Tag Archives: Sketch

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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Sorry, Buoys & Gulls!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Sorry, folks, but there will be no Monkey & Bird this week. Again! I’ve been busy with real life and a super secret project from CO2 Comics that calls on my skills as a graphic designer rather than a cartoonist. … Continue reading →

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The BOARing Details

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Here’s the pencil sketch of the boar character (sorry – I haven’t named him) from our most recent installment of Monkey & Bird. It was done in a wire-bound sketchbook with a indigo blue mechanical pencil which I wrote about … Continue reading →

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The Brilliant Miss G

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Joe_Williams

I am excited that Monkey & Bird is starting a new chapter, and thanks to Tina’s brilliant work on the colors and creation of the Open Air Cinema sign, I think we started off this chapter with a bang! Tina … Continue reading →

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Mood Indigo

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Joe_Williams

Back when I was in art school hanging with the DUCKWORK crowd who would eventually morph into the Comico crowd, we would compare notes about art supplies and techniques. Back then, some of the guys were real excited about using … Continue reading →

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