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Category Archives: Pixels Versus Pigment
Tuesday Digital Doodle • Gritty City
Back in the ’80s, there were a number of guys in art school playing with grayscale textures created by flicking a toothbrush loaded with ink onto a piece of bristol or illustration board. They would carefully cut frisket masks like … Continue reading
Vengeance is best served ICE cold…
J.L. Curtis’ new science fiction novella ICE is available NOW as an electronic edition with a cover by yours truly. The author describes his latest science fiction adventure as such: Vengeance is best served cold… Twelve years old is NOT … Continue reading
Posted in Book Design, Illustration, News, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged commando, digital illustration, ice, Illustration, JL Curtis, Joe Williams, outer space, science fiction, USA
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It’s Pixels Versus Pigments, Again
The late, great Dan Love was a good friend and a technological guru who pushed me kicking and screaming into new computers and gadgets I never realized I needed until I started to use them. He was passionate about computers … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, analog, Apple, Bristol Board, brush, cartoon hippie, Dan Love, digital illustration, Hippie, Illustration, ink, iPad, Joe Williams, Mac, pen, Procreate, sketchbook, USA, Willceau
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Cosmic Maaaaaannnnn Returns Again!
Cosmic Maaaaaannnn has returned to celebrate my darling wife’s birthday! We first met this star traveler during our crystal anniversary and again on Tina’s birthday ten years ago. Happy birthday, Tina!
Tuesday Doodle – Not Fast Enough
Today’s doodle is another one I did sitting on the couch while watching television. It was drawn in a 6 inch by 9 inch sketchbook manufactured in India for Ticonderoga and was sold at Target. It’s got a wire binding … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, comic, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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The Wonder of White Bread
This was another cartoon spot illustration that I did for The Philadelphia Daily News as part of “The Secret Life of Food.” It ran with the shivering banana that I featured here at Willceau Illo News recently. Similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1996, analog, bread, Cartoon, freelance, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Daily News, USA, Willceau
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Chambers of Commerce – Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Long before fine dining in Philadelphia took place in makeshift shacks made of forklift palette wood and plastic tarpaulins haphazardly situated on the pavements and streets outside of the actual brick-and-mortar restaurants, people read newspapers. They were actual newsprint newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1997, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, restaurant, The Philadelphia Daily News, USA
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