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47 Fewer Shades of Gray
A monstrously monochromatic rendering of the Teenage Beast on tonal paper. Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, art materials, black and white, Cartoon, cartoons, contrast, gray paper, Halloween, highlights, horror, Illustration, India ink, ink drawing, Joe Williams, mid-tone, monster, no smearing, pencil frustration, permanence, Sakura Gel Pen, Sketch, sketchbook, spray fixative, Strathmore Toned Gray, USA, water-soluble graphite, white charcoal, Willceau
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Burn, Baby, BURN! Punk Rock Inferno
I’ve been pouring my heart into Teenage Beast, a punk rock horror story set in the 1980s that’s slowly clawing its way out of my brain and onto the page. Right now, it’s a chaotic mix of notes, half-formed scenes, … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, analog, black and white, Cartoon, comic, demon, fire, flames, Goo Goo Muck, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA, Willceau
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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
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82 Years Ago Today…
…my parents were wed.
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography
Tagged 1942, anniversary, black and white, parents
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Femme Fatale
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve written before, all sophomore 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 … Continue reading
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Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, black and white, negative, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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Nature’s Abstractions
This is a twisted old tree in Lansdowne that I have been passing by and admiring for years. It’s not the first time I have shot it, and it won’t be the last.
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Photography
Tagged black and white, photography, texture, tree, twisted
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Feline Friday
Plywood looks as if he is posing regally to have his picture taken. He is actually sitting on an old Mac Mini because it is warm.
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Posted in Feline Fridays
Tagged black and white, cat, feline, kitty, meow, Plywood, pussycat, tabbycat
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