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Category Archives: Stuff Joe Likes
Sci Fi Textures
When the blank page or screen is staring at me waiting for me to fill it with something illustrative and I don’t really have a solid idea, I doodle digital science fiction textures. I play around with colors and shapes … Continue reading
HALF THE PRESSURE, TWICE THE SPEED
Decades ago, I had picked up my first Blackwing 602 pencil and loved the feel of the pencil and its rich black lead. It was made by the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company and was enjoyed as the weapon of choice … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged art supplies, Blackwing 602, Illustration, Japan, Jetpens, Joe Williams, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Lansdowne Theater
I saw a post on social media about how this beautiful theater which was built in 1927 is in the process of being restored. It’s in Lansdowne, PA and just a stone’s throw from work so I decided to take … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged Delaware County, Lansdowne, theater, vintage
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My sweet irreproducible you
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
Posted in Curious Clutter, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged analog, Berol, Illustration, Joe Williams, mechanical, Non-Repro Blue, old, photostat, Sketch, sketchbook, Verithin, vintage
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Get to the Point!
A search through some old art bins in the studio set me tumbling down a rabbit hole of wooden pencils, pencil sharpeners and crafting the perfect point.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged analog, antique, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pointy, sharpen, Sketch, sketchbook
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Hey, Venus!
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
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 2mm, doodle, lead, lead holder, mechanical, pencil, Sketch, Venus
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