Mercedes Leon
Illustrator
London, United Kingdom
0044 7903 851 411
merchesico.com
Work Experience
Tigerprint
Designer and Illustrator
Development of concepts and illustrations for stationery ranges, greeting cards, calendars, diaries, bags and wrapping paper – exclusive to Marks and Spencer
August 2013
- October 2017
United Kingdom
Tigerprint
Illustrator
Developing new ranges for greeting cards, stationery and home accessories. Preparing artwork for printing.
November 2012
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London, United Kingdom
Financial Times
Freelance Illustration
Illustrations and book cover for a new business book, to be published in July 2013.
November 2012
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London, United Kingdom
Eteria Marketing Y Comunicación
Art Director Junior
Marketing and Communication agency.
Branding, design for print –catalogues, leaflets, billboards, packaging–, web layout design, final artwork, copywriter.
Branding, design for print –catalogues, leaflets, billboards, packaging–, web layout design, final artwork, copywriter.
March 2011
- October 2011
Spain
Corsovia Embajada Creativa
Illustrator
Illustration comission for two high-school text books, one about Enterprise and Business and other illustrated with portraits of famous social activists.
July 2010
- September 2010
Spain
Puntosuspensivos
Graphic Designer, Creative
Branding, illustration, storyboard
June 2010
- November 2010
Spain
Education
University Of The Arts - London
MA Visual Arts (Illustration)
Focus on independent study, research, experimentation and developement of a personal project.
October 2011
- September 2012
London, United Kingdom
Facultad De Bellas Artes
Fine Arts degree
Subjects include, amongst other:
Drawing (I, II, III), Painting (I, II), Sculpture, Etching (I, II), Graphic Design (I, II), Screenprinting, Audiovisual (I, II), Digital Image, Wall Painting, Aesthethics, Theory of Communication, Sociology of the Arts, Latest Tendencies in Contemporary Art, Projects (I, II)
Drawing (I, II, III), Painting (I, II), Sculpture, Etching (I, II), Graphic Design (I, II), Screenprinting, Audiovisual (I, II), Digital Image, Wall Painting, Aesthethics, Theory of Communication, Sociology of the Arts, Latest Tendencies in Contemporary Art, Projects (I, II)
October 2004
- June 2009
Madrid, Spain
Languages
English (Fluent),
Spanish (Native),
Catalan (Fluent),
Awards
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Drawing,
Graphic Design,
Illustration,
Portrait,
3ds Max,
Blender 3D,
Fontographer,
Handlettering,
Painting,
Screen Printing,
Video,
WordPress,
Exhibitions
MA Final Show, Camberwell College of Arts, September 2012
BD and Comic Competition, Shortlisted entries, Institut Français London, May 2012
From the Loom Room, fellow artists, Blackall Studios Shoreditch, April 2012
Peckham Open 2011, collective exhibition of selected entries, Peckham Space, London, Nov-Dec 2011
BD and Comic Competition, Shortlisted entries, Institut Français London, May 2012
From the Loom Room, fellow artists, Blackall Studios Shoreditch, April 2012
Peckham Open 2011, collective exhibition of selected entries, Peckham Space, London, Nov-Dec 2011
CLIENTS
Financial Times / Pearson (UK), Mojeh Magazine (Dubai), Tigerprint (UK), Creative Clerkenwell / Craft Central (London, UK), Wellcome Collection (London, UK), Asociación Mar de Niebla (SP), Corsovia (SP), Puntosuspensivos (SP) Los Sueños de Alenia (SP)