diff --git a/app/components/ProjectCover.tsx b/app/components/ProjectCover.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67fca2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/ProjectCover.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import Image from "next/image";
+import { SCREENSHOT_BY_PROJECT_ID } from "./story/notebookProjects";
+
+type CoverProject = { id: string; title: string };
+
+const SCREENSHOTS: Record<string, string | undefined> =
+  SCREENSHOT_BY_PROJECT_ID;
+
+function initials(title: string) {
+  return title
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .filter((word) => word.length > 2 || /^[A-Z]/.test(word))
+    .slice(0, 2)
+    .map((word) => word[0])
+    .join("")
+    .toUpperCase();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Capa do card de projeto: a captura de tela real quando existe; sem captura, um painel gerado em código
+ * (só o monograma, sem repetir a stack que já aparece nas tags do card) em vez de uma imagem inventada.
+ */
+export function ProjectCover({
+  project,
+  priority = false,
+}: {
+  project: CoverProject;
+  priority?: boolean;
+}) {
+  const src = SCREENSHOTS[project.id];
+
+  if (src) {
+    return (
+      <div className="ds-cover">
+        <Image
+          src={src}
+          alt={`Captura de tela de ${project.title}`}
+          width={1600}
+          height={1000}
+          sizes="(min-width: 1360px) 33vw, (min-width: 1025px) 50vw, 100vw"
+          priority={priority}
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="ds-cover ds-cover-fallback" aria-hidden="true">
+      <span className="ds-cover-mark">{initials(project.title)}</span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/app/components/Projects.tsx b/app/components/Projects.tsx
index 81a3781..c7b296c 100644
--- a/app/components/Projects.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Projects.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { PortfolioProjectView } from "@/lib/portfolio-data";
 import { caseStudies } from "@/lib/site-content";
 import { DrawLine } from "./animations/DrawLine";
 import MagneticButton from "./cinematic/MagneticButton";
+import { ProjectCover } from "./ProjectCover";
 import { Section } from "./Section";
 
 export default function Projects({
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export default function Projects({
               whileTap={shouldReduceMotion ? undefined : { scale: 0.99 }}
               transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 170, damping: 18 }}
             >
+              <ProjectCover project={project} />
               <div className="flex flex-wrap items-start justify-between gap-sp-6">
                 <div className="max-w-[560px]">
                   <div className="ds-kicker">{project.category}</div>
diff --git a/app/components/story/notebookProjects.ts b/app/components/story/notebookProjects.ts
index dda3c1b..afa19b2 100644
--- a/app/components/story/notebookProjects.ts
+++ b/app/components/story/notebookProjects.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const NOTEBOOK_ORDER = [
   "as-servicos",
 ] as const;
 
-const SCREENSHOT_BY_PROJECT_ID: Record<
+/** Capturas de tela publicadas; os cards de projeto reutilizam as mesmas imagens. */
+export const SCREENSHOT_BY_PROJECT_ID: Record<
   (typeof NOTEBOOK_ORDER)[number],
   string
 > = {
diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index 997e631..3838add 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -942,6 +942,53 @@ textarea {
   }
 }
 
+/* Capa dos cards de projeto: captura real ou painel gerado em codigo */
+.ds-cover {
+  position: relative;
+  flex: none; /* o card e uma coluna flex: sem isto a capa encolhe e perde a proporcao */
+  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  margin-bottom: var(--sp-5);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  background: var(--ink);
+
+  & img {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    object-fit: cover;
+    object-position: top;
+    transition: transform 0.7s var(--ease-out);
+  }
+
+  .ds-card:hover & img {
+    transform: scale(1.035);
+  }
+}
+
+.ds-section-dark .ds-cover {
+  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+}
+
+.ds-cover-fallback {
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  padding: var(--sp-4);
+  color: var(--paper);
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(120% 90% at 100% 0%, var(--slash-dim), transparent 60%),
+    linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 100% 32px,
+    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 32px 100%,
+    var(--ink);
+
+  & .ds-cover-mark {
+    font-family: var(--font-display);
+    font-size: clamp(48px, 7vw, 96px);
+    font-weight: 800;
+    letter-spacing: -0.05em;
+    color: var(--slash);
+  }
+}
+
 /* Cinematic card hover effect */
 .ds-card {
   transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);