I was born in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina, Brazil), in 1981. Nowadays I live in Rio de Janeiro. My interest in dinosaurs began when I was twelve, because of Jurassic Park. I started to do models (made of aluminum paper) and drawings. However, it was in 1996 that I began to study these animals, trying to get more and more information about the group. In this year I improved my drawings and began to do my models with metallic skeletons and acrylic cover, which allowed me to carve a great number of details into the skin texture. In 1997, I begun a study, comparing dinosaurs and birds. In 2000 I started to study Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). I want to specialize in paleontology.
