Name:
Caio Cacau Monteiro Alvares

Birthday:
July 20, 1979 

Birthplace:
Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

Job:
Free Lancer Illustrator

Education:
Graduated in Graphic Design at 
Mackenzie University 12/2003 - Sao Paulo

Influences:
Drew Struzan, Ivan Reis, Doug Braithwait, 
Alex Ross, Anry Nemo, JL Benicio, 
Haddon Sundblom, Earl Moran, 
Mike Deodato Jr., Marc Silvestri, John Byrne, Marko Djurdjevic, 
artists from Renaissance like Paolo Veronese, Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Rafael, I love light-and-shade from Baroque like 
Caravaggio's paintings etc.

What I like:
Art, music, movies, photography, technology, action figures, musical
instruments, news from the world (i like to be updated on current 
events) video game etc.
Equipments:
Intel Core2 Quad q9300 2.50GHz
4,00GB RAM
HD SATA 500GB
HD SATA 250GB
HD IDE de 120 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Monitor LG Flatron W2252TQ Widescreen 22"
Monitor LG Flatron T910B de 19"
Tablet Wacom Intuos3 9X12
Scanner Genius ColorPage-HR7X Slim
Samsung S1030 10 mpixel
Sony Handcam DCR-HC30
Softwares:
Corel Painter X
Adobe Photoshop CS3

Hobbies:
I am not just a illustrator, i like to play my musical instruments. 
Recently I play more the piano, but I like to play my eletric guitar and
bass. Also, I play a little the drums, flute and harmonica. As hobbie, 
I write songs and some soundtracks to short films and games, as the
Pitty website's game and "Um Sonho" short film, which it was showed
at Anima Mundi 2004. Now I have projects to wrote another
soundtrack to a short film called "Origem da Vida".

Music:
I'm big fan of Beatles, I like rock and specially alternative rock,
80's romantic songs, New Wave, Chopin, John Willians etc.

Movies:
Back To The Future trilogy, Top Gun, Star Wars trilogy, Lords of the 
Rings trilogy, The Butterfly Effect, Close Encounters of the Thind 
Kind, I like the 70's movie atmosphere, horror movies (not current
ones), super heroes movies etc. 

Books:
The Bible, Opoeratiomn Horse of Troy, Da Vinci Code, books about
art, music and UFOs.

Comics:
The most publications of Alex Ross, 80's Superman, X-men 
and Spiderman, european comics, mangas like The Sensitive Girl and 
Akira, Asterix, Frank Miller stuffs etc.