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Monthly Archives: August 2022
Caturday
This is a combination Caturday / Photo Elective post. Illustration majors at the school formerly known as The Philadelphia Collage of Art were required to take a photography elective where students would shoot 35mm film; process the film and make … Continue reading
Posted in Caturday, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, art school, cat, kitten, Philadelphia College of Art, photo elective, photography, Photoshop, sunglasses, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau
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Artists’ Corner
This was a little cartoon I did when I worked at Taws which was an art supply store located in Center City Philadelphia. This was for a short-lived newsletter published by the store called 100% Rag. I thought I had … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Philadelphia
Tagged 1527 Walnut, art supplies, artist, Cartoon, defunct, Joe Williams, newsletter, out of business, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, store, Taws
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Chambers of Commerce – Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Long before fine dining in Philadelphia took place in makeshift shacks made of forklift palette wood and plastic tarpaulins haphazardly situated on the pavements and streets outside of the actual brick-and-mortar restaurants, people read newspapers. They were actual newsprint newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1997, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, restaurant, The Philadelphia Daily News, USA
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It’s Too Darn Hot!
It was 97º yesterday, and the only relief we city folk could get was a dip in the local pool. It was Heaven!
Posted in News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged August, public pools, South Philly, summer, swimming, the boy
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Alien Knockoffs
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Alien, creature, doodle, horror, monster, Sketch
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Lemon Blueberry Loaf
There’s nothing better than a blueberry lemon loaf with coffee on a lazy Sunday. The blueberries in the market are plump and juicy, it almost makes the ungodly heat bearable!
The Counter at Bill’s No. 7
Here is another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. We’re back inside Bill’s No. 7 which was on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. I must have been in there between the breakfast and lunch rush. At its … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Connecticut, diner, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau, Willimantic
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Friday Five – Number One Hundred Nineteen
One hundred nineteenth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, News, Philadelphia, photo manipulation
Tagged collage, Friday Five, vintage photos
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