Tag Archives: Dracula

Terrible Movie – Great Soundtrack

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Back in the late 1970s, John Williams must have been the hardest working man in show business. I doubt if he took a day off since crafting the iconic soundtrack for Jaws in 1975. If there was a major movie, … Continue reading →

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Friday Flashback: Dracula’s Dirt!

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Joe

Wear the Dirt of Dracula! This is an interesting post from a while back featuring an oddball piece of jewelry in the form of a necklace with a small glass coffin charm containing a small sample of earth from Transylvania! … Continue reading →

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Countess Dracula

Posted on November 9, 2021 by Joe

Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614) was a real life Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer who may have engaged in vampiric activity. Her victims were female servants and minor noblewomen who had come to her for training and education. I’m not sure … 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.

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I COUNT on Affinity Designer

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a little Halloween doodle that I cooked up in my favorite vector art program Affinity Designer. Being that my son’s school bus pickup time is just before dawn, I thought it appropriate to work on this icon of The … Continue reading →

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Day for Night

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Joe_Williams

I had a bit of Photoshop fun with a lackluster photograph of a spectacular structure in South Philadelphia.

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Fiddling Around in Photoshop Alternatives

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Joe_Williams

I have a number of less than great photos shot with point-and-shoot cameras, and I decided to have a little fun exploring the possibilities of image editors other than Adobe’s Photoshop. Above is a daytime shot of the Drake in … Continue reading →

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