Soud was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He considers himself a very versatile artist, and is always searching for new ways of improving his skills. Soud is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Illustrators Association (SIB) and is highly recommended from FNLIJ (National Foundation of Children and Youngster Publishing).

Soud worked with animated movies for a while, performing cleanup and learning through the new environment. He is currently an established and recognized free-lancer illustrator. He works with advertising, magazines, and newspapers, but mostly for publishers in the children and teenager market.

Say a Little Prayer:Dionne Warwick (Running Press)

Better Days Will Come (Saraiva Publishing)
Disaster in the Jungle (Melhoramentos Publishing)
From the Gold Coast (Saraiva Publishing)
Lost In the Woods (Cambridge Publishing)
Otelo (Escala Publishing)
Tales of Shakespeare (Atica Publishing)
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Salamandra Publishing)
The Moon of Gomrath (Salamandra Publishing)
The Storyteller (Melhoramentos Publishing)