Category Archives: Technique

Back In Class

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Tina

Last week, I was summoned back into the classroom by my son’s teacher for help with a project for Mother’s Day. I thought it would be fun to faux finish jewelry boxes with the kids, and the results were spectacular!

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Printing on Canvas

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Tina

After a bit of a break, I’m back to printing on fabric with digital grounds. I had an old, high contrast photostat negative of the interior of a diner. I wanted a print on canvas to be dark and graphic … Continue reading →

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Miss Blanchette’s Painting

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Tina

I found this painting while searching through my flat files the other day. It was given to me on my birthday by an elderly women when I worked in a convalescent home in high school.

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The Return of Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!!!

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Tina’s birthday was fast approaching, and I didn’t have a rock solid, hysterically funny idea for a card so I decided to revisit a friend from last year’s anniversary card, Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

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Killing the Sketchbook from Hell

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Joe_Williams

A sketch I did with my favorite indigo blue pencil while sitting at the Ridgeway pool in South Philadelphia this summer. This was the first satisfying sketch I did in the dreaded Sketchbook from Hell!

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At Third and Market

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Joe_Williams

As kids whenever we would discover something and loudly exclaim, “Look what I FOUND!“ my Dad would reply, “It wasn’t lost.” Such is the case with this art supply store I “found” for myself at 307 Market Street. I guess … Continue reading →

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Bow Tie for a Spring Concert

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Tina

The spring concert at Lloyd’s school is coming up, I thought it fitting to celebrate the occasion by making him a new bow tie. I’m thrilled that Denyse Schmidt’s first fabric collection, Flea Market Fancy has been reprinted, so the bow … Continue reading →

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In Case You’re Interested in the How of Things

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Tina

While most parents dash out to a drugstore to fulfill a narrow expectation of what is acceptable as Halloween apparel for their children, we design, craft and construct complex costumes which we seal our son into like a mummy in … Continue reading →

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Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

A war wages within me between traditionally and digitally inking my cartoons. I go back and forth between my pens and brushes and my Wacom tablet. It depends on the job, my mood or whatever is close at hand. Cosmic, … Continue reading →

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Pixels Vs. Pigment – Make Up Yor Mind!!!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Ink from a bottle or digital ink? The ENDLESS STRUGGLE continues, but this time the turmoil is WITHIN as I cast aside the new digital techniques and once again embrace the tools of old!

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Monkey & Bird Mini-Comic: It’s a Folding and Stapling Party!

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Last week I covered the digital side of producing our Monkey & Bird Mini-Comic. I told you about the layout and printing process of our little book so we wouldn’t arrive empty-handed when we went to the Philadelphia Alternative Comic … Continue reading →

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Monkey & Bird Mini-Comic! It’s Mini-Comic Madness!

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Part I Bill Cucinotta told us about the Philadelphia Alternative Comic Convention a while back, and Tina, Bill and I all planned on attending to see what the other kids are up to as Tina put it in her entry … Continue reading →

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How To Draw Monsters by Larry Evans – Undersea Monsters

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Joe_Williams

More from the late, great Larry Evans’ fabulous how-to book for kids from 1977.

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I was a PC Before I Was a Mac

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Of course I was!

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