Heroes Blur

A series of sketches from my current sketchbook.

The process is: Make a nice paint blur (Tallens gouache)
Then draw a Marvel icon, first with a pencil, then with a brush and ink.
And finally, adding some white shines with a white pencil.

Absurd Ideas Interchange

Written by my friend Daniel Esteves, drawn by myself.
It's been published in Cafe Espacial #4, out this May.

White on Black 

Illustrations made with white paint and white pencil on black paper.

Pieces - Passing By 

Passing By is one of the stories featured in PIECES #1, now on sale (an in portuguese).

Another dangerously auto-biographic story...

Thursdays

Nanquim Descartável is the series created by my friend Daniel Esteves, and is self-published under the metalabel Quarto Mundo.
He invited me to draw one of the chapters in issue two, se here it is!

Pieces - Homage

Homage to what´s good to feel

Story and art by Mario Cau

US - Dream Sequence revisited

"Us" is an updated version of Dream Sequence I.
More info on my bulletin board!

Pieces - Breakfast (inks) 

Inked version of Breaksfast, based on Jacques Prevert´s poem.
2008.

Pieces - Dry Leaves

Story by Mariana Guerra
Art by Mario Cau

This is going to be published in Layer Zero #2, by Insomnia Publications

Pieces - The Rain

Story and arte by Mario Cau.

Published in Negative Burn #15, by Desperado Publishing, in Dec.2007

Pieces - Another Shot

Story and Art by Mario Cau

This story will be puclished in Shrunken Wool #2, by TwoFold Comics;

Pieces - Half Full, Half Empty

Story and Art by Mario Cau

Rock´n´Roll

Some illustrations of great names in the Rock music.
All done circa 2004-2006

Indifference

Based on Pearl Jam´s song.
White paint and pencils on black paper.

Pieces - Dancing On Air

An older story with an inkwash treatment.

Professional Illustration

Here are some of my best works on illustratiosn, for cleints such as Rolling Stone magazine, Bosch, Caterpillar, etc.

Illustrations

Several illustrations, many themes, many things.
Non-sequential, or almost-non-sequential stuff.

Pieces - Breakfast (pencils)

Based on Jaques Prevert´s poem.

Special thanks to my dear Lady Lilith forthe inspiration.

Pencils by Mario Cau
Inked version coming soon.

Pieces- When the bar closes, where the drunk goes?

Story and art by Mario Cau

Knight

Series of 4 illustrations about an elder knight and his quest.
"The true warrior never gives up on what he loves".

Hoje é dia de usar pulseiras

It was written by my friend Hugo, and we´re sendind it to FRONT, a brazillian comic.
The text is in portuguese. As soon as I have time (I won´t have it for a long time, I guess), I´ll translate it all.
hope you dig the art for now.

Pieces - Another Date

Story and Art by Mario Cau

This is the first really inspired Pieces comic I ever did.

Pieces - Burocratia

Story by Bruno Ishikawa, Art by Mario Cau

I kept most of the terms related to brazilian IRS, because I had no idea of how to translate that to Englsih, mostly because I donpt know the terms they use in the IRS stuff.
Hope it makes some sense.

Pieces - Dream Sequence II

Story and Pencils by Mario Cau
(still havenpt inked it)

Pieces - All The Lilacs in Ohio

Story and Art by Mario Cau

Pieces - Dream Sequence I

Story and Art by Mario Cau