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Tag Archives: analog
Matrimonial Mayhem and Monsters!
I continue to hack away at the Out of This World sketchbook with 2mm read leads and whatever graphite pencils I have at hand, and I accompany my doodling with trash television shows or movies streamed to my Roku box. … Continue reading
When Werewolves Attack…
…fight like hell!
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, comic, comic book, comics, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pencil, Sketchbook from Heaven, werewolf, Willceau
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Mesmerized by a Cheap Sketchbook
My love affair with a three-dollar sketchbook meant for the juvenile market continues as I find myself doodling in it regularly. I keep it within reach in case inspiration strikes and I have to jot down a note or scribble … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, cheap, comic book, comics, creature, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, vampire, werewolf
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Werewolf Interrupted
I’m not yet ready to declare the juvenile sketchbook I wrote about recently as the NEW Sketchbook from Heaven, but I do usually keep it close at hand, and I am busily filling its cheap pages with scribbles. It may … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cheap, comic, creature, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Paul Naschy, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, Sketchbook from Heaven, trash, vampire, werewolf, Willceau
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Not a Bad Little Sketchbook
I finished off another inexpensive sketchbook purchased from Target. I’ve had luck with the cheap little sketchbooks they carry so when we see something new on the shelves, we snag it. The paper was all right for dry media but … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cheap, doodle, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Sketchbook from Heaven, USA, Willceau
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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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Black and White and Read All Over
Newsstand in the vicinity of 15th and Locust circa 1981. The Photo Elective All students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process black and … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, Locust, newsstand, PA, Philadelphia
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Tuesday Doodle – Not Fast Enough
Today’s doodle is another one I did sitting on the couch while watching television. It was drawn in a 6 inch by 9 inch sketchbook manufactured in India for Ticonderoga and was sold at Target. It’s got a wire binding … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, comic, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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17th and Walnut
Here’s another Photo Elective shot taken of a reflection in a florist’s window in the vicinity of 17th and Walnut in downtown Philadelphia, PA. I took this photograph as a sophomore at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Photo Elective … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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