artes do rodrigo

#AWickedHalloween Day 31: Halloween Postcard [Collage No. 9]

To everyone who showed up day after day this past month—thank you. Your presence turned this marathon into something truly magical. I couldn’t be happier with how each one of my art pieces turned out. I can’t wait to return next year for another Halloween. Thank you so very much!

A todos que apareceram aqui dia após dia ao longo desse mês que passou—obrigado. A preseça de vocês tornou essa maratona algo verdadeiramente mágico. Eu não poderia estar mais feliz com o resultado de cada obra. Mal posso esperar para o Halloween do ano que vem. Muito obrigado!

#AWickedHalloween Day 30: The Wicked Witch [Elphaba]

#AWickedHalloween Day 29: The Good Witch [Glinda]

#AWickedHalloween Day 28: Classic Literature/Literatura Classica: Dorian Gray

I first heard of Dorian Gray many years ago when I was still on college (I actually graduated in English linguistics) and it’s been my favorite book ever since. So much so I referenced it in a couple of my art before. Now I do it once again as a collage. The boy on center is Dave Willer and I believe he was photographed by Bob Mizer (take that with a grain of salt... I am not sure of that information). Around him, many elements referencing the story and its themes. I will print a poster of this to hang in my room someday.

#AWickedHalloween Day  27: Folklore/Folclore: Cuca

#AWickedHalloween Day 26: Halloween Classics/Clássicos do Halloween [Collage No. 8: Skeleton — or La Santa Muerte]

This is another remake of an art from years ago. I was inspired by the Mexican culture, the beautiful celebration of Día de los Muertos and La Santa Muerte. It also happens I was obsessed with Barbra Streisand in Hello Dolly, so I thought of recreating Santa Muerte wearing Barbra’s iconic, opulent outfit in the musical. Now, here’s a new, darker version of that art.

#AWickedHalloween Day 25: Gothic Daddy [No. 93]

#AWickedHalloween Day 24: Horror Romance/Terror Romântico (No. 92)

“Ghost” is one of my favorite movies ever! I’ve seen it so many times and a couple of years ago, it inspired a piece—that perhaps is still up in my blogger portfolio— that one was fine, but not necessarily my favorite, so I decided to redo it this year. Here’s the final result!

#AWickedHalloween Day 23: Carnival of the Macabre/Circo Macabro [No. 90]

I have said the same thing about many artwork from this year's Halloween marathon. But I can't help it... Many of these work are legit very dear to my heart. This guy right here is one of them. He turned out really sexy and actual pretty.

Eu já disse a mesma coisa a respeito de várias obras na maratona de Halloween desse ano, mas eu não posso evitar, vários desses trabalhos são de fato muito significativos para mim. Esse cara aqui é um deles. O resultado ficou realmente sexy e bonito.

#AWickedHalloween Day 22: Teen Horror/Terror Teen [I Know What You Did Last Summer]

I'm not sure if it's an unpopular thing to say, but here it goes: "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is an awful franchise and it doesn't even circle back to campy. Furthermore, they should have never allowed sequel movies to happen—much worse so many reboots. It's not a good movie, not a good plot, although I really like that cast and you know I simply cannot resist Freddie Prinze Jr.—he's still as dreamy as ever!

Since the movie needed a little campy fixing, I decided to give it myself and expose what Ray and Barry really did last summer... if you know what I mean... *wink*

NSFW version on BlueSky.

Eu não tenho se essa é uma opinião impopular, mas lá vai: "Eu Sei O Que Vocês Fizeram No Verão Passado" uma franquia horrorosa e sequer se encaixa na máxima que algo tão ruim pode virar camp. Além do mais, eles jamais deveriam ter permitido tantas sequências e reboots. Não é um filme bom, não tem um bom enredo, mas eu gosto do elenco... E você sabe que não dá pra resistir ao Freddie Prinze Jr.—ele continua tão lindo como sempre.

Já que o filme precisava de um ajuste camp, eu decidi dá-lo eu mesmo e expor o que de fato o Ray e o Barry fizeram no verão passado... se é que vocês me entendem... *piscada*

#AWickedHalloween Day 21: Voyeuristic Creatures/Criaturas Voyeuristas [No. 86 — Vouyeristic Vampires]

Today we wrap up week three of this Halloween marathon with a piece that means a lot to me. It took me a few days to get it just right, but I really love both the concept and the final result.

You know Twilight is my guilty pleasure movie saga — and there’s something so teasing about the fact that Edward always takes Bella to the woods, especially while she’s still human. But you know what else happens in the woods? Gay cruising. (It’s even legal in several parts of Europe, where local governments have reportedly set aside safe areas for it — or so I’ve read.)

So, naturally, my campy brain got inspired and made those two worlds collide: what if there were a gang of vampires who turned gay men cruising in the forest into horny vampires themselves? Kinda iconic — and I’m totally here for it.

The uncensored version of this piece is available on BlueSky.

Hoje nós encerramos a semana 3 dessa maratona de Halloween com uma obra que significa muito para mim. Eu passei alguns dias acertando e ajustando ela, mas eu realmente amo o conceito e o resultado final.

