Tag Archives: Joe Williams

Driving the Big White Bus

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Joe_Williams

For some reason this is one of my most popular images on my Flickr! account. If I knew puke cartoons were going to be so popular, I would have done little else. I drew this in a sketchbook using Koh-i-nor … Continue reading →

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Tattoos are so 20th Century!

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Joe_Williams

More human hybrid fun in Photoshop!

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Doesn’t She Deserve Diamonds?

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Joe_Williams

It was Tina’s turn yesterday so today it’s mine. This is my tenth anniversary card to my unbelievably patient wife. The card says it all. It folded in half, and on the reverse side it looked like a Tiffany’s box. … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphors: Panel 1

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This is the first panel of the visual metaphor showing our executive’s humble beginnings as conductor of a chamber orchestra. The three panels are placed on a letter sized layout and presented to the client as a reference of where … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphors: Panel 2

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post. Today I’m publishing the second panel of this particular visual metaphor. This is similar to a lot of visual metaphors I do. This guy compares his executive/work experience to that of being an … Continue reading →

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Visual Metaphors

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Joe_Williams

I do work for a company that coaches executives. The company uses a number of techniques to make these executives more effective leaders. One of these techniques is the visual metaphor, and that’s where I enter the picture. The client … Continue reading →

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Kareema Corn

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Joe_Williams

In an effort to stave off ever mounting clutter, Tina and I exchange handmade cards instead of gifts on most holidays. This was the Valentine’s Day card I gave her this year. It’s based on a hapless chap I saw  … Continue reading →

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Video Plague

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Joe_Williams

This was an early digital work done on a Commodore 64 using an Animation Station which was a Wacom-like digitizing tablet. It was printed on a Panasonic dot matrix printer. I was trying to find the drawing I sent in … Continue reading →

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Sweaty Eddie

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Joe_Williams

I’ve been doing variations on this same panicked/agitated/junkie-in-need-of-a-fix guy for years. I did a version of him as a first assignment in a Sophomore illustration class.  I did a digital version on a Commodore 64 using a Wacom-like tablet called … Continue reading →

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