Folio illustration and animation agency
Folio illustration and animation agency
Ricardo Bessa is a London-based, Portuguese illustrator and storyboard artist who specialises in keenly detailed caricatures, dynamic perspectives and rich, atmospheric colour schemes. Ricardo is inspired by nature, comics, manga and mythology, as well as his upbringing in Portugal. This inspiration takes form in his portfolio, which is a wonderland of mystical and magical themes alongside challenging narratives and queer characters, creating illustrations that feel rich in narrative and aesthetic and appealing to a range of audiences.
His enchanting landscapes and passionately detailed character studies have grown his client list to include a wide range of editorial, advertising and publishing clients, making him a popular choice for Young Adult book covers, textbooks, comics and a variety of projects.
When he is not illustrating, Ricardo is enhancing the illustration community with his contributions to the comic sphere as well as tabling at a variety of comic cons and print shows across the UK.
Follow Ricardo Bessa on Instagram @rbessaaa
Biolumina / Bloomsbury Publishing / BOOM! Studios / Cartoon Network / Channel 4 / Clip Studio Paint / Dreamworks TV / Financial Times / HarperCollins / Hazlitt / HBO / Honda / JetBlue / Lenovo / Oxford University Press / Macmillan / MTV / Penguin Random House / Puffin Books / Playstation / Quanta Magazine / Scholastic / Sky Atlantic / Smirnoff / Sony / The Atlantic / Tumblr / Wired / Wizards of the Coast / Zizzi /