Tag Archives: Cartoon

Sign of the Times

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Joe

Back in 1991, I got a freelance assignment illustrating an article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for a local paper. Everybody knows what OCD is now, but I was unfamiliar with it at the time. It seemed that new manias and … Continue reading →

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Hell Toupee

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Joe

I can’t resist a pun. Another sketchbook sketch that I photographed, imported into Procreate on my iPad and had some fun with. I exported it from Procreate and brought it into Affinity Designer in order to do the lettering. I … Continue reading →

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Mad About the iPad

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Joe_Williams

I’m getting used to the fantastic art program for the iPad Pro called Procreate. It uses the Apple Pencil, and it has the most satisfying interface that I’ve used on a digital platform thus far. I’ve been doodling and playing … Continue reading →

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TV SNIDE

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Joe_Williams

After finishing my last Halloween Head, I was looking for another project to work on. I thought I would continue with monsters, but a likely creature did not leap to mind. I kicked around a bunch of ideas trying to … Continue reading →

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The Ghost

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Joe_Williams

This is another in a Halloween themed series of illustrations I put together in the superlative vector art program known as Affinity Designer. See more of my vector illustrations HERE!

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You No Canna Refuse

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Back when movies were cultural touchstones made for adults, they were not as heavily merchandised as they are today. A soundtrack album may have been released and a paperback novelization would be on a shelves in bookstores, and that was … Continue reading →

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Another Cheap Sketchbook Bites the Dust

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Joe_Williams

The Llama Sketchbook: December 27, 2017 to September 29, 2018 Well, at least there is a llama beneath the stickers. In the back and forth of my commutes, my sketchbooks take a beating so I encrust them with whatever stickers … Continue reading →

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Dick Blick Licked

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I’ve put another sketchbook to rest. I’ve had this one for a while. I bought it from Dick Blick back in 2012. I think I bought it because I thought an 8 inch by 10 inch pad would be a … Continue reading →

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The Concert Stud Variations

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Joe_Williams

When I was assembling the various vector pieces of my Grandma Went to Altamont illustration in Affinity Designer, I was figuring out what my characters looked like as I went along. I had a vague image in my head of what … Continue reading →

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Watching the Detectives

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Last week I had published my Szpieg or Polish Spy illustration that I produced in the superlative vector art and design program Affinity Designer. My original intention was to produce an illustration similar to the pulp magazines from the 1930s … Continue reading →

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