Category Archives: Vector Illustration

The Countess Amarela

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Digital Doodles

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Halloween Heads • The Mummy

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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1980年代の東京の吸血鬼

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Joe

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 →

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Phantom of the Opera

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Although Halloween is 204 days away, I have been working on a new Halloween Head in the superlative vector art program Affinity Designer!

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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Comin’ At YA!

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Joe

Today’s digital doodle was a happy accident I made while playing with Affinity Designer’s step-and-repeat feature. I was playing around with a logo I worked up a while back for J.L. Curtis’s series of science fiction books and seeing how … Continue reading →

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