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Tag Archives: doodle
Doodle Tuesday
Doodle of the current fashion cliche infesting urban areas
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, doodle, hipster, Sketch, sketchbook
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Doodle Tuesday
I did this doodle a while back of a door-to-door canvasser. They usually answer one of those flyers that have the tear-off tabs along the bottom.
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged canvasser, counterculture, doodle, door-to-door, drawing, Sketch
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Doodle Tuesday
Drawn with an unsharpened 2mm red lead. I get lazy about sharpening.
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged doodle, girl, red, Sketch, summer, wind
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Goodbye Half a Sketchbook
A while back, I had the bold notion of trying to replicate my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven by cleaving a larger pad of paper in two. It was a great idea, and if it worked, I would have bought several … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, doodle, drawing, ink, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, landscape, mixed media, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, small
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Gone and Already Forgotten
Another cheap sketchbook has bitten the dust. It wasn’t a terrible sketchbook, and I would probably pick up another one if it was on sale, but it contained none of the magic of the improbable Sketchbook from Heaven. For reasons … Continue reading
Gasp…BLAM!!!
Doodling in a small, store brand sketchbook that I bought from Dick Blick when it was on sale a couple years ago. I forgot I had this one, but I recently uncovered it in the studio and figured waste not, … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, cheap sketchbook, Derwent, doodle, drawing, Halloween, Sketch, sketchbook
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Another One Bites the Dust
I finally finished off the juvenile sketchbook that I hoped would have the same magic as the Sketchbook from Heaven, but sadly, it did not. It wasn’t the worst sketchbook I ever carried, but at $3.00 for 150 sheets, you … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged cartoons, cheap, doodle, Joe Williams, juvenile, Sketch, sketchbook
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The Lurking Fear
This started as a doodle in the cheap and childish sketchbook that I wrote about recently. I was still in a Halloween frame of mind as I was kicking around costume ideas for next year. I started scratching out an … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Lovecraft, monster, Sketch, sketchbook
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Going…going…
The Sketchbook from Heaven is fading fast. I only have a couple of blank pages left as of this writing. I’ll soon be moving on to the sketchbook I cleaved in two in order to approximate the aspect ratio of … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic book, comics, doodle, handmade, Illustration, Joe Williams, paper, pencil, science fiction, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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