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Tag Archives: pencil
Goodbye Half a Sketchbook
A while back, I had the bold notion of trying to replicate my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven by cleaving a larger pad of paper in two. It was a great idea, and if it worked, I would have bought several … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, doodle, drawing, ink, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, landscape, mixed media, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, small
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Going…going…
The Sketchbook from Heaven is fading fast. I only have a couple of blank pages left as of this writing. I’ll soon be moving on to the sketchbook I cleaved in two in order to approximate the aspect ratio of … Continue reading
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Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, CO2 Comics, comic book, comics, doodle, handmade, Illustration, Joe Williams, paper, pencil, science fiction, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Which One is Pink?
This post is sort of an addendum to my earlier post. It’s the digital cherry on my analog sundae.
Return of the Atomic Warrior
An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash pencil which I bought a while back … Continue reading
It’s FUN to Draw at the Y.M.C.A.
My son is a water-bug and always has been so we eventually signed him up at the local YMCA and got him squared away with swimming lessons which he took to like…a…fish to water (nice simile, Hemingway!) Our boy goes … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, athletic, bathing suit, drawing, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, pencil, pool, Sketch, sketchbook, swimmer, USA, Willceau, YMCA
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Whoops – Wrong Arrow!
This was my Valentine to Tina. The art was going to be inked and colored in, but my schedule and I decided that the sketch looked pretty nifty so we went with that.
Posted in Drawer Cards, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged arrow, Cupid, humor, pencil, romance, Sketch, sketchbook, Valentine's Day, whoops
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It Came From The Sketchbook – The Little Black Book
A few weeks ago I decided to give the What I Like About Comics category a rest and blow the dust off of the It Came From The Sketchbook category shaking loose some of the drawings from sketchbooks I’ve got … Continue reading
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Tagged analog, art, art supply, Cartoon, cartoons, Charrette, CO2 Comics, comic, comic book, comics, commute, hard-bound, humor, Illustration, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, Market-Frankford El, Monkey & Bird, pencil, Philadelphia, SEPTA, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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