Monthly Archives: August 2009

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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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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Don’t Look Back

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Joe_Williams

The electric pencil sharpener my Father bought me while I was still in high school died yesterday. I still like and use wooden pencils, and I want to get another one, but it won’t be electric. I’m looking around eBay … Continue reading →

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All The Kids Are Doing It

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Joe_Williams

Today it’s branding, piercing and tattoos, tomorrow it will be gene splicing with nonhuman DNA and cybernetic augmentation. Although your friend is really good with tools, it would probably be a mistake to let him implant that new digital olfactory … Continue reading →

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