Felipe Motta
Visual Artist, Graphic Designer and co-owner of Petit Pois Studio. · Self-employed
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
In My Own Words
<h4>"<span style="background-color: transparent;">Felipe Motta, AKA MOTTILAA, born and based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a self-taught graphic artist who’s also graduated in Graphic Design. Being a skateboarder since 10 years old, his artwork is naturally rooted in the street culture. Along his career, besides showcasing his artwork in exhibitions and painting outdoor and indoor murals, he has developed lots of projects for the skateboard and music industries, agencies and brands around the world. </span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent;"> Since 2006, MOTTILAA divides his authorial work with the design projects at </span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;"><em><a href="http://www.petitpois.studio/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Petit Pois Studio</a></em></strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;">, in which he’s partners with his wife and designer </span><em style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;">Marianna Cersosimo</em><span style="background-color: transparent; color: inherit;">, creating exclusive projects for their clients."</span></h4>
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VANS Deck of Cards
https://www.mottilaa.com/cópia-uprise-pup-scots-2Creation of a complete customized deck of cards with themes from the VANS universe. The product was an exclusive and non-commercialized item, used as a year-end gift for a list of the brand's partners in Brazil. photos: Pedro Macedo
Uprise Skateshop "Chi-Town Pup' 'Scots"
https://www.mottilaa.com/copy-of-uprise-tamfChi-Town Pup' 'Scots" is my third deck series for UPRISE, Chicago's most classic skateshop, with 23 years of history.
"Pink Gecko" book
https://www.mottilaa.com/cópia-stuIn 2022, in partnership with VISTA, the book "Lagartixa Rosa and the beings that inhabit the mind of MOTTILAA" was released. The book, with a hardcover and 400 pages, has as its guiding thread 22 years (completed in 2022) of MOTTILAA's projects in the Brazilian and international skateboarding market. The release happened during STU Open Rio 2022, in Rio de Janeiro, an event that also featured the visual identity signed by the artist. In addition to the book, merchandising pieces were created such as: New Era cap, Rider flip-flops, t-shirts, sketchbook, stickers, etc. "In the year that MOTTILAA reaches the mark of 22 years of career and graphic projects for the skateboard market, exactly half his age, Pink Gecko makes a record of the passionate trajectory of this skater who, in addition to presenting his portfolio, narrates connections, tells stories, falls, contextualizes his creations and sets the scene of this (counter)culture that goes far beyond a sport. The multi-artist from Rio de Janeiro who managed to build a remarkable identity associated with fluidity, a sense of humor and fun makes this work a tribute to the resistance and maturity of the independent scene and it’s values, interspersed with testimonials from national and international names in music, art, design and, of course, skateboarding. Proving that at the same time skateboarding is local and universal."
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