Tag Archives: technical pen

Information Tsunami

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This was an illustration I did for The Jewish Exponent back in the 80s. It was for an article on the incredible surge in the amount of printed information. It went on to detail the trials and tribulations of researchers … 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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Three’s a Crowd

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a card I did back in the late-’80s/early ’90s that crams together three holidays. Seems I had slacked off somewhat and was in need of catching up on my holiday correspondence! This one was done in technical pens probably … Continue reading →

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Vampire/Rat Man

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Another pen and ink doodle from the mid-80s. Technical pens were my weapon of choice at the time.

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Teenage Beast

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Another sketchbook variation of the Teenage Beast A.K.A. Goo Goo Muck that I did back in the 1980s. In true, ’80s, monster movie fashion as the movie progresses, our hero turns into a bigger and badder monster as the remnants … Continue reading →

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In Search of the Jersey Devil

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Remember that show In Search of… which ran in the late ’70s? Leonard Nimoy did the voice-over. It was sort of a Chariots of the Gods for syndicated television. I found some sketches that predated the full figure sketch of … Continue reading →

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Grimly Fiendish

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Joe_Williams

I was rooting through my sketchbooks looking for old sketches that would have worked out for a Monkey & Bird idea, but of course, I got sidetracked. This is a drawing of a pair of ghouls as envisioned for a … Continue reading →

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Demon

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Another demon/gargoyle from my sketchbook drawn during the mid-’80s. Once again, I think this is when Dan Platt and I were hanging out and shooting the breeze about monsters. I think this was another attempt at the Jersey Devil, but … Continue reading →

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The Fried Shrimp Lady or Just Some Doodles from 1985

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Joe_Williams

While perusing Flickr, I came across the fabulous photos posted by olga-saglo. She posted images from "Carnival of Blood" which I remember seeing years ago on a low-rent local cable channel. I remembered doodling the "Fried Shrimp Lady" while watching … Continue reading →

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London After Midnight

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Sketchbook sketch from July of 1985 of Lon Chaney from his sadly lost London After Midnight. Done in technical pen in a Strathmore wire-bound sketchbook.

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Driving the Big White Bus

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Joe_Williams

For some reason this is one of my most popular images on my Flickr! account. If I knew puke cartoons were going to be so popular, I would have done little else. I drew this in a sketchbook using Koh-i-nor … Continue reading →

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My First Paying Job

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This was my first paying freelance job. It was an illustration for the Jewish Exponent accompanying an article that had something to do with what the former hippies were up to 20 years after the hippie era. Essentially, they told … Continue reading →

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The Joisey Debbil

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This was a sketch I did in a sketchbook using my former weapon of choice way back in 1986. I was hanging out with Dan Platt who was trying to visualize the legendary Jersey Devil in clay. He kept reading … Continue reading →

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