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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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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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Miss Blanchette’s Painting
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
Posted in News, Technique
Tagged Albina Blanchette, painting, painting techniques, works on paper
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No Longer Available
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
Posted in Blast from the Past, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged extinct, Higgins Pen Cleaner, ink, old, soap, technical pens, vintage
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We are now in control of the transmission
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
TV SNIDE
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
Posted in Illustration, Technique
Tagged 1970s, Affinity Designer, Bonnie Franklin, Cartoon, funny, Illustration, Joe Williams, One Day at a Time, TV GUIDE, vector
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There Ought To Be Clowns
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
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, Halloween, head, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, scary, vector
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