This was my final project during my studies in Illustration at Middlesex University. It was absolutely free: you were free to choose the theme, the format, the number of pieces, the media, all of it.

 

So my project, after a month of developing and talking, turned out to be a series of cards depicting animals and mythical creatures from the Brazilian Folklore.

In total I created 10 cards. The format and size was inspired by old cigarette cards.

 

The method used to produce the pieces was silkscreen.

Those are the simulation cards that I printed in a printer to have an idea of how it would come out in silkscreen:

Some sketches and studies in colour:

Some of the first pieces I've made, before deciding to use silkscreen:

The original idea, before going with cigarette cards, was to have a profile of each creature in each graphic piece:

And some really early sketches of the project:

Hope you guys like it! :)