Abrantina Illustration

Freelance illustrator and motion graphic artist who draws inspiration from our past.

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Moon, Stars and Sun triptych for House of Eors.

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Poster for “A Sombra da Partida” second place winner of the 48 Hour Film Contest.

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This is my very first solo show! The pieces are still hanging at Sala Criativa but as soon as they have them back I will be posting high quality scans of the art itself. Just know that the pieces look way better when surrounded with all the set decoration I did in the space. Photos of that will have to hold space until then.

Feel free to check them out while they are still on display at Sala Criativa in Lisbon!

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This is my favorite sketching exercise. Finding an illumination depicting something crazy and interpreting it into my style. It also usually leads down a fun research funnel. When I first saw this 15th c French illumination, I assumed it could be some standard gory saint sacrifice. In fact, this is a “contemporary” depiction of Dido’s suicide, probably to accompany Virgil’s Aeneid. In this story Dido, Queen of Carthage is so heart broken over Aeneas’s departure that she gathers his belonging atop a funeral pyre and flings herself upon his sword as he sails away to war. Peak male fantasy. Virgil wrote this story almost 700 years after Dido’s time. The earliest mentions we have of her name dates to 260 BC, 500 years after her life. However, there are sources from closer to her time that speak of a Queen who fled Tyre (Lebanon) to found the new city of Carthage in modern day to Tunisia. What is sure, is that the founding of Carthage around the 800s BC does not align with the Trojan War dated to the 12th-14th C BC.

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Este ano finalmente consegui entrar no concurso de sardinhas! Infelizmente nenhum das minhas foram escolhidas mas agora posso partilhar com vocês o que submeti! A primeira é baseada no evento de Fátima. O segundo é uma representação dos Caretos de Lazarim. E o terceiro é obviamente inspirado pelo nosso Bordalo Pinheiro.

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I was asked to create merch for the iconic Vida de Tasca — one of the best home-cooked Portuguese joints in Lisbon.

The inspiration came from a photo on their Instagram back when it was just a profile chronicling classic tasca aesthetics. When I saw a picture of a statuette of Our Lady of Fátima juxtaposed with the beloved CRF bottle of aguardente, inspiration struck.

The idea for the hat had lived in my mind for a while before this project came along. Everyone in Portugal knows that a true tasca will have the menu written on paper somewhere, taped to a wall or window — the headline always reading “Prato do Dia.” So I thought, “Who among us has never wanted to be the dish of the day?”

Pick yours up at the CucaMonga merch shop, or in person at Vida de Tasca in Lisbon!

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Os Lusiadas Contados às Crianças e Lembrados ao Povo, João de Barros - Livro - Bertrand

Livro com 10% de desconto e portes grátis. Só em Bertrand.pt. Compre já!

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After months of work, it’s finally here — the newest edition of Os Lusíadas, illustrated by yours truly! I’m beyond grateful to everyone who believed in me throughout this journey. Written 500 years ago by Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas is an epic poem recounting Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the sea route to India. This new edition not only brings the story to life through art but also features both an English translation and an accessible Portuguese version — because 16th-century poetic language can be as tricky as Shakespearean English! So go get your copy and dive into this timeless adventure.

Queria agradecer à Blue Crow por acreditar em mim, e aos colaboradores na equipa de tradução que fizeram um grande trabalho em manter a essência da obra original. Obrigada à minha avó Magali por me inspirar sempre! E, ultimamente, ao Sr. Camões por salvar os trabalhos dele enquanto naufragava — eu tive a sorte de não ter nada correr tão mal como isso durante este projecto. E obrigada a todes que comprem este trabalhinho.

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