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Both Sides Now
Sometimes if you’re not crazy about a drawing, the best thing you can do is start all over again. Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, analog tools, art iteration, beast of times, boldness, comic, contrast, drawing process, horror, Illustration, imperfection, inking, Joe Williams, learning curve, revision, Sketch, sketchbook, tracing paper, transfer paper, USA, Willceau
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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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Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia. Continue reading
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Sailor’s Warning
The sun rises over Carpenter Street this morning.
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Posted in Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography, South Philly Safari
Tagged contrast, orange, red, sky, South Philadelphia, street, sunrise
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Caturday
Plywood the Tabby has proven to be an enthusiastic model as I play with my used but new-to-me camera that I recently acquired from a seller on eBay.
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Posted in Caturday
Tagged cat, contrast, Joe Williams, orange, photography, Plywood, Plywood the Cat, tabby, USA
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