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Tag Archives: doodle
The Frugal Review • The Pen+Gear Sketch Diary
When my wife and co-host of this fabulous site, Tina, calls about a cheap sketchbook she’s found at a big box store, I’ve learned not to question her. I just say, “Buy it!” She’s got a knack for spotting art … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, News, Pixels Versus Pigment, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged Affordable art, Art on a budget, art supplies, Artist tools, Budget sketchbook, cheap art supplies, Creative supplies, doodle, drawing, Drawing paper, Frugal art, illustrated story, Joe Williams, mechanical pencil, monster, Non-Repro Blue, Paper quality, pen and ink, Pen+Gear Sketch Diary, Pencil sketching, Sailor Fude de Mannen, Sketch, sketchbook, Sketchbook review, Sketching, Teenage Beast, Walmart art supplies
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A Doodle for a Tuesday
A scribble in a cheap sketchbook…
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, doodle, drawing, humor, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, pencil, Sketch
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So Long, Cursed Sketchbook
Fuxi Sketchbook No. 2 of 2 5/16/23 – 10/3/24 I was finally able to put this disappointing sketchbook out of my misery. Why was it disappointing? Well, the size, price and the binding were right. It measured 5.5 inches by … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cheap, comic, doodle, Illustration, Joe Williams, pencil, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook
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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Type Treatments
I was searching around a few older hard drives when I found this digital doodle I did in Affinity Designer. In the same way that I scribble away in sketchbooks, I will play around with vector shapes, colors and textures … Continue reading
What the Fuxi?
After killing off my last cheap sketchbook which was from Ticonderoga and is readily available as of this writing, I shopped around for a replacement. I am usually gifted or accidentally fall across the scratchpads that have become the Sketchbooks … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, cheap sketchbook, doodle, Fu Xi, Fuxi, Illustration, sketchbook, USA
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Killing Off the Birthday Sketchbook
I finished up the Ticonderoga UCreate tablet that I received as a birthday gift this past fall. I’ve used these sketchbooks before, and the price and size are right, but they just aren’t as special as the mysterious Sketchbooks from … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, cheap sketchbook, doodle, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, scratch pad, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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The Little Sketchbooks
Last week I was going to gather my collection of little sketchbooks that I have been keeping since 2017. I have always kept sketchbooks, but my fascination for the small ones started when my wife snagged me the original Sketchbook … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, doodle, Illustration, inexpensive, Joe Williams, sketchbook, Sketchbook from Heaven, USA
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