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Tag Archives: Joe Williams
Punk Rock Girl
Although it’s been a while since I have posted drawings on this site, I have still been plugging away in my sketchbooks continuing to make my dirty little marks within them as one of my teachers in art school used … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged 1980s, analog, boutique, Cartoon, fashion, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, punk rock, punk rock girl, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Keeping Good Habits
This is the thin 3-ring binder I bought from a dollar store near work and filled it with 97¢ worth of looseleaf paper in order to work out the story of The Teenage Beast. I am writing an outline for … Continue reading
Posted in Book Design, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cheap sketchbook, creature, drawing, habit, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, notes, novella, punk, short story, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA, wasting time, writing
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Breaking Bad Habits
Of late, I have been bedeviled by procrastination and waiting for inspiration like a train that is never going to come. Maybe a more apt metaphor is the train is sitting on the tracks, but it’s not moving. When times … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, story, Teenage Beast, USA, writing
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Well, I never felt more like singin’ the blues…
A couple years ago I wrote about the stash of non-photo blue pencils I have all over my house and why I use them: Non-Photo Blue pencils are a particular shade of blue that could not be detected by a … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, Illustration, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged analog, blue, drawing, Illustration, Japan, Joe Williams, lead, mechanical pencil, non-photo, non-repro, pilot, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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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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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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