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Category Archives: Illustration
Produce Box Love: Cara Cara Oranges
Every now and again, I’ll stumble upon a beautifully designed produce box on 9th Street. This line drawing is reminiscent of flapper illustrations from the 1920s, and the bright colors really pop off the black background.
Posted in Illustration, Italian Market, News
Tagged California, Cara Cara oranges, design, Illustration, produce boxes
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Rimworld – Militia Up
Rimworld – Militia Up is the third book in a series I’ve designed by JL Curtis. It was supposed to be a simple contract for a couple of months of security services off world, but the devil’s in the details. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Design, Illustration, News
Tagged book design, Illustration, JL Curtis, Rimworld
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The Musician
Posted in Collage, Illustration, News, Photography
Tagged accordion, collage, cut and paste, Philco
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A Produce Box with a Story
From time to time, I’ll post pictures of interesting graphics I find on produce boxes on 9th Street. Over the weekend, I came across this corn crate from Russo’s Fruit & Vegetable Farm, memorializing a man named “Tony”. I did … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Italian Market, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 9th Street, corn, farms, produce graphics, Russo's Fruit & Vegetable Farm, South Philadelphia, Tony Russo
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The Portrait Sitter Number Two
Posted in Collage, Illustration, News, Photography
Tagged collage, digital collage, vintage, vintage photographs
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The Grey Man – Generations
My latest collaboration with author J.L. Curtis, who wrote a novella for The Grey Man series that takes place 20 years in the future. Marine Corporal Jace Cronin, a scout/sniper, survived insurgents in the Philippines, only to be handed an … Continue reading
Posted in Book Design, Illustration
Tagged e-book design, J.L. Curtis, Kindle Direct, The Grey Man - Generations
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The Concert Stud Variations
When I was assembling the various vector pieces of my Grandma Went to Altamont illustration in Affinity Designer, I was figuring out what my characters looked like as I went along. I had a vague image in my head of what … Continue reading
Watching the Detectives
Last week I had published my Szpieg or Polish Spy illustration that I produced in the superlative vector art and design program Affinity Designer. My original intention was to produce an illustration similar to the pulp magazines from the 1930s … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, detective, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, private eye, sleuth, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau
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Szpieg
After my Grandma Went to Altamont illustrations that I produced in Affinity Designer, I was looking for a new subject matter to put the program and myself to the test. Originally I wanted to do an old-time, pulp magazine cover similar … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau
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