About

My name is Helder Oliveira and I work as a freelance illustrator based in Setúbal, Portugal.
My academic background goes through different artistic media’s as you can see in my portfolio but at the moment I´m deeply approaching illustration as my main creative  area. I love creative challenges and different, non standard, concepts. My skills include drawing from sketch and digital painting or traditional working methods. Photo manipulation represents also a great amount of my latest works. Currently I´m fulfilling commissions from press publishers, advertising agencies, magazines, design studios and all sort of web related graphics.
I´ve started early to draw and play with colours. I don´t remember when but I decided to make a job out of art when I was still interested in chips and ice cream. I still enjoy a good ice cream, not that much for chips but I can´t imagine my life without any kind of artistic creation. Never liked much to create art to pay my bills, so I also teach illustration and art subjects as a complement to my creative jobs.
Apart from that I like books, music, cooking and spring.

His creations and concepts are inspired by the society that he lives in, poetry and surreal art, with the goal to make the observer think about that is seeing. His other works are full of humor and social criticism.

Recognition

  • SND (Society for News Design | USA) – 2 Awards of Excellence | Expresso Newspaper 2012
  • Meios & Publicidade – cat. Editorial Illustration Award winner | 2011
  • ÑH6 honorable mention | Magazines category/ Illustration | 2010
  • Communication Arts Award of Excellence 50th Annual | 2009
  • SOCIETY NEWS DESIGN spain. – Gold Medal Award winner – Press Illustration | 2008
  • STUART PRESS AWARDS. – Illustration cat. Award Winner -Press Illustration | 2008
  • ETIC. -First Place Award winner – Illustration | 2006
  • Galeria Aberta CMB. – First Place Award winner – Painting | 1997
  • Galeria dos Escudeiros. – First Place Award winner – Painting | 1996

Skills

Editorial Illustration


Editorial Illustration represents a large amount of my recent work. From newspapers, magazines and other publishing content.

Commercial and Advertising


I´ve worked on several illustration projects to meet commercial and advertising goals. Directly with the client or with creative agencies.

Books and CD covers


I love literature and music, so defining how a book or CD will look like is one of my favorite projects.


Web Illustration


I´m a graduated Web Designer. Web interfaces or illustration content to companies/individuals are part of my skills. All kinds of graphics, static or animated.

Packaging Illustration


All kinds of product illustration. Printing, packaging and everything else on the bag.

Corporate identity


Corporate identity, branding and logo design.
I´ve done big projects like the Modern Pentathlon European Championships.

Clients