Ale Mercado Website http://www.alemercado.com/blog Illustration Work of Alé Mercado Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:34:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Wedding Invitation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AleMercadoWebsite/~3/F829MmzkF2g/ http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/09/wedding-invitation/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:28:04 +0000 Alé Mercado http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/09/wedding-invitation/ Wedding Invitation

Wedding Invitation, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

Wedding invitation done in an A3 poster. Full colour vector illustration.
The invitation was rolled into a tube where additional information was added in A4 plain Laser white paper.

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Culture Night Poster, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

As part of Culture Night Ireland launch, the Arts Office Kilkenny County Council did present its own programme that I was asked to design and illustrate.

Culture Night Poster
What you see here is the poster side of the brochure. Vector illustration printed in full-colour process.

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El Guardanés, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

This is a sketch of the place we’ve spent our holidays in… Such a shame they were so short!

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I was invited to give a talk by the Brighton Illustrators Group (BIG) last 29th July. It was part of their ongoing 6×6 events in which they invite 6 illustrators to talk about 6 different pieces.
It was a very enjoyable night. Read all about it here.

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New Presentation Design and CD Design.
When initially briefed I was told every song in the show was about emigration (of Irish people around the world). I came back with the idea of telling that story through the different stages: Departure, Travel, Arrival and Life as an Emigrant.

For the CD, this structure worked really well as I was working with a 6-page sleeve CD, which also helps with the narrative of the story.

All the illustrations are done with ink and dip pens on Bristol Board.

CDs are for sale. Contact the people at Dunbrody.

Hope you like it.

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Rockabilly Stone, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

My good friend Alan gave me a piece of slate and some sandpaper a couple of weeks back. This is what I’ve done with it. A lot of fun… and a lot of dust too

]]> http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/rockabilly-stone/feed/ 0 http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/rockabilly-stone/ The Cat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AleMercadoWebsite/~3/82iPSpDmEFo/ http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/the-cat/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:02:28 +0000 Alé Mercado http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/the-cat/

The Cat, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

New linocut. 2-inks handprinted on 110gsm Canson Printing paper.

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The Jazzman, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

New handprinted one ink linocut on Jia Xuan paper

]]> http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/the-jazzman/feed/ 1 http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/the-jazzman/ McDonopoulos and other sketches http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AleMercadoWebsite/~3/aO3WigXbChU/ http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/mcdonopoulos-and-other-sketches/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:48:22 +0000 Alé Mercado http://www.alemercado.com/blog/2010/07/mcdonopoulos-and-other-sketches/ McDonopoulos

McDonopoulos, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

More drawings from my sketchbooks. Totally random, as you might see.

Hardcore Motherfucker

Sierra Madre

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Giant, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

Quick sketch for this week’s Illustration Friday “Giant”. Ink and brushes on card.

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