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Tag Archives: Cartoon
Szpieg
After my Grandma Went to Altamont illustrations that I produced in Affinity Designer, I was looking for a new subject matter to put the program and myself to the test. Originally I wanted to do an old-time, pulp magazine cover similar … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau
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Grandma went to Altamont
This cartoon is an effort to see what I could do with Affinity Designer and as a reaction to cliches that people, particularly lazy writers, hold near and dear. Grandmother. Granny. Grandma. Gam-gam. The term is used to evoke the image of … Continue reading
Posted in Drawer Cards, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1960s, Affinity Designer, Altamont, biker gang, bikers, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, flasher, hippies, Illustration, Joe Williams, motorcycle gang, rock concert, USA, vector, Willceau
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The Bikers Three
The fellows above are part of a crowd scene which features the flower children I posted the other day. The crowd is part of a larger, fairly complex illustration which is taking forever, but the smaller elements like this trio … Continue reading
American Gothic
I’m still plugging away on the vector illustration I’ve written about before, and I’m still cobbling it together as I go along. I had always planned that this composition would involve a crowd. I thought I could cheat it with … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1960s, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, hippies, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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Work in Progress
I’m still working on the vector illustration that I’ve written about recently, and it’s proving to be more involved than I originally thought it would be. I’ve been designing monsters which come to me more easily than what I am … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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Sneak Preview
I was hoping to have another vector illustration ready for Willceau Illo this week, but this is proving to be somewhat more complicated than my two-headed monster from last week and the Atomic Warrior from the week before. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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Pink Zeppelin – The Vector Version
IN THE FUTURE… is how these things usually start, but this terrible tale takes place IN THE PAST… A nuclear conflagration ended the world as we knew it in 1980. Hellfire rained from the sky leaving pitiful few to battle it out … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1980, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, nuclear war, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pink Zeppelin, Records, Sketch, vector, Willceau
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The Atomic Warrior – The Vector Version
Here is a version of my Atomic Warrior character that I produced in Affinity Designer. I had a notion of what if George Lucas was never able to get the money he wanted to shoot Star Wars and instead put … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cartoons, creature, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, resolution independent, robot, skull, USA, vector, Willceau
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Just Like Heaven
A year ago I was polishing off what turned out to be one of my all-time favorite sketchbooks which I referred to as The Sketchbook from Heaven. I tried to find or, in some cases, make a replacement, but nothing … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Apocalypse, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, handmade, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pink Zeppelin, sketchbook, The Atomic Warrior, USA, WW III
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