Uzóme (An abbreviation for "os homens", the men) is a way to call the police in São Paulo.
Ask any São Paulo’s citizen and surely they will have stories of violence, abuse and neglect of these ubiquitous characters in the city scenario.
Character Design:
Nothing to see here…
Just checking.
I called him Capitão Machado.
Riot control unit:
K-9
The Tatico Movel:
The "Tático Móvel" is a Chevrolet Blazer with 4 grey berets mean faced Military Police. You usually see them driving at 10km/h looking for ways to annoy citizens or roaring on the bus lane with the strobes on.
Patterns:
Patterns using the two variants of the Blazer: the traditional livery and the all grey ROTA (Ostensive Patrol Regiment).
Prints:
It was a painstaking job x-acto every pixel of it, but I really liked the result! Each of them was almost 2m large.
Funny to see texturized pixels.
I only have few pictures of them on the streets, but was a very fun project to do. The prints are available and free to be downloaded for those who want some Uzóme to protect and to serve for themselves.