From The Bear and the Crow, OQO Editora, 2008 In recent months I have often been spending time on tumblr, an activity which, besides being very self-indulgent and addictive, has led me to quite a few discoveries of new interesting artists. Among them, thanks to the lovely allakinda, is André Da Loba, a Portuguese illustrator who recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York. From Bicho de 7 Cabeças, Companhia das Letras, 2009 André uses simple shapes, lots of pure black and primary colors to build his imaginative and playful illustrations, sculptures and collages. His children's books and editorial works have been recognized and awarded by the Bologna Children's Book Fair, The Society of Illustrators, IBBY, The Visual Magazine, The Creative Quarterly magazine, the 3x3 annual and others. Amadeo's Monsters for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Illustration from the unpublished The Moon Prince Illustration from the unpublished Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! from Bichos-faz-de-conta, Porto Editora Two illustrations for Letras Libres Don't loose your head from the installation The cabinet André currently lives in New York, where he is "secretly happy". One of the secrets of his happiness is revealed in this video, where we see him at play with his very special collection of handmade toys!