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Realism
Portraits, animals and faces with depth — soft gradients of black and grey built up line by line.
GOOD FOR
A pet, a portrait, a face you want to keep
From Bahia to Alfornelos
First the walls. Then the skin.
Leandro Sodré — Iguana to everyone — drew before he could explain why. The spray can came before the machine.
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Bahia
Born in Bahia, in the north-east of Brazil. Drawing from childhood.
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São Paulo
Moves to São Paulo at 12. His first tags go up at school.
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The walls
From tags to graffiti: he paints schools and shops, and learns that a wall is art — until someone paints over it.
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2012
A friend hands him a tattoo machine. He never puts it down.
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Colina do Sol
Today: his own studio in Alfornelos, Amadora — the trophies on the shelf, WhatsApp always on.
"Our best will stay forever."
