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Category Archives: Illustration
The Countess Amarela
As I am working on my digital illustrations and vector graphics I often save versions of my files as I go along in case I have to backtrack. It might be that I have turned down a creative blind alley … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged Affinity Designer, art, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector
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Digital Doodles
Of late the internet has proven to be fairly tedious so I fire up Affinity Designer on my old laptop and fiddle around with shapes and colors. In the time between my first cup of coffee and when I have … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged Affinity Designer, background element, digital doodles, op-art, vector
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Tiptoe through the Sketchbooks
Having finished up the Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook, I am working here and there in a few different sketchbooks. The subject is still The Teenage Beast.
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA
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Halloween Heads • The Mummy
I know Halloween is 184 days away, but being a dyed-in-the-wool horror movie fan, I always seem to be in the Halloween Spirit! I started doing my series of Halloween Head vector illustrations almost 20 years ago with a simplified … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged Cartoon, digital illustration, Egypt, Halloween, horror, Joe Williams, Karloff, Mummy, spooky, The Mummy, undead, Willceau
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The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz
Once again I am ricocheting back and forth between analog and digital illustration. Today I am back in the digital domain with my latest Halloween Head which I call The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz. I’m not sure what the specific honorific … Continue reading
1980年代の東京の吸血鬼
Tokyo Vampire Circa 1980s It seems that my series of Halloween Heads has started anew with the completion of a Japanese vampire on the heels of last week’s Phantom of the Opera. Halloween Heads are illustrations of monsters I’ve created … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, #madeinaffinity, 1980s, 1980年代の東京の吸血鬼, Affinity Designer, creature, digital illustration, horror, humor, Illustration, Japan, Joe Williams, monster, New Wave, red, USA, vampire, vector
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Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Two
Two hundred and two in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration
Tagged collage, Friday Five, vintage photos
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