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Tag Archives: Illustration
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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The Swingin’ Seventies with Brad Shaw
My meager budget precludes me from being a collector of original art, but when this cartoon by Brad Shaw for an old and long gone men’s magazine became available at a price I could not resist, I did not resist … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Illustration
Tagged 20th century, analog, Brad Shaw, Cartoon, cartoonist, cartoons, girlie, humor, Illustration, Sex to Sexty, Texas, USA, vintage
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The Frankenstein Monster in COLOR
This panel from The Frankenstein Monster No. 10 published by Marvel in 1974 screamed out to me. I miss traditional comic coloring! It is so much better than the overwrought digital coloring found in modern comics. Art by John Buscema … Continue reading
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1974, analog, comic, comic book, comics, Frankenstein, Illustration, Marvel, vintage
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The Absolute Final Issue of DUCKWORK
It may have taken 42 years, but the latest and, sadly, the last issue of DUCKWORK is out!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Philadelphia
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broad Street, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, duck, DUCKWORK, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, quack, UArts, unicorn, University of the Arts, USA
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Scratching a Scratchboard Itch
The recent closure of The University of the Arts has set me careening down memory lane like a runaway train crashing into memories of my days at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Philadelphia College of Art mutated into the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, News, Philadelphia, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged 1990, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cat, Illustration, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, scratchboard, UArts, University of the Arts, USA
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Friday Five – Number One Hundred Seventy Six
One hundred seventy sixth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Friday Five, Illustration
Tagged chickens, collage, Friday Five, Illustration, vintage photos
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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Comin’ At YA!
Today’s digital doodle was a happy accident I made while playing with Affinity Designer’s step-and-repeat feature. I was playing around with a logo I worked up a while back for J.L. Curtis’s series of science fiction books and seeing how … Continue reading