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Henrique Lima + Julio Zukerman [mulheres barbadas] Known to friends and co-workers as Gringo, Henrique Lima is a Brazilian designer who uses his illustrations to escape the daily routines of corporate work. Heavily influenced by underground comics and graffiti, Henrique continues to work towards a unique style of his own with heavy line weights and using few colors—if any at all. Pencil and paper are always at his desk with an infinite amount of doodles, but because he grew up in a digital era, his ideas always start from scratch on a computer screen. Recurring elements are common in his work—bald and big-nosed men, people dressed in animal suits, the devil, robots, giant squids and many, many coffee mugs. The drawings are random—sometimes weird, sometimes comical. Creativity is the biggest concern, as the final piece can only fall into two categories: boring or interesting. He has made several t-shirt designs, mainly for different Internet competitions, earning him a lot of friends, exposure and experience. The competitions have influenced his style because of the limited color options for screen printing, and by limiting his work to funnier and simpler designs. He has teamed up with his friend and co-worker Julio Zukerman in a project called Mulheres Barbadas, where they take turns filling up a page with random drawings, resulting in a style they call “super-busy.”
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