Another submission for Illustration Friday. This week it was Dylan’s turn. I believe this was the first music video ever: Subterranean Homesick Blues.

I’ve been kindly invited to give a talk on my experience as an illustrator in Ballyfermot College next Tuesday 16th March. I was asked to send an image to promote it but I really wanted to create something new… So that is what you are looking at. I hope you like it

This week’s word was perspective. Not sure why but that terrible western by Sam Raimi came to mind.

Although I am using my usual scraperboard effect for this illustration, I’ve actually changed the approach to how it is done from what I’ve learned in the last couple of weeks (see previous posts.) The image was built as if it was a three-plate linocut, applying reduction method in one of those plates eight times. The result is like a 10-colour screenprint with the sharpness of a linocut and all digital… I’d love to transfer this to real plates if I had the time. Really exciting stuff.

The programme for St. Patrick’s Day 2010 events in Kilkenny was launched this morning.
This year I’ve been fortunate enough to having been asked to design the main image and poster for the event. It has been a real fun project, as I am sure the day itself will be. Make sure you don’t miss it.

The them for this year was based around the fact that this is going to be the first Carbon Neutral St. Patricks Day in Ireland. That’s why, while keeping elements of the National celebration (such as colours or the shamrocks) the main shamrock is rendered in recycled paper texture.

All posters are printed on recycled paper too.

St. Patricks Day Kilkenny, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

New contribution to Illustration Friday.
This week word was propagate. A song from KMFDM immediately took over: “Rip the System”

New Contribution for Illustration Friday. This week’s word was adrift. All that came to mind was Coleridge.

Muddy Waters

Chichi gave me the hint: I had submitted an illustration from last week assigment… oh well. That’s soooo the way I am.

Here you have one illustration on this week’s theme. Finally.

Hope you like it

This is the first time I am contributing to Illustration Friday. I am really excited about it… not sure why.

In any case here is the illustration. Hope you like it.

Remember, this Thursday 12th November at 5pm at the Arts Office Kilkenny County Council in 76 John Street, Kilkenny.

Hope to see you there.