Graduated in Advertising and Marketing at ESPM-SP, Fábio Valle has been working for over 20 years in the national and international illustration market. During this period, he was part of the legendary agency DPZ, contributing to campaigns for clients such as Itaú, Vivo, Coca-Cola, Sadia, and Azul.
In 2005, through Lighstar Studios, he was part of the animation team of the feature film Asterix and the Vikings (M6 – France), working as an inbetweener and handling cleanups.
In 2013, he founded his own studio, working as an independent illustrator for various agencies and studios, such as Young&Rubicam, DM9, W/McCann, Lew'Lara\TBWA, Lightstar Studios, Roof Studio NY, among others. During this period, he was also responsible for the redesign of iconic characters such as the Ana Maria mascot (from Bimbo’s famous cakes) and Ri Happy’s Solzinho.
In 2017, he was invited to serve as Art Director for the animated series Turma da Mônica Jovem (Cartoon Network / Mauricio de Sousa Produções), in yet another successful collaboration with Lighstar Studios. The show became the channel’s top-rated animation in 2019 and went on to win the 2020 Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Animated TV Series.
In the following years, he expanded his career into major international productions, including the educational project Sesame Street: Play to Learn (2021), where he worked on pre-production of characters and backgrounds across more than 165 episodes. 
In 2022, he was hired by Lighstar Studios and Renegade to work as Background Color Supervisor on the feature film Fixed, directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Primal), co-produced by Warner Bros., New Line, and Sony Pictures, released worldwide on Netflix in 2025.
Also in 2022, he worked on A Turma do Menino Sol, a series of animated music videos for singer Vitor Kley, produced by Split Studio, creating characters, props, and backgrounds, in partnership with music producer Rick Bonadio (Midas Music). 
In 2024, he took on Art Direction and Character Design for the animated series Nogglers – Mavericks of Time, producing a teaser and pilot episode funded by the Nouns community.
Today, Fábio continues to collaborate on animations, series, films, and advertising campaigns, bringing together art direction, character and background design, and strong visual storytelling with cultural and aesthetic impact.
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