Tag Archives: digital illustration

We are now in control of the transmission

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Joe

This illustration which I cobbled together in my absolute favorite vector art program Affinity Designer is sort of a response to my last illustration which featured former television icon Bonnie Franklin. Whereas Ms Franklin’s televised efforts in the situation comedy … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Tina! 2018 Edition

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Being that Tina’s birthday comes in October, I usually get a jump on Halloween by giving her card the theme of the season. Here is our dear cat Plywood as the undead count from Transylvania.

Posted in Drawer Cards, photo manipulation | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Photo, birthday, card, cat, collage, digital illustration, Dracula, Drawer Cards, Illustration, Tina Garceau, vampire | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment | 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 | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, detective, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, private eye, sleuth, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau | 2 Comments

Szpieg

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Grandma went to Altamont

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

The Bikers Three

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 →

Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1960s, Affinity Designer, biker gang, bikers, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, motorcycle gang, USA, vector, Willceau | 2 Comments

American Gothic

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 →

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Work in Progress

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

Sneak Preview

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 →

Pink Zeppelin – The Vector Version

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

The Atomic Warrior – The Vector Version

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Joe_Williams

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 | 2 Comments

The Cat People Valentine Special

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Rather than bury one another under a mountain of clutter, Tina and I make cards for each other. I think I have run the course of angry or ironic Cupids so I decided to go weird for this Valentine.

Posted in Drawer Cards, Holiday, Illustration, photo manipulation | Tagged antique photograph, collage, digital illustration, Drawer Cards, The Cat People, USA, Valentine's Day, Valentines | Leave a comment

Fun with a Free Photo Editor

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I fired up the free, cross-platform, image editing software known as GNU Image Manipulation Program or GIMP and had a bit of fun with this photo I shot of an industrial building at the corner of 12th and Jackson in … Continue reading →