Carlos Paulo Costa Ferreira

my artist name is ONEOFTHECLAN why long story .
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Carlos Paulo Costa Ferreira (aka OneOfTheClan) is a self-taught artist creating many different types of art. A gift perhaps some may say. Carlos recalls that from age of ten he was able to sketch in pencil anything that he saw and copied it to the best of his ability. Unfortunately, his parents had other career plans for him and didn’t share his love of art, so when he graduated school he followed his father’s trade, in which he didn’t last very long.

From age 18, in the days of apartheid in South Africa, Carlos started out with fashion design, because, he said he had a liking for trendy clothing and punk fashion was his favoured trend. After three years he opened a little shop called “oneoftheclan” and concentrated on gothic type clothing. He decorated his shop with murals and started painting murals, becoming self-employed from there onwards.

Carlos would later venture into paint effect technique, which at the time was in-demand. He then later ventured into manufacturing custom made objects in various materials. And, eventually, he went into the interior side of design and became an interior designer.

During this time, Carlos bought himself a computer to play games on, and one day he got hold of Corel Draw. He was fascin...