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Tag Archives: analog
You’ll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart
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
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged analog, Atomic Warrior, Christmas, comic, comic book, comics, Derwent, Horizon, Illustration, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Target
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Derwent Dark Wash Pencil on Cheap Sketchbook
Lately, I’ve been curling up on the couch, partially watching television and doodling in a cheap sketchbook with Derwent Dark Wash Pencils and some of the other booty I ordered from JetPens. It’s hardly an optimal drawing arrangement — the … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, doodle, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook
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Return of the Atomic Warrior
An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash pencil which I bought a while back … Continue reading
Another Spent Sketchbook and Something Learned
This was one of those Strathmore 400 Series Sketchbooks with the wire binding that I prefer. It laid flat; was easy to draw in and was a pleasure to sketch in. It measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches making it … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, It Came From the Sketchbook, Technique
Tagged analog, art, cartoons, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, monster, Philadelphia College of Art, USA
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Shopping Spree
For the people who know me, this is going to sound crazy, but I miss working in art supply stores.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Japan, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, markers, pens
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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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Sam Eric Theater
This isn’t really part of The Photo Elective series in that it wasn’t part of that elective course that all illustration majors at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take, but I did use the same SLR camera … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, scan, USA, vintage
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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


