Tag Archives: Illustration

Vengeance is best served ICE cold…

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Joe

J.L. Curtis’ new science fiction novella ICE is available NOW as an electronic edition with a cover by yours truly. The author describes his latest science fiction adventure as such: Vengeance is best served cold… Twelve years old is NOT … Continue reading →

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School Days – The Swinging Algebra Teacher

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Joe

School days, school days, dear old golden rule days, Readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic… Yeah, right. We’ve arrived at ‘rithmetic with The Swinging Algebra Teacher.

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The Green Ghoul

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Joe

Recently I’ve been traipsing down memory lane revisiting the people and impressions I had of grade school and junior high in the form of cartoons. Today I offer some images that I probably doodled in the margins of notebooks when … Continue reading →

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School Days – The Angry Librarian

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Joe

The angry librarian insisted on absolute, tomb-like silence as if Karl Wallenda was traversing a tightrope above a Bengal tiger trap in the middle of the library and absolute concentration was vital to the aerialist’s survival. Continue reading →

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School Days – The Cool Substitute Teacher

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Joe

The Cool Substitute Teacher circa 1974 is an illustration that fell together as I was playing with shapes in the superlative vector art program Affinity Designer. I was hoping to come up with another monster for my collection of Halloween … Continue reading →

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Building a Robot

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Joe

…with Affinity Designer. I started to work on this mechanical man to shake the rust from my vector graphic cartooning skills. Of late, I have been spending more time with pencils and paper than I have been with the Affinity … Continue reading →

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Fuxi Sketchbook • 09-01-2023 to 01-02-2024

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Joe

I thought this cheap, Chinese-made sketchbook could possibly be the next Sketchbook from Heaven, but not quite. The size, shape and country of manufacture were the same as my favorite sketchbooks, but it wasn’t quite as magical as those earlier … Continue reading →

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