPG character on a red background: a warrior with white hair and beard, dark brown skin, bare torso, dark cape and grey trousers, beside an enlarged portrait of his face with yellow eyes

    RPG character

    Character Design & Model Sheets

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  • White tiger cub in a karate gi with a black belt, mid-strike, drawn in clean line work on a white background

    Children's Illustration

  • Cartoon illustration of a witch in a pink hat and skull-patterned dress, shouting as she stirs a giant cauldron, under a caption reading that everything is solved with magic and violence

    Children's Illustration

  • Cartoon-style portrait of a green-skinned character with orange hair, a hood, and flower and cross-shaped hair clips, pulling an annoyed face

    Children's Illustration

  • Full case study Four finished scenes from the Valisbinha book on a black background, each contained within a circle: the furious queen, the prince meeting the snake, the boy walking through the woods, and the river crossing

    Valisbinha — interior illustrations

    Children's Illustration

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  • Black-wooled sheep wearing sunglasses and a skull pendant necklace, grinning with folded arms on a red background

    Children's Illustration

  • Page from the children's book A Vaca Murcha: a boy gives a thumbs up beside a woman in a red dress in a wheelchair, on the bank of a river surrounded by trees

    A Vaca Murcha — page 1

    Children's Illustration

  • Page from A Vaca Murcha: an angry-faced sun with muscular arms blazes over a wilted cow collapsed in a dry field

    A Vaca Murcha — page 5

    Children's Illustration

  • Page from A Vaca Murcha: the cow drinks from a full stone water trough in a green field with a stream behind

    A Vaca Murcha — page 9

    Children's Illustration

  • Final page of A Vaca Murcha: the woman in red and the children celebrate together with the cow, a monkey, an alligator and a jaguar, by the river

    A Vaca Murcha — page 12

    Children's Illustration

  • Full cover of the book Leon Spark — Uma Dívida a Ser Paga, with front, spine and back: two characters in red and white coats before a beached ship under a stormy sky

    Leon Spark — Uma Dívida a Ser Paga

    Book Covers

  • Cover illustration for the book Não Mexa no Meu Diário: five teenagers side by side, one holding a stack of books, on a pink background patterned with padlocks, keys and hearts

    Não Mexa no Meu Diário

    Book Covers

  • Cover of the book Especialistas Falsos Médicos by Domingos Ragazzi: a suited man with a skull face and a stethoscope, surrounded by banknotes, on a red background

    Especialistas Falsos Médicos

    Book Covers

  • Cover of the children's book Eu Sou Manuela — Adoção é Vida: a couple walk hand in hand with a Black girl along a dirt road, under a rainbow

    Eu Sou Manuela — Adoção é Vida

    Book Covers

  • Full case study Cover of the children's book Valisbinha: a blue snake wearing a red cap, its body striped in bright colors, coiled in the grass beside a river under a starry sky

    Valisbinha

    Book Covers

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  • Two color versions of the cover for the book A Árvore que Não Queria Ser de Natal by Aimée Faria: a small sad-faced tree planted in a cut oil drum, beside a large smiling tree

    A Árvore que Não Queria Ser de Natal

    Book Covers

  • Cover of the book O Rei das Astúrias by Lula Rodrigues: an armored knight rides along a forest path with a stone wall in the distance

    O Rei das Astúrias

    Book Covers

  • Cover of the book Habidu — O Menino que Veio de Longe by Lula Rodrigues: a barefoot boy in a patterned shirt on the beach sand, with two dogs playing beside him

    Habidu — O Menino que Veio de Longe

    Book Covers

  • Black and white illustration of an older man and a young man side by side, each looking at the sky through a spyglass, with clouds cut out in silhouette

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Fantasy creature study: a sphere covered in eyes and teeth floats in a green-lit dungeon, with a tiny adventurer in the foreground

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Ink drawing of an empty corridor with closed doors and a window, dry leaves scattered across the floor and a vine creeping over the wall

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Ink drawing of the inside of a train carriage, with passengers seated side by side talking and a couple standing by the door

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Illustrated promotional poster for a missionary: two angels in brown robes hold crosses and keys over the Brazilian flag, with a view of the city of Belém do Pará and a portrait of the honoree in circular frames

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Reinterpretation of another artist's character: a blue-skinned woman with pointed ears and long purple hair tied up, wearing a beaded necklace and a hood, on an orange background

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Ink drawing seen from inside a car: the driver and a passenger from behind, while strange figures appear among the foliage through the windscreen

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Fan art of a feline character with blue hair and white fur, crouched on rocky ground at dusk, with a pink and purple sky

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Illustration for the Go Up Festival: a climber scales a rock face striped in bright bands of color, with a giant pink flower growing out of the stone

    Go Up Festival — Tejuçuoca

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Caped figure in silhouette atop a building, watching a night city in shades of purple, with smoke rising between the towers

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Humorous fan art of a blond hero in a green cap and tunic, shield and sword on his back, complaining in a speech balloon about the name of his own legend

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Group illustration with nine characters lined up at sunset, each with a distinct outfit and silhouette, from the redhead in a black coat to the white-haired figure at the end

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Fan art of a blonde character in a denim jacket and dark vest, hovering in a fighting pose wrapped in purple energy, on a black background

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Pencil illustration of a couple embracing inside a circular frame, over a beach landscape with a wooden bench and a pergola behind

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Black and white illustration of two Black women in white clothes and beaded necklaces at an outdoor celebration, under a string of lights, one of them calling out a greeting

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Color illustration of a Black woman in a blue dress and a girl in white standing in the sea at night, holding a bouquet of white flowers under the full moon

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Tavern scene: a silver-haired character with horns and a reptilian tail raises a bottle in a toast, while creatures chat at the counter behind

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Fan art of a karate fighter in a torn white gi with a red headband, fists raised in guard, on a blue background with energy bubbles

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Fan art of a spider-themed hero in an angular blue and red suit, descending upside down against a shattered glass background in orange

    Illustration & Fan Art

  • Illustrated portrait of a woman crouching on the grass of a park at dusk, smiling beside her German shepherd dog

    Illustration & Fan Art

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