{"id":58438,"date":"2025-01-19T19:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T18:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58438"},"modified":"2026-01-19T03:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:09:09","slug":"houses-that-have-life-the-beautiful-works-of-the-portuguese-illustrator-francisco-fonseca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/01\/19\/houses-that-have-life-the-beautiful-works-of-the-portuguese-illustrator-francisco-fonseca\/","title":{"rendered":"Houses that have life: the beautiful works of the Portuguese illustrator Francisco Fonseca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays it seems that graphic art is threatened by the rise of artificial intelligence, but there are still excellent artists out there.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2019\/08\/23\/the-painting-of-kristopher-battles-the-last-combat-artist-of-the-us-marines\/\">The painting of Kristopher Battles: the last combat artist of the US Marines<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/24\/the-work-of-j-r-r-tolkien-in-the-form-of-byzantine-icons-thanks-to-artificial-intelligence\/\">The work of J.R.R. Tolkien in the form of Byzantine icons thanks to artificial intelligence<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>I recently discovered one of them on Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_francis.co\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the young Portuguese illustrator Francisco Fonesca<\/a>, who develops his work from the city of Porto. I confess that I like his work more and more, because <strong>his paintings reflect houses and buildings as if they were alive<\/strong>, with a wonderful use of colors and light. To create them, <strong>Francisco uses both traditional media and digital tools<\/strong>. Yesterday he published a video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Francis.co_Illustration\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his YouTube channel<\/a> in which he explains what inspires him to create his works:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who is Francis.co? Get to know me\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJM0_VT31YA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here you can see the process of creating one of his digital works,<\/strong> using different Photoshop tools:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Digital Painting without Brushes? Process by Francis.co\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ER9kLxojXVE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And here you can see how he makes one of his works on paper,<\/strong> in a much more traditional way:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Painting a House, Process Explained by Francis.co\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LI7Xyg2wze4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition to working with a screen and on paper, <strong>Francisco also makes murals, such as this one he painted on the facade of a building in the city of Amarante<\/strong>, in northern Portugal:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mural Painting Amarante Francis.co\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1h-gtGF2F9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Francis often uses real houses as a reference,<\/strong> such as this one, located in Rome:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275390656_26a68aee54_o.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>From there, Francisco created this work<\/strong>, in which the house comes to life with very vivid colors:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275819980_19f1e431fd_o.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here we can see another version of the same motif, but at night.<\/strong> Francisco's night paintings have a light that is magical:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54274511437_4656065b47_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to bringing the exterior of buildings to life, <strong>Francisco is also capable of making truly beautiful images of interiors<\/strong>, such as this work in which he shows his studio:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275390631_3d948765ea_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below these lines, <strong>a room with its particular use of color and light:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275640898_6d01cda563_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you like his work, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/FranciscoFonscaShop\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francisco Fonseca sells his work through his Etsy shop<\/a>. You can also follow his creations on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_Francis_co_Art\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/_francis.co\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Francis.co_Illustration\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>. <strong>I leave you here with some more examples of his work, and I take this opportunity to congratulate him on his works.<\/strong> It's great that there are still illustrators who do this type of art.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275641058_209fa582be_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54274511572_29eecc406c_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54274511552_d25c786066_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275820215_26183498de_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275390786_0c5db819f5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275640988_d823980e69_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275641023_cc4564309e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275637814_5afe20f7a2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275637789_873b7869bc_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54275637769_4462aaee1f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays it seems that graphic art is threatened by the rise of artificial intelligence, but there are still excellent artists out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,23596],"tags":[23595,23594,21935,933],"class_list":["post-58438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-art","tag-amarante","tag-francisco-fonseca","tag-porto","tag-portugal"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-15 07:25:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}