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Tag Archives: Joe Williams
Sketchbook • Gruesome Graphite Grotesques
I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling graphite grotesques into the night. Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comics, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook
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Monster Mash
Some things never change. I used to work on class projects in my bedroom studio in my parents’ house while a 13-inch black and white TV set played trash. Last night I was sketching for fun while watching trash from … Continue reading
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Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged battle, comic, fight, Frankenstein, Joe Williams, monster, Monsters, Mrs Columbo, Out of This World, Sketch, sketchbook, werewolf
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My sweet irreproducible you
Non-Photo Blue pencils are a particular shade of blue that could not be detected by a graphic arts camera like a photostat camera. I ran stat cameras in the era when graphic design was an analog pursuit involving rubber cement, … Continue reading
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Posted in Curious Clutter, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged analog, Berol, Illustration, Joe Williams, mechanical, Non-Repro Blue, old, photostat, Sketch, sketchbook, Verithin, vintage
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Get to the Point!
A search through some old art bins in the studio set me tumbling down a rabbit hole of wooden pencils, pencil sharpeners and crafting the perfect point.
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Tagged analog, antique, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pointy, sharpen, Sketch, sketchbook
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Caturday
Plywood the Tabby has proven to be an enthusiastic model as I play with my used but new-to-me camera that I recently acquired from a seller on eBay.
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Tagged cat, contrast, Joe Williams, orange, photography, Plywood, Plywood the Cat, tabby, USA
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Caturday
You can consider this the Caturday Cheapskate Edition in that I use a formally stray cat, a used camera and a free image editor on an old computer. Continue reading
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Posted in Caturday, photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged cat, frugal, GIMP, Joe Williams, photography, Plywood the Cat, USA
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Visual Metaphor – From the Big Top to the Wild West
This is another in a series of visual metaphors that I provide as a learning tool for executive coaches in order to develop their clients’ leadership skills. This visual metaphor is a three panel, sequential cartoon that illustrates this client’s … Continue reading
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Posted in Visual Metaphors
Tagged business, coach, collage, development, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, leadership, Photoshop, USA, visual metaphor, Willceau
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