Tag Archives: Illustration

Tuesday Digital Doodle • Comin’ At YA!

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Joe

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 →

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Spring Cleaning

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Joe

The old It CameFrom the Sketchbook page was a bit of a mess that was desperately in need of a polish and shine so I have organized my scribbles into categories. You can start on the landing page HERE where … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Automaton Powers On

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Joe

This is another vector doodle I did in Affinity Designer. In preparation for the occasional science fiction book cover I illustrate, I will play with metallic tones and mechanical shapes. I am figuring out how I may approach that starship … Continue reading →

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Available for Birthdays and Bar Mitzvahs

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Joe

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 →

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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Type of the Living Dead

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Joe

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 →

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Sci Fi Textures

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Joe

When the blank page or screen is staring at me waiting for me to fill it with something illustrative and I don’t really have a solid idea, I doodle digital science fiction textures. I play around with colors and shapes … Continue reading →

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It’s Lent, you know!

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Joe

Tina and I exchange cards we make ourselves rather than go on a mad dash for that elusive perfect gift or trying to get reservations on the worst restaurant night of the year. We call them Drawer Cards. Earlier Tina … Continue reading →

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