Category Archives: Technique

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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Get to the Point!

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Joe

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.

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It’s Pixels Versus Pigments, Again

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Joe

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 →

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Miss Blanchette’s Painting

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Tina Garceau

I found this painting while searching through a box of old photos the other day. It was gifted to me by Albina Blanchette, an artist and resident of a convalescent home I worked at in high school. When she discovered … Continue reading →

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No Longer Available

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Joe

I have some old technical pens that I have been wanting to use, but due to neglect, some of them are fairly crusty and in need of some tender loving care. Back when Koh-I-Noor and Rotring Rapidographs were my illustrative … Continue reading →

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We are now in control of the transmission

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Joe

This illustration which I cobbled together in my absolute favorite vector art program Affinity Designer is sort of a response to my last illustration which featured former television icon Bonnie Franklin. Whereas Ms Franklin’s televised efforts in the situation comedy … Continue reading →

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TV SNIDE

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Joe_Williams

After finishing my last Halloween Head, I was looking for another project to work on. I thought I would continue with monsters, but a likely creature did not leap to mind. I kicked around a bunch of ideas trying to … Continue reading →

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There Ought To Be Clowns

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Joe_Williams

I was trying to squeak out this Halloween Head for October 31st, but it wasn’t to be. I had a Halloween costume to finish, and I ended up chasing a few wild geese and wandering up a few blind alleys … Continue reading →

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