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Tag Archives: pencil
So Long, Cursed Sketchbook
Fuxi Sketchbook No. 2 of 2 5/16/23 – 10/3/24 I was finally able to put this disappointing sketchbook out of my misery. Why was it disappointing? Well, the size, price and the binding were right. It measured 5.5 inches by … Continue reading
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Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cheap, comic, doodle, Illustration, Joe Williams, pencil, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook
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Pathos in a Pencil?
I found this unusual advertisement for artist pencils in a 1976 issue of American Artist. Ads nowadays usually push whimsy to would-be artists — never pathos.
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Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1976, ad, American Artist, pathos, pencil
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HALF THE PRESSURE, TWICE THE SPEED
Decades ago, I had picked up my first Blackwing 602 pencil and loved the feel of the pencil and its rich black lead. It was made by the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company and was enjoyed as the weapon of choice … Continue reading
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Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged art supplies, Blackwing 602, Illustration, Japan, Jetpens, Joe Williams, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Hey, Venus!
No doodle today, but I am presenting the tool with which I doodle. This as a well-worn but perfectly functioning Venus mechanical pencil or lead holder that is used with 2mm leads. I put Mitsubishi read leads in it and … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 2mm, doodle, lead, lead holder, mechanical, pencil, Sketch, Venus
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When Werewolves Attack…
…fight like hell!
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, comic, comic book, comics, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pencil, Sketchbook from Heaven, werewolf, Willceau
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Werewolf Interrupted
I’m not yet ready to declare the juvenile sketchbook I wrote about recently as the NEW Sketchbook from Heaven, but I do usually keep it close at hand, and I am busily filling its cheap pages with scribbles. It may … Continue reading
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Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cheap, comic, creature, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Paul Naschy, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, Sketchbook from Heaven, trash, vampire, werewolf, Willceau
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Tuesday Doodle
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Tagged doodle, Monkey and Bird, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook
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