Patrícia Furtado

Crónica Index

Patricia Furtado — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:00:31 +0000

Illustrations created for the angry chronicles of Pedro Boucherie Mendes, on Index magazine, every Saturday with “i” newspaper.

Entre nós

What good would it do to succeed abroad if we couldn’t rub it in?
Published on Index Magazine nº16

Não, mas deixe-me ver

Portuguese don’t really mean no, when they say no.
Published on Index Magazine nº16

Novo Código Civil

According to Pedro Boucherie Mendes’ new Civil Code, grumpy civil servants should be forced to have a smile tattooed on their forehead.
Published on Index Magazine nº15

Bagão Felix há só um

Published on Index Magazine nº14

Os prazeres pequenos na vida

What wont we do for a discounted price?
Published on Index Magazine nº13

Meter a mudança

On how the Portuguese feed on nostalgia and think it was all oh so good in the olden days.
Published on Index Magazine nº12.

Vida de cão

This week’s text was about “dog people”.
Published on Index Magazine nº11.

A estimação do ódios

Sometimes, the hate you have for opening a simple DVD box is enough to blow up a small country…
Published on Index Magazine nº10.

Hard Rock cadê

The Hard Rock Café t-shirt isn’t so special anymore…
Published on Index Magazine nº9.

A Sexta dimensão

We’re living for the weekend: We hate mondays and the week keeps getting better until we reach Friday, the peak of happiness.
Published on Index Magazine nº8.

Mourinho

It seems the Portuguese treat José Mourinho as if he made a pact with the devil…
Published on Index Magazine nº7.

A grandeza das manias

On how the Portuguese are quirky people, and drive the café waiters nuts with their special requests and finicky ways.
Published on Index Magazine nº6.

Acontece-me

Who recognizes the dashing young man on this week’s illustration about people that enjoy telling stories? Yes, I had to turn to old family photos for reference this week.
Published on Index Magazine nº5.

Morte Lenta

This week’s anger is turned to people who slow down traffic of people and cars. A subway inspired illustration.
Published on Index Magazine nº4.

Jeitosos

This week’s chronicle was about the Portuguese expression “nada de jeito”, which roughly translates as “nothing special”.
Published on Index Magazine nº3.

Os passeios em Nova Iorque

This week’s subject was people who visit New York, and I based the illustration on stills from Woody Allen’s Manhattan.
Published on the second issue of Index Magazine.

Os novos velhos

The first chronicle was about the Portuguese blogosphere, where bloggers are compared to characters in psychiatric hospital movies, who only talk about their own problems and obsessions. The illustration was inspired on “One flew over a cuckoo’s nest”, mentioned on the text.
Published on the first issue of Index Magazine.

Pampering the players

Patricia Furtado — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:35:02 +0000

The special one arrived and the game is already changing at Real Madrid. Mourinho knows his players are gold and wants them happy and papered like gods.

Where’s your weenie?

Patricia Furtado — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:40:21 +0000

A cartoony illustration for an article about when small children discover their sexuality.

Paul, the octopus

Patricia Furtado — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:45:39 +0000

Spain won the World Cup and Paul, the octopus got it right again!

Created a few hours before the final match, this illustration shows my faith in Paul’s predictions, making it the focus of a piece about the global reach of the world cup fever. Had the Neatherlands won the match, Paul would have still been newsworthy and a good metaphor for the article, but accurately predicting all of Germany’s results plus the final match, made this common octopus living in a Sea Life Center in Oberhausen a star.

Heat wave / Crime wave

Patricia Furtado — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:10:21 +0000

On the Zoom section opening page of today’s i newspaper, an illustration about the heat wave we’ve been feeling these days.

In the same loose style, a strip illustrating six crimes committed recently makes the connection between the heatwave and a rise in violent crime.

The main illustration also made the newspaper cover:

European Crisis

Patricia Furtado — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:41:11 +0000

Uncomfortably squeezed with each other, European leaders are trying to work together to find solutions for the crisis.

The Portuguese team in the World Cup

Patricia Furtado — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:26:34 +0000

On the day of the Portugal - Ivory Coast match, a double page with the most important moments from the Portuguese World Cup participation, from Eusébio to Cristiano Ronaldo.

As Gémeas

Patricia Furtado — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:03:33 +0000

As a kid, I would spend all my school recesses and lunch breaks quietly reading in a corner. (No, I wasn’t very popular with the other kids…). I used to spend the Summer holidays with my grandparents and Avó Lena would take me to the local library, where I ‘d pick some old classics from the children’s section, with the help of an even older librarian. Needless to say, I loved the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, and anything else by Enid Blyton but I particularly liked the O’Sulivan Twins - As Gémeas, in portuguese.

I was, of course, very excited when I was approached by Oficina do Livro to create the covers for a new edition of the O’Sullivan Twins’ collection. I hadn’t done any children’s illustration for a while (or any book covers, thinking of it) and I would be recreating that old universe of a British boarding school in the fifties, with dorm rooms, uniforms and strange sports.

I received the first two books with today’s mail, and I’m really pleased with the result. (A bit disappointed that my credits were left out by mistake, though). The books will hit the shops very soon.

Carrie Bradshaw paper doll

Patricia Furtado — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:30:39 +0000

Another Sex and the City movie, another excuse to parade a million designer dresses. Ok, not a million, Carrie uses a total of 41 different looks throughout the movie.

I used to love paper dolls when i was a kid, so I had lots of fun drawing this Carrie Bradshaw doll, together with some of the outfits that appear in the film. If you want to print it out on a sheet of card and have a play, here’s an A4 pdf file to download. You’re welcome!

Carrie also made it to the cover of the newspaper:

Snow Patrol @ Koko Camden 2006

Patricia Furtado — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:00:03 +0000

Watching the Snow Patrol Rock in Rio concert on telly, alone in my living room while pushing through a ton of work, I’m so wishing I’d had the time and energy to have been there.

All sorts of memories pop into my mind as it races back to April 2006, when I saw them in Koko Camden, London, one of those small, intimate venues where you don’t actually need a giant screen to see the band.

My partner and I had very recently broken up but we had the tickets so we went together anyway, which made it an incredibly awkward night. But Snow Patrol were just at that 2nd album point in their career, with the right amount of songs for a great line up and they really exceeded my expectations with their presence and energy. Despite all the weirdness, it was pretty much the perfect gig.

The gig I’m seeing on television now is very different. It’s shorter, they’re sure to miss some of my favourite songs, and the crowd is immense. I imagine how far I would have been and realise that my comfy armchair is probably the best seat after all.