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Tag Archives: horror
The Tuesday Doodle
The Goo-Goo Muck. Playing around with Sailor, Pentel and a couple other pens during some down time in work. This goes along with an old drawing I did decades ago which I pulled from storage. The old drawing was inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged #inkdrawing, #thecramps, analog, Cartoon, horror, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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It Came from the Sketchbook
I continue having fun sketching with my Sailor Fude fountain pens — one with a nib bent at a 55º angle and the other at a 40º angle. Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, fight, Frankenstein, horror, Illustration, Japan, Joe Williams, Monsters, pens, rumble, Sailor Fude de Mannen, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, werewolf
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Tuesday Doodle
I am having a lot of fun using my Sailor Fude fountain pens in a couple of small, mixed media sketchbooks. Sometimes I have a subject in mind, and other times — like the drawing above — I go wherever … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, castle, comic, creature, Creepy, Fountain Pen, Frankenstein, horror, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, Lady Frankenstein, monster, pencil cross hatch, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Happy Birthday, Tina!
Being that it is October I am once again leaning into a Halloween theme for Tina’s birthday card. Happy birthday, Tina!
Tuesday Doodle • Stubborn Strathmore Sketchbook
I finally killed off a small Strathmore sketchbook that was lying around the house. It was picked up years ago while it was most likely on sale. The price was probably too good to resist. I honestly don’t remember. It … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged horror, humor, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Strathmore, USA
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Available for Birthdays and Bar Mitzvahs
This is a variation of the frightening clown I produced in Affinity Designer back in 2019. I was on a streak back then making a number of vector Halloween heads in Serif’s superlative software, and my basement dwelling Bozo was … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged clown, creep, digital illustration, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, scary, USA, vector
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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Type of the Living Dead
Affinity recently updated their whole suite of desktop publishing applications to version 2.4 so I’ve been trying to catch up with some of the new features of these programs. I’ve been mostly playing with Affinity Designer which is their vector … Continue reading