Todos já sabem que Crepúsculo é meu filme guilty pleasure — e há algo de excitante no fato que o Edward sempre leva a Bella para as partes mais isoladas do bosque, especialmente quando ela ainda é humana. Mas sabe o que também acontece no bosque? Gays caçando. (É até legal em partes da Europa, onde o governo local reservou áreas seguras dedicadas a isso—ou pelo menos foi o que eu li).

Então, naturalmente, meu cérebro campy se inspirou e juntou esses dois mundos: E se existisse uma gangue de vampiros que transformasse homens gays caçando na floresta em vampiros tarados? Meio que icônico e eu sou totalmente a favor disso.

#AWickedHalloween Day 20: Possessions & Exorcisms [No. 91]

Whenever demonic possessions are depicted in visual art, they’re almost always shown as something plain ugly — people decaying from the inside out, because the devil is supposedly a filthy, evil creature. But you know what? I’m done with that kind of imagery, and I refuse t put it in own work.

That's why, for this piece, I have decided to do a romantic and lustful possession. A very erotic, sensual, camp and almost loving relation between our world and the supernatural. The devil may be ugly, but he knows how to treat his bitches.

Quando as possessões demoníacas são retratadas nas artes visuais, elas quase sempre são mostradas como algo feito — pessoas apodrecendo de dentro para fora porque o diaboo deve ser uma criatura imunda e malvada. Mas quer saber de uma coisa? Eu estou cansado desse tipo de iconografia e eu me recuso a incluí-la no meu trabalho.

 #AWickedHalloween Day 19 [19/31]: Local Witches/Bruxas Locais — Matinta Pereira

From Brazilian folklore — especially from the North of the country — Matinta Pereira is witch often portrayed as an old hag witch who transforms into a bird (usually an owl) at night. Her presence is seen as a bad omen: if she lands on your roof and lets out her piercing cry, you’d better prepare coffee and tobacco right away as her offering. Otherwise, misfortune is sure to follow.

But for today’s piece, forget the old hag. Here, Matinta is irresistible. She’s the one who must have invented the coffee-and-cigarettes diet Judy Garland swore by. If you look closely, you’ll see she already carries her own offerings in hand — a witch both seductive and dangerous, wrapped in smoke and moonlight. But maybe, she wants more than just cigarretes and coffee, maybe she wants to steal your husband, as well!

Nas tradições folclóricas brasileiras — sobretudo do norte do país — Matinta Pereira é uma bruxa velha que, à noite, se transforma em pássaro (geralmente uma coruja). Sua presença é sinal de mau-presságio: se ela pousar no telhado e soltar o grito estridente, trate logo de preparar café e tabaco como oferenda. Caso contrário, o mau agouro é inevitável.

#AWickedHalloween Day 17: Campy Horror Icons: Divine as Dawn Davenport in "Female Trouble"

I will forever defend early John Waters films as true horror masterpieces. For the audiences who witnessed their original screenings, it’s clear they provoked far more shock and disturbance than most mainstream, conventionally accepted horror movies ever did. That’s precisely why no other camp icon could fit this day better than Divine. And since Female Trouble is my favorite collaboration between Waters and Divine, it felt only natural to honor them through today’s piece.

 #AWickedHalloween Day 16: Ghosts/Fantasmas: [No. 87] O Loiro do Banheirão

The Bloody Mary urban legend has countless versions around the world. I’m not sure about the rest of Latin America, but in Brazil, she’s known as “A Loira do Banheiro” — literally, “the Bathroom Blonde.” In this version, she’s the ghost of a blonde woman who can be evoked by flushing the toilet three times and repeating her name in front of a mirror, also three times.

This modern take on the story became especially popular in the 2000s thanks to a TV show that dramatized urban legends from all over the country. Anyway... today’s piece was inspired by that tale — O Loiro do Banheirão. (There’s no proper English word for banheirão, which basically refers to cruising in public restrooms.) So beware: every time you go cruising in a public toilet, the ghost of a blonde twink might be watching you. It’s up to you like the idea of a voyeur ghost.

🇧🇷 A lenda da Loira do Banheiro tem versões espalhadas pelo mundo. Eu não sei se no resto da América Latina eles conhecem a mesma versão do nosso conto, mas aqui no Brasil ela ganhou força nas versões modernas que ficaram populares nos anos 2000, graças ao programa do Gugu, que dramatizava lendas urbanas de todo o país.

Nessa história, a Loira do Banheiro é o fantasma de uma mulher loira, sempre vestida de branco, que pode ser invocada ao puxar a descarga três vezes e repetir o nome dela diante do espelho — também três vezes.

#AWickedHalloween Day 15: Halloween Playlist [Michael Jackson em 'Thriller']:

I can only imagine being a kid in the U.S. back in 1983 — one rich enough to have cable TV — and getting to watch the premiere of Thriller on MTV, with that giant logo probably taking up a quarter of the screen. Forty-two years later, MTV has become almost a nostalgic artifact of the past, but Michael Jackson remains a game changer yet to be surpassed.