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Tag Archives: monster
Made for Each Other
Rather than clutter our house with a bunch of junk, Tina and I make cards for each other for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. This is the one I gave to her last night for our 13th wedding anniversary. Being that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Drawer Cards, Illustration
Tagged Drawer Cards, Frankenstein, Joe Williams, monster
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The Modern Prometheus
Sometimes I do sketches that I keep meaning to chase down again. This version of the Frankenstein Monster is among them. I was working on a company Christmas card that I wasn’t really enthusiastic about, and this fellow kept … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Frankenstein, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook
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Teenage Beast
Another sketchbook variation of the Teenage Beast A.K.A. Goo Goo Muck that I did back in the 1980s. In true, ’80s, monster movie fashion as the movie progresses, our hero turns into a bigger and badder monster as the remnants … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Joe Williams, monster, mutant, Sketch, sketchbook, technical pen, Willceau
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In Search of the Jersey Devil
Remember that show In Search of which ran in the late ’70s? Leonard Nimoy did the voice-over. It was sort of a Chariots of the Gods for syndicated television. I found some sketches that predated the full figure sketch of … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, technical pen
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Grimly Fiendish
I was rooting through my sketchbooks looking for old sketches that would have worked out for a Monkey & Bird idea, but of course, I got sidetracked. This is a drawing of a pair of ghouls as envisioned for a … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Joe Williams, monster, sketchbook, technical pen
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Lady Frankenstein or Tina Makes a Monster!
This image is part of the regular website at willceau.com, but I wanted to drag it back out again; dust it off; put it on display and talk a little about it. Tina created this back in the ’90s and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged collage, Frankenstein, monster, Photoshop, Tina Garceau, Willceau
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Demon
Another demon/gargoyle from my sketchbook drawn during the mid-’80s. Once again, I think this is when Dan Platt and I were hanging out and shooting the breeze about monsters. I think this was another attempt at the Jersey Devil, but … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, demon, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, technical pen, Willceau
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