35 Funny Illustrations by Tiago Hoisel – with Exclusive Interview
Today we have the special honor to discuss about digital art and painting with Tiago Hoisel. Besides the great collection of humorous illustrations that he has provided for us, Tiago also gives precious advice and shares interesting information in the below exclusive interview.
Amazing creativity, detail and fun are the perfect words to describe his artwork. The humor and realism are perfectly combined to depict real life situations or imaginary scenarios meant to make the viewer laugh and want more!
Q: Howdy Tiago! Welcome to pxleyes.com community. Please tell us a few words about yourself.
My name is Tiago Hoisel, I’m graduated in graphic design in Universidade do Estado da Bahia. I’ve been working as an illustrator for almost 5 years now. I was born in Salvador, Capital of Bahia, but was raised in Ilhéus, a small town in the state.
At the second half of 2008, I was invited to work as an illustrator in a image retouch studio and moved to São Paulo. Today I own this studio with 4 more partners.
“Chico Bento”
Q: Your illustrations are so funny and expressive! Where doy you get your inspiration from?
I always liked humor and realism, so when I started to draw I tried to bring these two thing to my work.
It’s hard to tell where does inspiration come from. Some are ideas I have during the day, some come from situations I live and some even shown up in my dreams and I ended up illustrating.
“Teenager”
Q: What software do you use and which is the feature you couldn’t live without, of that particular software?
Nowadays 100% of my work is produced in Photoshop CS3, with A Intuos III Tablet. In Photoshop, I mostly use are the brushes. Of course I use some of it’s other resources that allow a better finalization in my work.
“Meeting with Girlfriend’s Family”
Q: We have heard that you are implied in a new project: Techno Image. What does that mean for you?
When I started illustrating at Techno Image, quickly the demand grown and the necessity of hiring new illustrators arose. I already knew the work Pedro and Lucas were doing, and when that necessity came we made contact with them and found out they also known my work and had interest. They both left behind good studios to bet in Techno Image, which was a small studio, with lots o potential.
Today we don’t have a severe division in the studio. Basically, me and Lucas work on illustrating and painting, and Pedro does 3d. Many times we work together in a single piece too. Lots of times we do the concept for Pedro develop in 3d, other many times Pedro helps us us in Photoshop post production or doing some fur of our Illustrations. There’s also times when we do Mattepaint in Pedro’s render. Generally speaking it’s a pretty collaborative work.
Today the studio is composed of:
Guilherme Proença – Customer attention, also does image retouch and some 3d.
Rodnei Bassani – Customer attention, also does image retouch and helps with art direction in our work.
Lucas Leibholz – Multispecialized 2d Illustrator. Paints on variated techniques such as digital, acrylic, watercolor, nankin and vector. He is a caricaturist, but has also worked with grafitti, comics and motion graphics.
Pedro Conti – 3d Illustrator. Art director, he is a generalist, with special skills in textures, shaders, lighting and render.
Tiago Hoisel – 2d Illstrator.
André – 3d artist and image retoucher. Generalist.
Saulo- 2d artist
Victor Mariano- Artist who does well both in 2d and 3d
Victor Hugo- 3d artist
“Maria!”
Q: Which is your favourite thing in the whole wide world?
My family. I’m very grateful to have the family I do. Everything I am, is due to the fact of have grown up between each one of them and for everything they have taught me.
“Minotauro”
Q: Please give a little piece of advice for the newbies just starting out in this field of art.
I see a huge tendency in the digital youth that is focusing their studies in tools and software. My advice is always focus your study in the development of your perception and the enhancement of the artistic sense.
Saci
Audience
Podium
Bedroom
Lunch Time
This Has Never Happened to Me Before
Beach
Pelé the King
Mad Scientist
Big Bad Wolf
Axl
Internet Generation
Coaching-Canin
Baby
Pavarotti
The Farm
Suassuna
Bathroom
Surreal
The Boss
Pipoca
Tattoo
Hugh Jackman – Wolverine
Clown
Stallone – Rambo
Mr Burns
Dragons Tamer
A Strange on the Beach
Bee
Turista!
