Posted by Otto Robba in Webdesign on 05. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
Presenting to you the home for the usenet software Smoothnews. Smoothnews is an app developed under Smoothsofts, aiming to provide users with a great platform with which to use usenet while remaining familiar to all mac users. I was tasked with building the website and the app icon. The website had to, essentially, perform well [...]
I was part of the team developing the new website for the Nepaids (Aids Education and Prevention Center). Tasked with finding a visual identity that fit, making it highly accessible and working with a huge library of assets, it was not easy reaching the goal but it has been met.
New design, this time it got printed!! What is there not to like?? It is a Carnivore Plant Gone Vegetarian!!
I wanted something to write on my wall, something that was clear and stated a personal truth.
Design made for shirt.woot. Original theme was ‘Blue’. From this I derived the classic picture of the singing whale, in this case, singing the blues. Figers crossed, I like this design and I’d love to see it printed by them.
While walking around the street I managed to snap a few interesting photos, be it for the subject itself or for the ‘eye-candy’ quality found in some of them.
I was inspired and looking forward to practicing with inkpens, so I got a photo for reference and started sketching. Mainly a material and technique study.
I will be straightforward: I love comic books. That said, I have had this story laying around for a while and it is bugging me to get out. In order to practice and see what style would work for it, I started trying. This is one of the results.
A group of sketches and studies I did on the subject of, well, hands 
. Used mostly mine for the poses, although some I drew from photographs that were provided in art classes last year. Yes, the title is a silly pun – forgive me!
A small group of sketches and studies I did based on photographic reference and the Drawing School book.
Creating a character involves a series of steps. You need to research and sketch a lot, from poses to small details. In here I show a bit of a couple of studies I did.
Design I made for a t-shirt contest at shirt.woot. Theme: ‘Birds’. Gotta love Snoopy and Dodos.
7 Designs I made for a t-shirt contest at shirt.woot. Theme: ‘Visual Pun’. They might be silly… correction, they are. Here is hoping they are funny.
A design I made for a t-shirt contest at shirt.woot. Theme is ‘National Park’.
I’m pretty sure the undead have a national park of sorts… Or not. But still!
A design I made for a t-shirt contest at shirt.woot. Theme is ‘Harvest’.
For centuries mankind has been fooled by aliens into thinking they steal our cattle for probing, science and other shenanigans. Lies.
They just want our milk-shake, it brings all the greys (and greens) to the cornfield.
Posted by Otto Robba in Poesia on 20. Dec, 2007 | No Comments
Bandido, criminoso inescrupuloso,
Rouba o que há de mais precioso.
Do homem que na varanda se senta,
O homem que tem mais de sessenta.
Lembranças de bons tempos
Perdidas nos momentos.
Reflexos nas janelas
Não, não são elas.
Ele indaga pelos nomes
Mas compartilham sobrenomes.
Ele não entende, recluso,
Do mundo está escuso.
Senil, sem memória,
Perdeu sua história.
Nunca jogou bola na rua,
Nunca sonhou com a Lua.
Nunca encheu a pança,
Nunca foi criança.
Perdeu sua história,
Senil, sem memória.
Posted by Otto Robba in Poesia, Writings on 19. Dec, 2007 | 1 Comment
Dane-se! Não quero saber!
Será o que tiver de ser!
Foda-se! Não vou perder!
Algum dia vou vencer!
Tenho tempo ainda,
Morte não é vinda!
Chega de à toa se preocupar
Se o tempo está a passar
Olhos abertos,
Sentidos despertos
Vou uma marca deixar
Vou o mundo mudar
Vou pra sempre sonhar
Vou pra sempre lutar.
Posted by Otto Robba in Poesia, Writings on 18. Dec, 2007 | 1 Comment
Eu continuo a esquecer,
Continuo a querer.
Eu continuo a errar,
Continuo a derrapar.
Sonhos e ambições,
Nada valem sem ações.
Um grito dando vazão
À razão da emoção.
Quando a lógica falhar
Como vamos estar?
Quando a alma falhar
Onde vamos estar?
Sem saber responder
Fico aqui tentando ser
Quem não sou.
Onde estou?
E novamente;
Pássaro inocente,
Engaiolado,
Desesperado.
Posted by Otto Robba in Poesia, Writings on 17. Dec, 2007 | No Comments
Orfãos com pais.
Loucura sem paz,
Gritaria e correria,
Babá aturando a folia
Símbolo de atraso,
Ainda acham ser um arraso.
Com seus filhos sonegados,
Com seus lucros ampliados.
Dólares não fazem pessoas de bem,
Só idiotas inconseqüentes vem.
Iliterados sociais,
Bando de animais.
Escória sem limite,
Ouça bem e acredite:
Nem sempre grades te protegerão
Dai veremos como fica então.
Posted by Otto Robba in Poesia, Writings on 16. Dec, 2007 | No Comments
Tem uma lagarta no meu jardim.
Observo-a daqui, pensante assim,
Um dia ela borboleta será
E em liberdade voará!
Que inveja, poder voar!
Despertar e as asas ruflar!
Nada vem sem custo,
Nada é mais justo!
Meticuloso casúlo que faz jus,
Meus sonhos em ti eu puis,
Com minhas forças te fechei
E paciente esperei
Cá estou sentado à janela,
Aguardo notícias dela.
Bela borboleta de três cores
Liberte-se e acabe com as dores!
As folhas ao vento a cair
O chão de marrom a se cobrir.
Lagarta encasulada
Aguardo-te e nada.
Não me deixe aqui na janela
Pra sempre na espera.