Tag Archives: Cartoon

Flash in the Pan

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Joe_Williams

More sketching and watching trash. This time thanks to the fantastic Plex App on my Roku box I am catching up on episodes of The Flash. I mainly thought of Plex as a means of streaming one’s own media, but … Continue reading →

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Sketching and Watching Trash

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Friends ask me if I’ve seen the latest episode of such-and-such or gorged myself upon the latest streaming series. They’re usually terrified or at least concerned for my well being when I admit to the crap that I actually pipe … Continue reading →

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Rumble in the Record Store

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Joe_Williams

Yeah, I’m back again with another doodle in the cheap sketchbook. What can I say? This torch that I found cannot be drowned. It seems that I haven’t enjoyed doodling this much since I was about five years old. Back … Continue reading →

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Atomic Warrior V Pink Zeppelin

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Joe_Williams

More fun with Derwent’s water soluble pencils and the Sketchbook from Heaven.

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The Sketchbook from Heaven

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Joe_Williams

In the past I have written about sketchbooks I have bought that seemed like a good idea at the point of purchase but failed miserably when put into practice. Either the sketchbooks looked handsome on the shelf and proved unwieldy … Continue reading →

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Return of the Atomic Warrior

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Joe_Williams

An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash pencil which I bought a while back … Continue reading →

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Creature from the Affinity Designer Lagoon

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Halloween 2016 may be gone, but it seems I have some Monster Heads left in me. I made this finned fellow in the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. This wasn’t my first attempt at a variation of one of … Continue reading →

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Affinity Designer After Midnight

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer while I waited for my son’s early morning bus. I was trying to do something different, but I wound up with another vampire. This one is based on Lon Chaney’s … Continue reading →

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I Was a Vector Frankenstein

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This was the guy that started it all. I did him as an icon experiment in Adobe Illustrator back in 2006. I was trying to keep it as simple as possible and played with the blending modes of the various … Continue reading →

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