Picolo was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. We got in touch with the artist to learn more about him and his creative process. He shared that when he's not drawing for work or for himself, he enjoys playing video games and traveling. "It always ends up inspiring me to draw more."
We were curious to learn how his journey as a comic artist began. "I always liked cartoons and anime, and at some point, I discovered that they came from another place (comics and manga). I started consuming this content and wanted to emulate the stories I liked, that's when I became interested in creating illustrations and then comics."
"More than drawing, I love telling stories through drawings, that's why I decided I wanted to make comics. Even when I draw a single illustration, the narrative is my favorite element," Picolo explained when talking about how the stories and characters came to be.
Right now, Picolo has more than 3.6 million followers on Instagram and hundreds of thousands on other social media platforms, like Twitter or TikTok. We wanted to know if he ever imagined he would have so many admirers. "I never imagined that there would be so many people from so many parts of the world following my drawings! It all started in 2014 when I did a project where I created a drawing for each day of the year. My work eventually went viral and never stopped."
In the past, the artist used to post a drawing every day, but during that time, he wasn't actively working with art. "Nowadays, I still draw almost every day, but these are usually works that I can't publish," he said.
Picolo didn't pursue formal education to become an artist. "I always studied on my own, from online tutorials and books."
