Paraiso Perdido Traditional Illustration (10.5×16)
Created with pencil, Copic markers, and pen on illustration paper, this piece explores the idea of a paradise that is not found in innocence but in the chaos of human desire. The scene depicts a group of figures bathing and celebrating while covered in tattoos that reveal their inner worlds. Each tattoo represents a vice, a temptation, or a personal truth that people often try to hide. Instead, here they are displayed openly across the skin.
At the center stands a skeleton pulled into the dance, a reminder that death joins every celebration and that time is always present even in our most reckless moments. The figures raise bottles, grasp at pleasure, and chase distraction, all while the background fades into shadow and silence. What seems alive and wild is touched by decay. What seems joyful carries an undercurrent of consequence.
The title Paraiso Perdido speaks to a paradise that is lost not by accident but by choice. It is a reflection on how people surrender themselves to temptation and excess while believing they are free. The tattoos symbolize the stories, wounds, and desires that shape us. The skeleton represents the truth we try to avoid. And the overall composition is a reminder that paradise is fragile when we confuse indulgence with freedom.
This piece invites the viewer to consider what it means to lose oneself and what it truly means to be free.
Work in progress
