- Started in publishing at "Mifalei Tarbut Vechinuch" as an illustrator and layout design of music, song and popular music books.
- During this period of employment he successfully managed the publication of many books.
- Knowledge of various illustration techniques including: hand illustration, computer generated illustration and a combination of both. Combination neaning hand drawing which is then scanned into the computer and finished through computer techniques.
- The illustrations of Shlomi Alcalay are typically characterized with eye-wink at the watcher, sophisticated touch of humour and personal statements behind "negligible" elements inside the illustration.
- During his employment at the "Olam-Haisha" magazine, Shlomi Alcalay specialized on "Magazine-reports Illustration" in which he founds a large expression-field of his artistic abilities, expecially as a "Photoshop-artist".
- Today Shlomi Alcalay is a freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator.
