Raised By Foxes - Coloured

This is coloured in now and split into various layers for screening.

Can't wait.

Raised By Foxes

So i've been absent from my blog for a little while now, partly due to being on holiday and partly due to a total burnout of inspiration and motivation. But we're getting back on track now. A new business/art undertaking is in preliminary stages. Here's a sneak peek.

Girl Girls Girls

Girls & that.

New Print - Lost Soul A2 Poster Print now available online.

Just in time for Christmas, why not get yourself/someone else a sweet print?

http://mercerdrawsthings.bigcartel.com/product/lost-soul-a2-print

Lost Soul A2 print on silk finish paper. It's tight.

£12.50

Los Muertos Y Sin Dios V.s. The Lost Soul

Getting down with The Dead And Godless. I love this typeface. I want to use it for everything. Logistically, stylistically and aesthetically that's either impossible or a really bad idea. But it'd be fun to try.

Lost soul.

Simple.

Take an older piece of work.

Vectorise it.

Introduce a black background.

 Add a set of tiny upside down crucifixes.

Put your web address at the bottom.

Send it to the printers.

Coming soon to www.mercerdrawsthings.bigcartel.com

'Dear Godmachine' - Work In Progress

Been perhaps a little obsessed with the work of Godmachine lately.

If you don't know him check him out. http://godmachinedesigns.blogspot.com/ He's got mad skills.

Love Is Sweet - Digital

She's done.

Wanted to make it a little more subtle than 'Blind' so I didn't go in for all the crazy amount of detail in ruffles and highlights. Kept it simple, kept the shades closer together as well. 

Green eyes. Always green eyes. 

Ever seen 'Big Trouble in Little China'? No? You should.

Love Is Sweet - Work In Progress

Another peek at a new digital piece.

Bubblegum.

Love Is Blind - Digital

Finished rework of a piece from last year. Colour is good.

Horror Crew - Haunting Houses - Videos

So sometime a bit earlier this year I went to an abandoned hotel with some people from Horror Crew (see photos in an earlier post) and at the time I couldn't get the videos to upload. Now I have better internet.

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Enjoy.

Dead Girl - Work In Progress

So here's a little peak at what I'm working on at the minute. It's taking forever and I wanted to post something.

Pretty much just done the skin at the moment. 

Honour Over Glory - The Return To Blogging

So I've been absent for a little while what with going to America for 3 weeks, not having the internet, going to a festival and generally being lazy. Small piece of advice though - if you don't currently have a phoneline connected, do NOT sign up with talktalk, no matter how cheap it looks, it took nearly 6 weeks to get a phoneline that actually works put in. Ridiculous. Anyway. Now that I have the internet I can post pictures again.

Gypsy Girl as standard. Where would I be without them. The 'Honour Over Glory' comes from this clothing brand that were selling merch at the festival I went to. I liked the name so I stole it. Acrylic, pen, ink & cut out paper on paper.

Speak No More Evil

I remembered that I have ink and a nib pen. It was fun.

Zombie Girl A2 Print

Zombie Girl is now available in an A2 print.

Directly from me of from 'On The Rocks' 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/On-The-Rocks-Lounge-bar-music/187807677925345

£8

Email me for details. 

mercerart@hotmail.co.uk

Wolf Woman Double Face Heart Padlock Gemini Drawing

Just for the fun of it. Colour pencils.

Professional Project: Illustration Number Ten - Hessonite

Hessonite is a semi-precious stone. So I immediately thought of jewelery and then fashion illustration. So that's the style I went for.

 

Sketch

Add ink/watercolour

I thought the hessonite should stand out more so I desaturated the clothing. Not sure if I like it.

Removed the splodges. Not sure if I like this either. I'll pick one later.

Swimming Lessons

Acrylic, gouache, ink and watercolour on some good quality paper. 

In between uni work, money work, living, sleeping and the copious amount of time I spend eating I like to find some time for finger painting. There's some brush work in there, the face was brushed in & the outline of the armbands and stuff like that. The rest was finger painting fun. If you wanna throw down your finger painting skills against me come be my guest. I will crush you. Ha. Thick.

Smoking Girl

Letraset pens, fineliners, ink, brush, pencil, water. 

The hair could be better.

Always Looking Toned

 

I've evolved my style to encorporate skin tone which I think makes it look so much better. Especially with the tone that sits around the chin and stuff. Next time I'm thinking about going for full colour on the tattoos as well just to make it brighter. But that requires a lot of patience which I don't have much of. But as for this, I love it. This is probably my favourite draw I've done this year.

Always Looking Shaded

 

Got around to doing some of my own drawing for the first time in a while. Still using the same style but this time I went for a bit of shading with some grey brush pens. It's payed off on the face but I think i went a little bit overkill on the torso.