Rafael dos Santos Coutinho (born January 28, 1980, in

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) is a Brazilian

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and animator.

Early life and education

Coutinho was born on January 28, 1980, the city of

. He studied

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São Paulo State University São Paulo State University (UNESP, pt, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho") is a public university run by the state government of São Paulo, Brazil. UNESP has a combined student body of over 45,000 spread among its 23 ...

(UNESP). During his studies in 2003, part of his work from a

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course were featured in a city-wide advertisement campaign in

. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.

Career

Coutinho started his professional career at 16 years old, as ''

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'' artist for Laís Bodanzky's 2001 film '' Brainstorm''. Following his degree at UNESP he worked with the art collective Base-V, producing experimental works, murals and exhibitions. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Coutinho was part of a series of exhibitions, displaying different visual art works in the

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. He also published, together with the writer

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, the

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''Cachalote'', in 2010. Coutinho has been a guest and speaker at different visuals arts, comics and other associated conferences and events.

Works

Comics

* ''Irmãos Grimm em Quadrinhos'' (anthology, 2009, Desiderata). Coutinho wrote and drew the story ''Branca de Neve e os Sete Anões''. * ''Bang Bang'' (coletânea, 2005, Devir Livraria). He wrote and drew the story ''Sobre Daisy''. * ''Drink'' (2010, Barba Negra). * ''Cachalote'' (2010, Companhia das Letras), together with Daniel Galera. * ''Muchacha'' (2010, Companhia das Letras), Coutinho drew an eight-page story with the character Capitão Tigre. * ''O Beijo Adolescente'' (2011, Selo Cachalote). * ''O Beijo Adolescente 2'' (2013, Selo Cachalote). * ''O Beijo Adolescente 3'' (2015, Selo Cachalote). * ''Mensur (''2017, Companhia das Letras).

Film

* ''Aquele Cara'' (

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, 2006) - Director and writer, with Laerte Coutinho and Tiago Villas Boas. Won the Porta Curtas Award at the Vitória Cine Vídeo festival in 2006. * ''Ao vivo'' (Short film, 2008) - Animation director. *Torre (2017) - Art director, with Pedro Franz

Awards

In 2018 Coutinho, together with

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, won an award in the category "Best Art Director" at the 46th

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for the film "Torre".

Personal life

Coutino works and lives in

, he is the father of two children. Coutinho is the son of Laerte Coutinho, a Brazilian

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary an ...

and

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. He collaborated with her, working on the comic ''Muchacha'' (2010).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coutinho, Rafael Brazilian comics creators 1980 births São Paulo State University alumni Living people