More Sketchbook

A few more images from my sketchbook. Hope you like them.

Characters for Greenhome.ie

I am currently developing a few characters for the greenhome.ie programme. They are work in progress. Please enjoy them!

2008 Kilkenny Arts Festival TV Ad

This is the TV ad that ran on national TV for a week in July.

Enjoy it!

"Sorry I can't take your call, I'm off saving the World" Anthology

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 of that page (my personal favourite). Hope you enjoy it.

Last Riot at Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

DSCF1679, originally uploaded by Alé Mercado.

Last Thursday 31st July I attended the opening of three exhibitions in the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast: AES+F's Last Riot, The Association of Illustrators's Images 31 and IGI's Slant where I took part (see previous post in June.)
The gallery has a few amazing spaces and the works displayed were amazing.
Worth seeing if you are around.

Hope you enjoy it

Illustrating Illustration Workshop

Last Saturday 19th July I did a workshop/talk as a complement to the Illustrating Illustration exhibition. I showed a few projects from beginning to end. The idea was to emphasize the principles of the exhibition and to give an insight into how projects are approached.

The event was promoted though the Artlinks! network and the Arts Office in the Kilkenny County Council. It was directed to professionals in any visual communication area. We also wanted a reduced number of attendants so we could go in depth into any of the issues that might arise. Two days before all seats had been taken.

Thanks to everyone who attended the workshop which I hope was of interest (I would say so looking at the feedback we've had). Especially all who travelled specifically for the event from Wexford, Enniscorthy, Dublin and Cork... and, of course, thanks to the locals who also were there.

More Sketchbook

I leave you a couple of spreads from my sketchbook while I wait for images for the next post.
Hope you like them