Tag Archives: Sketch

Sweet Sixteen

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Joe_Williams

16 years ago, Tina and I tied the knot all nice and legal. As is our custom, we exchange cards that we make ourselves. This is mine to her.

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Another One Bites the Dust

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Joe_Williams

After finally putting the Sketchbook from Hell to rest by feverishly sketching in it on my commute, I set my sights on another sketchbook that was begging to be finished off.

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Killing the Sketchbook from Hell

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Joe_Williams

A sketch I did with my favorite indigo blue pencil while sitting at the Ridgeway pool in South Philadelphia this summer. This was the first satisfying sketch I did in the dreaded Sketchbook from Hell!

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Compu-Guys Design

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Joe_Williams

I was looking through some old sketchbooks and came across this scribble I made back in August of 1998. It may have been a preliminary sketch for There’s No Escape From a Deadline, but I’m not sure.

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Sleepy Sunday

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Tina and I are working on finishing up Chapter 2 of Monkey & Bird. This was a sketch I did in my sketchbook looking for a comfortable and humorous sleeping position for Mickey the Monkey. It’s a fun sketch, but … Continue reading →

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Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

A war wages within me between traditionally and digitally inking my cartoons. I go back and forth between my pens and brushes and my Wacom tablet. It depends on the job, my mood or whatever is close at hand. Cosmic, … Continue reading →

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Pixels Vs. Pigment – Make Up Your Mind!!!

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Ink from a bottle or digital ink? The ENDLESS STRUGGLE continues, but this time the turmoil is WITHIN as I cast aside the new digital techniques and once again embrace the tools of old!

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Meet The Swingers! Monkey & Bird Continues!

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Joe_Williams

The movie wasn’t so hot, but Mickey and Sylvia’s date goes on as Monkey & Bird continues at CO2 Comics! Catch up with cutest couple in comics (according to my sister-in-law Pat) by clicking HERE!!! But wait, THERE’S MORE!!!

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Yancy Street Blues

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Rather than toss out old laser prints in work, I keep a stack of them in front of my keyboard as a scratch pad. Usually I scribble out numbers, notes and nonsense, but occasionally I get carried away doodling with … Continue reading →

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