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Tag Archives: 1980s
The Sketchbook from Heaven
In the past I have written about sketchbooks I have bought that seemed like a good idea at the point of purchase but failed miserably when put into practice. Either the sketchbooks looked handsome on the shelf and proved unwieldy … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, art, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, doodles, drawing, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, Philadelphia, science fiction, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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A Long Time Ago About 4 Hours Away…
This is another of The Photo Elective series of photographs that Tina, I and every other illustration major attending The Philadelphia College of Art were required to shoot, process and print. My guess is that the notion of the class … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, black and white, Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut, Gremlin, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Windham
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She’ll Be Back
Here’s another of Tina Garceau’s Photo Elective self-portraits that I recently discovered. They were taken as part of a class assignment at The Philadelphia College of Art. Fortunately I found them because I think a stubborn humility would have prevented … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Pan-X, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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Diabolique
Here’s another self-portrait that Tina Garceau shot as part of a Photo Elective project back when she attended the Philadelphia College of Art. This one is not as successful as some of her recent photographs I posted, but you have … Continue reading
Femme Fatale
This is another of Tina Garceau’s shots from a photography elective that all illustration majors were required to take at The Philadelphia College of Art.
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1981, analog, black and white, film noir, Pan-X, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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Potemkin
It’s always the case — I was looking for something else and I uncovered another treasure. This time I found a stash of Tina Garceau’s 35mm photo negatives from the Photo Elective course all illustration majors were required to take … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Tina Garceau, vintage
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Holiday Fatigue
Somewhere at the end of the ’80s I started dating a girl just after the holidays. I sketched out this little cartoon combining Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter for her as a gag greeting card.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Drawer Cards, Holiday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged 1980s, analog, Cartoon, Christmas, drawing, Easter, humor, ink, Joe Williams, Sketch, USA, Valentine's Day
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Gift wrap a bottle of Cutty
Another photo of the Southeast corner of Broad and Spruce Streets shot from the building on the Northwest corner of that same intersection. The last one I posted here was in color and shot about a year after this one.
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, USA, vintage
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