Roberto Ribeiro Padula

My most successful painting at Lightbox this year! I can see why. Look at that socially awkward face!

Got myself some real treasures at lightbox this year! So good!

Oh boy, it took me a week to recover from my trip to Lightbox. The plane seat completely destroyed my back. I've felt pain in places I didn't remember existed. Anyway, here's a new little guy I've just made!

It's humble, but it's home! Booth 403! Lets go Lightbox!

Just made a new friend at the cinema while waiting for my movie!

Hello Pasadena! Who else is already here for lightbox? Let's go!

Getting ready to start my anual pilgrimage to Pasadena for Lightbox! Hope to see you all there!!

Ooh boy. Have you noticed that work never ends? You would think that with all the effort we put into it we'd eventually cause an impact on it, but work just regenerates and keep on coming. I think this might be a hydra situation. Have we tried using fire against work?

Sketched a little bird human thing!

Some butts are hairy, that's just a fact of life.

Recursive self-improvement is as real as the Easter bunny! Don't buy into their bullshit!

Here he is! The Fluviovorator rotundus! Bask in his glory!!! And remember kids, every time you use AI, Elon Musk has an orgasm, so don't do it!

I made a little wormy guy!

I think I'm ready to call this piece done. What do you think? Looks good?

This chonky boy is coming along swimmingly!

Remember when the biggest thing on the internet were NFTs? I used to receive hundreds of spam emails about people wanting to "buy my art" everyday. We were all going to be millionaires. That must have been 30 years ago... We were just kids back then. Oh nostalgia.

Working on a new creature. I wanted to paint something chonky, so I did! Let's see where this will take me.

I've seen so many great artists just stop and disappear. This is not a kind world for artists and it's completely reasonable to have to change your priorities, but I miss you all.

I've painted this piece 12 years ago. It's hard to say if I evolved much since then. I feel like I've learned more and got more confident, but there still are days when I can't draw a single line right. Welp, that's life! Gotta keep on painting!

This guy has seen some stuff! I feel ya, little guy.