Category Archives: Illustration

Rimworld – Stranded

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Tina Garceau

J. L. Curtis has branched out into outer space, and fortunately for me, he’s taking his favorite illustrator along for the ride. I’ve illustrated the covers of Jim’s The Grey Man series, which take place on modern day Earth. Now … Continue reading →

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Ronald’s Raygun

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Joe_Williams

I was having some fun playing around with shapes and gradients in Affinity Designer. This program and it’s sister, Affinity Photo, have made justifying a monthly subscription fee for vector and image editing software very difficult. When they come out … Continue reading →

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Holiday Fatigue

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Joe_Williams

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.

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Above Broad & Spruce in 1983

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This is a photograph I shot from what was once Anderson Hall on the Northwest corner of Broad and Spruce which once housed The Philadelphia College of Art. This is probably the 7th floor where the illustration majors were situated. … Continue reading →

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The Creep

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Joe

Fiddling around a bit with a quick little sketch which I brought into Affinity Photo.

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Live and in Poison

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Joe_Williams

More whacky illustrative hi-jinx with my new favorite vector program Affinity Designer.

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The Grey Man Update

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Tina Garceau

Yesterday marked a year since The Grey Man – Vignettes was published. The first in a series of action adventure stories by J.L. Curtis with covers by yours truly. The book, has sold remarkably well – which is no surprise since it’s a solid … Continue reading →

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Affinity Designer

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Joe_Williams

I’ve been playing with a ten-day trial of what for me is going to be the Adobe Illustrator killer. It’s called Affinity Designer.

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It’s FUN to Draw at the Y.M.C.A.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Joe_Williams

My son is a water-bug and always has been so we eventually signed him up at the local YMCA and got him squared away with swimming lessons which he took to like…a…fish to water (nice simile, Hemingway!) Our boy goes … Continue reading →

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