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Wow, what a great portfolio…
( 189 days ago )INSANELY good !
( 189 days ago )Yup, really great work. Both the detailed and rougher illustrations are terrific. But not only in technique, the ideas are superb too, well done.
( 189 days ago )It’s really good, keep up the good work!
( 188 days ago )keep t it, this is great!
( 186 days ago )Excellent material. I enjoyed the Surreal image the most but they were all worthwhile. Thanks for the eye candy
( 184 days ago )really awesum
( 184 days ago )Freaking amazing man. one of my faves is the baby. i actually snorted with laugher when i saw it.
( 184 days ago )Very nice. I enjoyed viewing your art.
( 182 days ago )you’re outstanding =)
( 182 days ago )Davy Jones one was fantastic
( 182 days ago )Your art is boring, repetative and uninspiring. “Your” surreal work is a blatant rip-off of Salvador Dali’s The Temptation of St. Anthony.
Try picking up a paintbrush like a real artist.
( 181 days ago )Amazing work It seems you have put sooo much work into your pieces.
( 181 days ago )Love funny images!
( 180 days ago )Absolutely loved this art!! Keep up the good work..I wish I could turn a wedding photo into this art!
( 180 days ago )I don’t get one with Sylvester Stallone.. .all other are illustrations but that one is just photo of his face.
( 180 days ago )Want more willies.
( 180 days ago )
) love your work! great technique and it’s good that you’re using it in the funny part of life. congrats! 
( 180 days ago )great work! very intelligent and funny humor
carry on lad 
( 180 days ago )wow, truth bearer sucks at life.
Great artwork.
( 179 days ago )Wow! That’s the most amazing set of artwork in my entire life! Each price had a different story to it, you’re abesoulotley incrediblle!
( 179 days ago )Truth Bearer you just need to shut your mouth.
anyway, great work, i really enjoyed it!
( 179 days ago )esta genial hermano. THIS great brother.
( 179 days ago )I love these paintings
( 178 days ago )WOW!!! Awesome artwork! @Truthbearer….. you’re pretty lame & i’d love to see any kind of artistic work you’d come up with
( 177 days ago )Killer, great art work man
( 177 days ago )DAM GOOD
( 177 days ago )A “rip off” and a work that is inspired by another are completely different things. I rather enjoyed the reference in the surreal work.
( 177 days ago )Amazing work!!! Wish I had half of this talent!
( 177 days ago )Amazing imagination and creativity in concept. Only one repetition – Teenage and Wolf – but the detail is superb.
( 177 days ago )Ok this is fucking awesome and the part that is really sad is because i am brazilian and NEVER see this art.
Is sad that we have to see our own artists in a american site.
( 177 days ago )Man truth bearer really does suck at life molly my only dream in life is that I wasnt stuck to this prick
( 176 days ago )Amazing imagination
( 176 days ago )great amazing photos
( 176 days ago )Hey CONGRATULATIONS Tiago! I think its a really good work. UP THE ART, ART THE UP. Greetings from Guadalajara, Mexico.
( 174 days ago )Outstanding!
( 171 days ago )your works are great but when trying to mock the art of dali’s not like me who is my idol besides more respect for the great artists … good paint
( 170 days ago )Hahahahaa Look at this man EPIC ……..“Minotauro”
( 168 days ago )wow great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( 164 days ago )Eaglegrafix, there’s a difference between repetition and a series.
Those were some of my favorites by the way. Very details and extremely talented, though not my personal taste. This is an amazing job, though.
( 163 days ago )J’ADORE!
( 97 days ago )Great work!
( 94 days ago )Mind-blowing illustrations. Impressive share.
( 69 days ago )This is completely amazing. Beautiful work.
People like this are treasures of the world – they have the ability to show what we see.
( 64 days ago )Absolutely wonderful! Great imagination.
( 28 days ago )Holy christ that tattoo one blew my mind. Really good work that Tiago did. I enjoyed all the pieces. Divorce Lawyer Miami
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