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Monthly Archives: January 2024
Radishes
Part of the bounty of the produce stands on 9th Street in South Philly.
Posted in Italian Market, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, produce, South Philly
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The Green Ghoul
Recently I’ve been traipsing down memory lane revisiting the people and impressions I had of grade school and junior high in the form of cartoons. Today I offer some images that I probably doodled in the margins of notebooks when … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged Affinity Designer, Cartoon, comics, digital illustration, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, vector art
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French Pound Cake with Apples
This is essentially a French snacking cake, not too sweet, and firm enough to eat with your hands. The crumb is golden, and tender, and it’s studded with chunks of apples and grated orange zest!
Caturday
Weekly cat post Continue reading
Friday Five – Number One Hundred Seventy
One hundred seventieth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, News, photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged cabinet cards, collage, plumbing supply, tin boxes, vintage photos
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School Days – The Angry Librarian
The angry librarian insisted on absolute, tomb-like silence as if Karl Wallenda was traversing a tightrope above a Bengal tiger trap in the middle of the library and absolute concentration was vital to the aerialist’s survival. Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged 1970s, digital illustration, high school, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, librarian, library, school days, USA
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Italian Penicillin
Lately, I’ve been all about cold weather comfort food. It snowed on Friday from the time I got up, to when it got dark – it was a good day to make this soup. It’s a chicken broth with pureed … Continue reading
School Days – The Cool Substitute Teacher
The Cool Substitute Teacher circa 1974 is an illustration that fell together as I was playing with shapes in the superlative vector art program Affinity Designer. I was hoping to come up with another monster for my collection of Halloween … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, News, Vector Illustration
Tagged 1970s, 1974, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, school, school days, substitute, USA, vector
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