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Tag Archives: cartoons
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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Dixon Ticonderoga UCreate — a Decent Little Sketchbook!
I’ve used UCreate sketchbooks manufactured by Dixon Ticonderoga a couple of times before in recent years, and I have just finished off my third. They are affordably priced and are readily available at Target and Walmart. The quality of the … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged 6x9 sketchbook, 8.5x11 sketchbook, affordable sketchbooks, analog, Artist tools, big box art supplies, budget sketching, Canson sketchbook, Cartoon, cartoons, Dixon Ticonderoga, Fabriano sketchbook, fountain pen sketching, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, pen and ink drawings, Pen+Gear Sketch Diary, Sailor Fude de Mannen, Sketch, sketchbook, Sketchbook review, Target art supplies, UCreate sketchbook, USA, Walmart art supplies
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Heavenly Sketchbooks are what you make of them
I finished up a 7-inch by 10-inch Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook which I turned to once I got tired of chasing down cheap sketchbooks. I have had a lot of luck with small sketchbooks, but it seems that my … Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, sketchbook, USA
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The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz
Once again I am ricocheting back and forth between analog and digital illustration. Today I am back in the digital domain with my latest Halloween Head which I call The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz. I’m not sure what the specific honorific … Continue reading
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Doodle Tuesday • Demonic Delineations
I’ve been bopping back and forth between digital illustrations and hand drawings of late enjoying both which is kind of weird. It feels like working digitally and by hand are two different skill sets requiring different ways of thinking. I … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, The Goo Goo Muck, USA
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Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock! – Rock and Roll Hell Hole!
As I said last week I was a little under the weather which slowed my sketching momentum, but I’ve been trying to catch up by drawing some drawings and cooking up some situations that happen in my Teenage Beast story. … Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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I Was a Teenage Couch Potato
I have a studio with a drafting table, drawing lamp and everything I would need, but it seems inspiration strikes me best when I am sitting on a couch with a sketchbook in my lap while trash streams on my … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged analog, cartoons, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, Roku, television, USA
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