Category Archives: Sketch

Hacking Away at a Cheap Sketchbook

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Joe

I continue to throw graphite at the unwilling little sketchbook of which I have written about lately. I’ve had no evidence of anything close to supernatural brilliance bubbling up from the pad’s cheap little pages, but I continue to make … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts on a Cheap Sketchbook…

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Joe

I may get my $3.25 worth out of the terrible little sketchbook from discount chain Five Below after all. I have stubbornly refused to put it aside, and I continue to doodle in it as I sit on the couch … Continue reading →

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Hell’s Virtue Signalers on Wheels

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Joe

This was a cartoon I did a year ago but put away because I didn’t think the trend would last. The joke was stale so why bother? I decided to dig out the sketchbook it was in and finish it … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook • Gruesome Graphite Grotesques

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Joe

I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling graphite grotesques into the night. Continue reading →

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Monster Mash

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Joe

Some things never change. I used to work on class projects in my bedroom studio in my parents’ house while a 13-inch black and white TV set played trash. Last night I was sketching for fun while watching trash from … Continue reading →

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My sweet irreproducible you

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Joe

Non-Photo Blue pencils are a particular shade of blue that could not be detected by a  graphic arts camera like a photostat camera. I ran stat cameras in the era when graphic design was an analog pursuit involving rubber cement, … Continue reading →

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Hey, Venus!

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Joe

No doodle today, but I am presenting the tool with which I doodle. This as a well-worn but perfectly functioning Venus mechanical pencil or lead holder that is used with 2mm leads. I put Mitsubishi read leads in it and … Continue reading →

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