Category Archives: Illustration

Heaven on $5 a day?

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Joe

Ever since my wife picked up a cheap, wire-bound, scratch pad from a Target store for me as a Christmas gift, I now take cheap sketchbooks seriously. Throughout the years I may have bought every name brand of artist drawing … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch | Tagged cheap, discount, sketchbook | 2 Comments

Friday Five – Number One Hundred Seven

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Tina

One hundred seventh in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

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Joe College 1970

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Joe

Posted in Illustration | Tagged 1970, Affinity Designer, digital illustration, Hippie, Illustration, Joe Williams, vector | Leave a comment

Friday Five – Number One Hundred Three

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Tina

One hundred third in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration, Photography | Tagged collage, digital collage, Friday Five, squirrels, vintage, Vintage wallpaper | 1 Comment

Friday Five – Number One Hundred Two

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Tina

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Montgomery Ward Catalog 1963

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Tina

Every collage artist’s dream – best Christmas gift ever!

Posted in Blast from the Past, Collage, Illustration | Tagged collage, Montgomery Ward, vintage catalog | 1 Comment

Countess Dracula

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Joe

Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614) was a real life Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer who may have engaged in vampiric activity. Her victims were female servants and minor noblewomen who had come to her for training and education. I’m not sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Halloween, Illustration | Tagged Affinity Designer, blood, Cartoon, digital illustration, Dracula, femme fatale, Halloween, Halloween Head, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, vamp, vampire, vector | 2 Comments

Invasion of the Saucer Men

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Joe

My latest Halloween Head is based on the alien invaders from the drive-in, schlock classic Invasion of the Saucer Men released in 1957. I struggled with this one a bit because I watched the movie and kept referring back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Halloween, Illustration | Tagged #digitalart, Affinity Designer, Alien, art, creature, digital art, Illustration, Invasion of the Saucer Men, Joe Williams, monster, vector | Leave a comment

Mister HYDE

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Joe

I was trying to come up with another idea for a Halloween Head when I realized I had never done Dr Jekyll’s monstrous alter-ego Mr Hyde. It was high time I gave half of this split personality my full attention!

Posted in Halloween, Illustration | Tagged Affinity Designer, Cartoon, Famous Monsters, Halloween Head, Illustration, Joe Williams, Mister HYDE, monster, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, vector | 2 Comments

RIMWORLD THE RIFT is Available NOW

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Joe

Both the print and electronic version of J.L. Curtis’ science fiction opus Rimworld: The Rift are available NOW! Head over to Amazon to purchase your copy TODAY! You can’t judge a book by the cover, but I DID THE COVER! … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Design, Illustration | Tagged Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher, book, design, Illustration, JL Curtis, Joe Williams, paperback, Rift, Rimworld, science fiction, space, spaceship | 2 Comments

It seemed like a good idea at the time…

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Joe

Behold…the FUTURE! …or at least it was about 20 years ago.

Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Curious Clutter, Illustration | Tagged CD, CD-R, comic, disk, Joe Williams, mini disk, promo, promotional | 2 Comments

Sneak Peek

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Joe

Coming SOON from J.L. Curtis — RIMWORLD: THE RIFT! It will be available in both a print and electronic version over on Amazon. Read about it HERE! Oh…and I did the cover.

Posted in Book Design, Illustration, News | Tagged Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, J.L. Curtis | Leave a comment

Goodbye Half a Sketchbook

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Joe

A while back, I had the bold notion of trying to replicate my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven by cleaving a larger pad of paper in two. It was a great idea, and if it worked, I would have bought several … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook | Tagged Atomic Warrior, doodle, drawing, ink, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, landscape, mixed media, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, small | 2 Comments

Sign of the Times

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Joe

Back in 1991, I got a freelance assignment illustrating an article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for a local paper. Everybody knows what OCD is now, but I was unfamiliar with it at the time. It seemed that new manias and … Continue reading →