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Why do you do what you do?

I’ve drawn since I was a kid, I’ve always loved the arts…I don’t think I was inspired by some­one to start, all the thing hap­pened nat­u­rally. Art was the only sub­ject I used to be good at school, but I never thought I could ever make money doing it. It was more like fun to me. Then, when I was 15-17 (I don’t remem­ber well) I started doing some fold­ers and comics for the com­pany my dad works at, got some expe­ri­ence since then, and here I am now!

How much of your work is digital?

I’d say that my work is 50% manual and 50% dig­i­tal. All the sketches, con­cepts, stud­ies and tex­tures I make in the tra­di­tional way, using papers, canvas, pen­cils, char­coal, water­color, etc. Only the painting/coloring process I do in the com­puter, using a tablet.

How did you end up becom­ing a Colorist?

That was when I had just grad­u­ated from Graphic Design high school. I was des­per­ate look­ing for a job, send­ing my port­fo­lio to every­where I could. Some months later, Impacto Quadrin­hos a comic’s studio in São Paulo, Brazil, inter­ested in my work, and gave me some tests for Amer­i­can comic­book publishers.

Apart from illus­tra­tion what other things are you into?

I am a Graphic designer too, so I love to make designs for T-shirts. You can find some of my tee’s sub­mis­sions at Camise​te​ria.com

Who are your favourite artists/illustrators alive today?

There are many artists alive, who I admire a lot. Yanick Dusso, Mark Ryden, Lori Earley, João Ruas, Jason Chan, Linda Bergkvist, and Guil­herme Mar­coni are just a few of them!

Have you ever thought about start­ing your own comic com­pany, like Jim Lee did?

Not at the moment. I just love to create, paint­ing, drawing….. I think start­ing a comic com­pany can bring a lot of busi­ness respon­si­bil­i­ties, and I am not inter­ested on this sort of things. But, I don’t know…who knows exactly what comes in the future…

Are you involved in any col­lab­o­ra­tive projects at the moment and is there anyone you would like to work with?

I have made some T-shirts designs with my friend Guil­herme Mar­coni, for the per­ma­nent con­test of Camise­te­ria. He’s an awe­some illus­tra­tor and it has been great to work with him. I’d love to make a con­cept art for some movie or game studio.

What’s next in the pipeline for Will Murai?

I think I am going to set up an Expo with some lim­ited edi­tion series of Dig­i­tal Paint­ings, with a very inter­est­ing theme. I am pretty excited about it!

Frank Miller or Will Eisner?

Frank Miller

Hot dogs or Burgers?

Both. Love junk food

You can see more of Will Murai’s work at
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