McDonopoulos, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado. More drawings from my sketchbooks. Totally random, as you might see.
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McDonopoulos, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado. More drawings from my sketchbooks. Totally random, as you might see.
Hi there,One of the latest projects: The Voyages of Sinbad as part of the materials developed for the new Barnstorm Production.Keep tuned for more!
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-5241284-1″);pageTracker._trackPageview();Now!This is the cover for this year’s Rhyme Rag. Thanks a bunch to BRENB for the help with the textures!The illustration is completely done in Painter with a tiny bit of retouching in Photoshop. I didn’t even [...]
Rhyme Rag 2008 is here! At the moment I am still developing it, but you’ll be glad to know it is very well advanced.This year I’ve opted for the even more complicated task of creating a full page comic with each one of the poems.You can see here one of the panels of a beautiful [...]
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This week, I’ve finished a one page comic for a Charity Comics Anthology put together by Cliodhna at Ztoical (www.ztoical.com) It’s been great to go back to inking pages the old way. I have the feeling this year is going to be full of comics… Really exciting stuff! Here you have one of the panels [...]
Years trying to get music in the narrative of a comic. I remember spending days trying to put a fandango I heard in Niño de la Rubita originally sung by Paco Toronjo into panels. Hours of counting notes, rhythm and frustration.At last, I finally think I am getting close. This is the beginning of Blitzkrieg [...]
I was talking to my uncle Pepe last night. He’s always been a fantastic supporter of my work (gracias tito!) He had recently visited the blog and was commenting on how much my illustration had evolved… Something I really can’t see. So I got to look at some old stuff this morning. I normally don’t [...]