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Tag Archives: Illustration
A Doodle for a Tuesday
A scribble in a cheap sketchbook…
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, doodle, drawing, humor, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, pencil, Sketch
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The Countess Amarela
As I am working on my digital illustrations and vector graphics I often save versions of my files as I go along in case I have to backtrack. It might be that I have turned down a creative blind alley … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged Affinity Designer, art, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector
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Tiptoe through the Sketchbooks
Having finished up the Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook, I am working here and there in a few different sketchbooks. The subject is still The Teenage Beast.
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA
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Heavenly Sketchbooks are what you make of them
I finished up a 7-inch by 10-inch Canson XL Mixed Media Sketchbook which I turned to once I got tired of chasing down cheap sketchbooks. I have had a lot of luck with small sketchbooks, but it seems that my … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, sketchbook, USA
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Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Three
Two hundred and three in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Photography
Tagged collage, digital collage, Friday Five, Illustration, vintage catalogs
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The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz
Once again I am ricocheting back and forth between analog and digital illustration. Today I am back in the digital domain with my latest Halloween Head which I call The Diplomat from Grorfleplotz. I’m not sure what the specific honorific … Continue reading
Teenage Beast • Coming Through!
I continue to carve out the Teenage Beast story in my sketchbooks. In this case, I am finishing up a 7-inch by 10-inch Canson XL Mixed Media pad. I pencil in my characters and then ink them in with my … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, Cartoon, club, coffee, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk, punk rock, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, The Goo Goo Muck, USA
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1980年代の東京の吸血鬼
Tokyo Vampire Circa 1980s It seems that my series of Halloween Heads has started anew with the completion of a Japanese vampire on the heels of last week’s Phantom of the Opera. Halloween Heads are illustrations of monsters I’ve created … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, #madeinaffinity, 1980s, 1980年代の東京の吸血鬼, Affinity Designer, creature, digital illustration, horror, humor, Illustration, Japan, Joe Williams, monster, New Wave, red, USA, vampire, vector
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Doodle Tuesday • Demonic Delineations
I’ve been bopping back and forth between digital illustrations and hand drawings of late enjoying both which is kind of weird. It feels like working digitally and by hand are two different skill sets requiring different ways of thinking. I … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, The Goo Goo Muck, USA
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