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Category Archives: Pixels Versus Pigment
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
Phantom of the Opera
Although Halloween is 204 days away, I have been working on a new Halloween Head in the superlative vector art program Affinity Designer!
Friday Five – Number One Hundred Ninety One
One hundred ninety first in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Mr Mambo Week
It’s always when you’re looking for something else when you unearth a treasure you forgot you had. Truth be told, with The University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art) closing it’s doors, I’ve been feeling a little sentimental … Continue reading
Scratching a Scratchboard Itch
The recent closure of The University of the Arts has set me careening down memory lane like a runaway train crashing into memories of my days at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Philadelphia College of Art mutated into the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, News, Philadelphia, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged 1990, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cat, Illustration, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, scratchboard, UArts, University of the Arts, USA
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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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