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Category Archives: Drawer Cards
Happy Birthday Joe!
My favorite fella turns a year older today! There will be cake and manicotti and dancing girls and a cat who is doing his damnedest to destroy our sofa. Happy birthday Dahlink! SaveSave
Posted in Collage, Drawer Cards, News, photo manipulation
Tagged birthday, cake, collage, dancing girls, Joe, planes
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When I was 21…
A warning sign attached to a fairly scary bar in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia was the inspiration for this year’s anniversary card.
Posted in Drawer Cards
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Happy Birthday, Tina!
It’s that time again!
Intercepted Valentine
Above is this year’s Valentine to the Missus. I didn’t have a firm idea, but just went where my pencils and pens took me. I think I need help. Scanned ink drawing colored in Affinity Photo.
Posted in Drawer Cards, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged Affinity Photo, card, cat, Cupid, Valentine's Day
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Happy Birthday Joe!!!
I took this photo of Joe when we were first dating, I used it on the first birthday card I ever made for him, and on every card since then! This year, I’ve incorporated the newest member of our family … Continue reading
Stuck on You
Shortly after walking down the aisle twenty years ago, this photo was taken. My groom, unaccustomed to wearing any type of jewelry, was twisting the brand new wedding band around his finger. I like to joke that he was trying … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Bliss, Drawer Cards, Holiday, News, Philadelphia
Tagged 20th Anniversary, Elvis songs, Super Glue
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’til the Real Thing Comes Along
This year’s birthday card for the lovely Tina features the fabulous feline Plywood in a photo collage cobbled together in the astounding Affinity Photo. Happy birthday, Tina!
Posted in Drawer Cards, News, photo manipulation
Tagged birthday card, cat, collage, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, rat, tuxedo, USA
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Holiday Fatigue
Somewhere at the end of the ’80s I started dating a girl just after the holidays. I sketched out this little cartoon combining Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter for her as a gag greeting card.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Drawer Cards, Holiday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged 1980s, analog, Cartoon, Christmas, drawing, Easter, humor, ink, Joe Williams, Sketch, USA, Valentine's Day
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Stupid Cupid
…and here’s my Valentine to Tina. I saw this poor guy on a stoop in South Philadelphia during one of my South Philly Safaris, and I knew I couldn’t pass it up with February 14th right around the corner.
Posted in Drawer Cards, Philadelphia, South Philly Safari
Tagged Cupid, February 14, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, South Philly, USA, Valentine's Day
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