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Tag Archives: birthday
Happy Birthday Joe!!!
I took this photo of Joe when we were first dating, I used it on the first birthday card I ever made for him, and on every card since then! This year, I’ve incorporated the newest member of our family … Continue reading
The Prime of Miss Tina Garceau
Posted in Drawer Cards
Tagged Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, birthday, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, photography, Prime Numbers, Tina Garceau, USA, Willceau
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The Return of Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!!!
Tina’s birthday was fast approaching, and I didn’t have a rock solid, hysterically funny idea for a card so I decided to revisit a friend from last year’s anniversary card, Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!
Posted in Drawer Cards, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment, Sketch, Technique
Tagged birthday, card, color, comic, cosmic, cosmos, counterculture, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, galaxy, Happy birthday Tina, Hippie, humor, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, outer space, Photoshop, stars, technique, tie dye pattern in Photoshop, tie dye texture in Photoshop, tie-dye, Willceau
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Birthday Crown No.12
Posted in Collage, Crafts, News
Tagged 3D movie audience, birthday, birthday crown, collage, digital, film countdown numbers, film noir movie posters, hat, Hollywood, party, scan, Tina Garceau. illustration
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Happy Birthday Joe!
There are two consistent factors when it comes time to make a birthday card for Joe each year. One is that I always use this high contrast photo taken when we were dating: The second is the theme of the … Continue reading
Posted in Drawer Cards, Food, Holiday, Illustration, News
Tagged birthday, birthday card, cake, collage, digital illustration, exotica music, happy birthday Joe, humor, Joe Williams, Korla Pandit, Photoshop, Tina Garceau, True Story magazine, Wurlitzer
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Loose Women and Pop Out Cakes
Keeping with our cake theme that Mrs. Crankipants started with yesterday’s rant about baked goods, here’s a pop-up birthday card I cooked up for a friend recently.
Flee For Your Lives!!!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters was this year’s theme for Lloyd’s birthday party.
Posted in Drawer Cards, News
Tagged 1950s, ゴジラ, birthday, collage, crown, Drawer Cards, Godzilla, Gojira, horror, humor, Japan, Kaiju, monster, Photoshop, Tina Garceau
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Happy Birthday, Captain Visual!
Last night we had the pleasure of celebrating author, artist, publisher and balloon sculptor extraordinaire Gerry Giovinco’s birthday! This was the big one – 5-Ooooh! It was also a reunion of sorts in that I got to see people I … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, Bill Cucinotta, birthday, Captain Visual, CO2 Comics, crown, Drawer Cards, Gerry Giovinco, humor, Tina Garceau
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Birthday Crown No. 10
The latest and greatest from Tina for Lloyd on the tenth anniversary of his birth. The theme this year was the violin since that is what Lloyd has been learning this school year. See a recent recital here. Sharp-eyed music … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, crafts, crown, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, Tina Garceau
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