Monthly Archives: August 2009

Visual Metaphors: Panel 1

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This is the first panel of the visual metaphor showing our executive’s humble beginnings as conductor of a chamber orchestra. The three panels are placed on a letter sized layout and presented to the client as a reference of where … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphors: Panel 2

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post. Today I’m publishing the second panel of this particular visual metaphor. This is similar to a lot of visual metaphors I do. This guy compares his executive/work experience to that of being an … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphors

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Joe_Williams

I do work for a company that coaches executives. The company uses a number of techniques to make these executives more effective leaders. One of these techniques is the visual metaphor, and that’s where I enter the picture. The client … Continue reading →

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Shut Up and Drive!

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Digital collage. Inspired by a few incidents of nearly getting mowed down by oblivious drivers who just have to have that cell phone conversation. -Tina Garceau

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Kareema Corn

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Joe_Williams

In an effort to stave off ever mounting clutter, Tina and I exchange handmade cards instead of gifts on most holidays. This was the Valentine’s Day card I gave her this year. It’s based on a hapless chap I saw  … Continue reading →

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Video Plague

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This was an early digital work done on a Commodore 64 using an Animation Station which was a Wacom-like digitizing tablet. It was printed on a Panasonic dot matrix printer. I was trying to find the drawing I sent in … Continue reading →

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Sweaty Eddie

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Joe_Williams

I’ve been doing variations on this same panicked/agitated/junkie-in-need-of-a-fix guy for years. I did a version of him as a first assignment in a Sophomore illustration class.  I did a digital version on a Commodore 64 using a Wacom-like tablet called … Continue reading →

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