How did you get into drawing sketch cards?
Drawing comics since 2007 for other countries through the agency GlassHouse and the following year was invited to sketch series cards in Marvel Women. That was in 2008, and on occasion I did not know how I should make these cards. I realized I should draw soft and loose, but maintaining the quality of work. The funniest part is that I can do my style without restrictions.

What is your favorite subject to draw?
Although for now only make cards of Super heroes and villains of Marvel, I think pretty fun. See, I can put my own concept giving more personality to the character. The more strange is the character, the more I play with it. I have a strong influence of Italian Disney comics and cartoons, so it’s natural that I would like to add a lot of sense of movement and expression.

What is your favorite character to draw?
Wow, this is difficult. There are many, but winning by very little from others believe it’s Dare Devil. But I repeat that I love drawing any character as long as I can hold my own style and personality to play with them.

But if there’s a character I’d really like to do is Captain Marvel (DC Comics). He was my childhood hero and even today I find him very entertaining. A guy who can fly, move mountains and it’s still just a kid who uses magic words to transform. Awsome! Ahahah.

Ah yes, another love that drawing is the Star Wars universe.

Do you prefer black & white sketches or color sketches?
There is a preference. Much depends on what I want to convey the image. What kind of impact I want to lead, whether dramatic or vibrant.

What kind of materials do you prefer to work with?
I have the freedom to use any material for coloring, but between all my favorite is watercolor and acrylic paint. These inks can control the dynamics and tone without becoming too strong.

Who is your favorite sketch card artist?
I do not have a favorite. Each has interesting peculiarities full of solutions and visions that inspire me a lot. I really do not I chose a number one.

What are you currently working on?
Currently I’m working on strips weekly Supa Strikas. A fictional soccer team. These strips appear in newspapers in South Africa and other African countries. I love this job because there is great freedom so I can play with the characters. I am also doing comics for companies that want to transmit internal campaigns to employees: safety, quality, ethics, etc..

And of course, more cards. I’m starting a new series of Marvel sketch cards.

Has your career as an artist benefited from doing sketch card work?
Oh yeah, yeah. Thanks to this, my portfolio has attracted more customers and I’ve done more art commission. But the biggest benefit, no doubt, was an improvement in my style in my work. How to get large volumes, about 300 cards, it forced me to develop a greater flexibility to Draw and increased my speed a lot and comply the deadline. I learned to discard what was unnecessary to resolve a scene while my dash lines acquired more elegant. That’s wonderful, because it put into practice many principles of animation in static drawing.

Do you collect trading cards for yourself?
Oh no. I may even buy a card or another, but only if it is something very specific. I leave my side collector for other things.

Do you have a website / blog / online presence where readers can find more information about you?
Of course! I appreciate the opportunity to speak a little of my work and invite you to visit my Blogfolio always with news of recent work I’m doing or where I have a new drawing to show:

www.edferrara.blogspot.com

But you can also find me elsewhere:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Eduardo-Ferrara/1631221053
http://twitter.com/edferrara
http://www.edferrara.deviantart.com
http://projetoestopim.blogspot.com