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Tag Archives: Pen+Gear
Teenage Beast: The Tuesday Doodle
The writing of my Teenage Beast novel continues as I work my way into the second draft. I’m spending my first waking hour working away at it. It’s becoming more cohesive, and I’ll get there. Slow and steady wins the … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Teenage Beast
Tagged 1978, black and white art, Canson, comic book art, comic books, creative process, drawing, from the sketchbook, horror comics, horror fiction, horror novel, Illustration, independent author, indie author, indie comics, ink drawing, Joe Williams, novel writing, pen and ink, Pen+Gear, prose fiction, punk rock, rust belt, second draft, self publishing, sketchbook, sketchbook art, Teenage Beast, Tuesday Doodles, writing and drawing, writing process
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Pen+Gear Sketchbooks: Not All Are Winners
I’ve been working on notions of what the final scenes of my Teenage Beast story will be like, sketching ideas in my Pen+Gear Sketch Diary. As I have written before, that sketchbook is a gem as far as price and … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged acid-free, art supplies, budget sketchbooks, dragon sketch, feathering, fountain pens, India, ink bleed, mixed media, Paper quality, Pen+Gear, rough sketches, Sketch Diary, sketchbooks, Teenage Beast, Ticonderoga UCreate, Vietnam, Walmart
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