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Tag Archives: Illustration
Booga Booga Booga
I’m back with It Came From the Sketchbook and once again my subjects are The Teenage Beast and the hapless punk rock gal. I’m piecing together a story via sketchbooks which is fun and much more effective than jotting down … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, analog, comic, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk rock girl, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA
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Tina Garceau • 2014 in review
Below is a review of Miss Tina Garceau’s continuing series of collages using five elements . She calls the series The Friday Five and the gallery below represents her work for 2014. Click on the images for a larger preview.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration, photo manipulation
Tagged 2014, antique photograph, collage, Friday Five, Illustration, Tina Garceau, USA
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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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