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Tag Archives: Joe Williams
Return of the Atomic Warrior
An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash pencil which I bought a while back … Continue reading
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Another Spent Sketchbook and Something Learned
This was one of those Strathmore 400 Series Sketchbooks with the wire binding that I prefer. It laid flat; was easy to draw in and was a pleasure to sketch in. It measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches making it … Continue reading
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, It Came From the Sketchbook, Technique
Tagged analog, art, cartoons, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, monster, Philadelphia College of Art, USA
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Shopping Spree
For the people who know me, this is going to sound crazy, but I miss working in art supply stores.
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Japan, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, markers, pens
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Pigeons at Palumbo
The Academy @ Palumbo • 1100 Catharine Street, Philadelphia PA
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Posted in South Philly Safari
Tagged Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, The Academy @ Palumbo
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Fall on South Broad Street
A beautiful autumnal scene on an otherwise unspectacular section of Philadelphia’s main drag.
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Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged autumn, Broad Street, Fall, Joe Williams, leaves, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA
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The Pumpkin of Dorian Gray
Some people have trouble letting go. Spotted on South Broad Street in South Philadelphia.
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Posted in Halloween
Tagged decay, Halloween, Jack O' Lantern, Joe Williams, orange, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, pumpkin, rot
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Window along Washington Avenue
Here’s a little urban texture from South Philly. This was on Washington Avenue West of Broad Street which is being gentrified but is wonderfully industrial. This is a factory window gloriously illuminated by the rays of the setting sun.
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Posted in South Philly Safari
Tagged city, grid, industrial, Joe Williams, orange, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, South Philly, sun, sunset, urban texture, yellow
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Creature from the Affinity Designer Lagoon
Halloween 2016 may be gone, but it seems I have some Monster Heads left in me. I made this finned fellow in the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. This wasn’t my first attempt at a variation of one of … Continue reading
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Affinity Designer After Midnight
Here’s another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer while I waited for my son’s early morning bus. I was trying to do something different, but I wound up with another vampire. This one is based on Lon Chaney’s … Continue reading
