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Tag Archives: monster
Mechanical Menace in Affinity Designer
Here’s another doodle similar to The Count which I cooked up over the course of a couple of early mornings using the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. I cobbled together the Mechanical Menace with a number of the program’s … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Sketch, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, automaton, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, robot, vector, Willceau
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I COUNT on Affinity Designer
Here’s a little Halloween doodle that I cooked up in my favorite vector art program Affinity Designer. Being that my son’s school bus pickup time is just before dawn, I thought it appropriate to work on this icon of The … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, digital illustration, Dracula, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, USA, vampire, vector
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
Eerie architectural detail above the entrance at the Southwark School located at 1835 S. 9th Street in South Philly. It looks either like on of the ghosts from Scooby Doo or one of the demonic cenobites from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser.
Posted in Philadelphia, South Philly Safari
Tagged Creepy, ghost, horror, Joe Williams, monster, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Philly, USA
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The Creep
Fiddling around a bit with a quick little sketch which I brought into Affinity Photo.
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Technique
Tagged Affinity Photo, comic, comics, creep, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Genesis of the Atomic Warrior Costume
For the past several years, Tina and I have been creating elaborate Halloween costumes with either a retro or vintage vending machine theme. It was usually based around a large cardboard box and had to have electric lights. He has … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Holiday, Technique
Tagged flaming sword, Halloween, Halloween 2015, lights, monster, science fiction, skull
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Halloween 2015
Lloyd was a blaze of color of motion and color this October 31st which is what we’ve been doing for the past several Halloweens, but being that he has grown to an imposing size, we opted for something somewhat more … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Holiday, News
Tagged armor, atomic, costume, Halloween, Halloween 2015, LED, lights, monster, science fiction, sword, warrior
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Another Sneak Peek
Another sneak peek, Kiddies! Stay tuned for more!!!


