Folio illustration and animation agency
Subject
- Son of Alan
- Daniel Atanasov
- Ricardo Bessa
- Syd Brak
- Jason Brooks
- Sally Caulwell
- Billy Clark
- Daniel Clarke
- Gabriel Corbera
- Antoine Corbineau
- Owen Davey
- Mercedes deBellard
- Eleni Debo
- John Devolle
- Michael Driver
- Uran Duo
- Bruce Emmett
- Lisa Evans
- Kate Evans
- Amelia Flower
- Maïté Franchi
- Gez Fry
- James Gilleard
- Ella Ginn
- Helen Green
- Alex Green
- Peter Greenwood
- William Grill
- Nick Hayes
- Peter Henderson
- HifuMiyo
- Bodil Jane
- Carolyn Jenkins
- Josie Jo
- David Juniper
- JVG
- Sam Kalda
- Olivia Knapp
- David Lawrence
- Chu-Chieh Lee
- Donghyun Lim
- Joanna Lisowiec
- Jia-yi Liu
- Kiki Ljung
- Andrés Lozano
- Nien-Ken Alec Lu
- Sarah Maxwell
- Tony Meeuwissen
- Megapont
- Jonathan Milne
- Rebecca Mock
- Julian De Narvaez
- Nabil Nezzar
- Finn Campbell Notman
- Ollanski
- Michael Parkin
- Joe Petagno
- Camelia Pham
- Nick Radford
- Rui Ricardo
- Juan Esteban Rodriguez
- Kouzou Sakai
- Stephan Schmitz
- Anne Sharp
- Siku
- Nick Slater
- Nicholas Stevenson
- Karolis Strautniekas
- Arcade Studio
- Swindler & Swindler
- Edward Tuckwell
- George Underwood
- Elizabeth Wakou
- Olivia Waller
- Diz Wallis
- Xuetong Wang
- Roger Watt
- Alexander Wells
- Emanuel Wiemans
- Gerhard van Wyk
Ricardo Bessa
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
Clients
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 /