Category Archives: Technique

Grandma went to Altamont

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Joe_Williams

This cartoon is an effort to see what I could do with Affinity Designer and as a reaction to cliches that people, particularly lazy writers, hold near and dear. Grandmother. Granny. Grandma. Gam-gam. The term is used to evoke the image of … Continue reading →

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The Bikers Three

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Joe_Williams

The fellows above are part of a crowd scene which features the flower children I posted the other day. The crowd is part of a larger, fairly complex illustration which is taking forever, but the smaller elements like this trio … Continue reading →

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American Gothic

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I’m still plugging away on the vector illustration I’ve written about before, and I’m still cobbling it together as I go along. I had always planned that this composition would involve a crowd. I thought I could cheat it with … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I’m still working on the vector illustration that I’ve written about recently, and it’s proving to be more involved than I originally thought it would be. I’ve been designing monsters which come to me more easily than what I am … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I was hoping to have another vector illustration ready for Willceau Illo this week, but this is proving to be somewhat more complicated than my two-headed monster from last week and the Atomic Warrior from the week before. There are … Continue reading →

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Pink Zeppelin – The Vector Version

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Joe_Williams

IN THE FUTURE… is how these things usually start, but this terrible tale takes place IN THE PAST… A nuclear conflagration ended the world as we knew it in 1980. Hellfire rained from the sky leaving pitiful few to battle it out … Continue reading →

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The Atomic Warrior – The Vector Version

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Here is a version of my Atomic Warrior character that I produced in Affinity Designer. I had a notion of what if George Lucas was never able to get the money he wanted to shoot Star Wars and instead put … Continue reading →

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In Japan the Hand Can Be Used Like a Knife

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Being that my inexpensive but beloved Sketchbook from Heaven will soon be exhausted, I needed to find a replacement. A small, landscape sketchpad roughly the same size was proving impossible to find. The only solution was to make my own!

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You’ll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Joe_Williams

After crowing about my new, favorite sketchbook recently, I decided to look for more of the same since I was tearing through the current one at a rapid clip. I looked at the websites of online as well as brick-and-mortar … Continue reading →

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