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Tag Archives: monster
Sketchbook • I Was a Girthy Werewolf
I continue to end my evenings on the couch with a cheap sketchbook and various pencils and erasers spread out on my lap half-watching the television usually tuned to trash. The Out of This World sketchbook continues to work its … Continue reading
Could This Sketchbook Be The One?
Tina snagged me this cheap sketchbook meant for kiddies along with another one that had a disgustingly whimsical Christmas llama on the cover five years ago in what was hoped to be a replacement for the mysterious, blank-covered Sketchbook from … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged Cartoon, cheap sketchbook, doodle, fun, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook, trash
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Flying a Kite at Night?
I was flipping through an old comic when I came across this advertisement which made me think of the truly terrible 1979 version of Dracula starring Frank Langella as the count and Laurence Olivier recycling his awful accent from A … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1975, comic, comic book, comics, Halloween, horror, humor, Illustration, monster, USA, vampire
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Alien Knockoffs
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Alien, creature, doodle, horror, monster, Sketch
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Because it was on…
Back when I attended The Philadelphia College of Art, the city of Philadelphia was not wired for cable television while the surrounding suburbs had enjoyed the benefits of basic cable and perhaps a pay station like HBO or PRISM for … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What's on TV?
Tagged 1980, 1980s, CBS, crab, crabs, Illustration, Island Claws, monster, PCA, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art
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Loup Garou
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged creature, doodle, ink, monster, sketchbook, werewolf
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Countess Dracula
Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614) was a real life Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer who may have engaged in vampiric activity. Her victims were female servants and minor noblewomen who had come to her for training and education. I’m not sure … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Halloween, Illustration
Tagged Affinity Designer, blood, Cartoon, digital illustration, Dracula, femme fatale, Halloween, Halloween Head, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, vamp, vampire, vector
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The Wolf of South Philadelphia
Posted in Halloween, Holiday, Looking South, South Philly Safari
Tagged 2021, Halloween, monster, scary, wolf
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Invasion of the Saucer Men
My latest Halloween Head is based on the alien invaders from the drive-in, schlock classic Invasion of the Saucer Men released in 1957. I struggled with this one a bit because I watched the movie and kept referring back to … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration
Tagged #digitalart, Affinity Designer, Alien, art, creature, digital art, Illustration, Invasion of the Saucer Men, Joe Williams, monster, vector
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