Rubens Scarelli also known as RUSC was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has been an illustrator since 1987 when he started working at an advertising agency. In 1993 he began working on comics. He started to create some characters and drew for different Brazilian publishing houses. Later he became art director at a publishing house and began to make free lance illustrations and graphic designs. Today his projects are more focused on t-shirts and he hopes to have his own brand one day.

He gets inspired by comics and retro designs. Some of his favourite virtuous illustrators and designers are Aaron Horkes, James Jean, Fabien Barral, Neville Brody.