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Tag Archives: Sketch
When the Sun Goes Down and The Moon Comes Up
I continue with my Teenage Beast aka The Goo Goo Muck doodles in what is left of my Canson XL Mixed Media sketchbook.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, comic, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock! – Rock and Roll Hell Hole!
As I said last week I was a little under the weather which slowed my sketching momentum, but I’ve been trying to catch up by drawing some drawings and cooking up some situations that happen in my Teenage Beast story. … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, pen and ink, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Keeping It In The Family
I was a little under the weather last week which put a damper on my doodling, but I’ve come back this week with another drawing and another chunk of the Teenage Beast story.
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, Cartoon, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA
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Finishing something I started…
…a long, long time ago. Over this Christmas just past, I inked in a pencil drawing I drew sometime in the mid-1980s. I found a variation (pictured above) of that drawing which I penciled in 1986. I’m not sure why … Continue reading
An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse
I’ve used Strathmore and Canson mixed media sketchbooks and have enjoyed using them, but when I saw that Dick Blick was having a BOGO (buy one, get one) sale on Fabriano 9 inch by 12 inch mixed media pads, I … Continue reading
Strathmore 200 Sketchbook
April 23, 2024 to December 31, 2024 I put another small sketchbook to rest just before the start of the new year. This one was a Strathmore 200 Mixed Media pad which measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches and has … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, art supplies, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comics, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Strathmore, USA, Willceau
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The City is a Jungle and I’m a Beast
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1980s, analog, comic, comics, creature, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, The Cramps, USA
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The Tuesday Doodle
The Goo-Goo Muck. Playing around with Sailor, Pentel and a couple other pens during some down time in work. This goes along with an old drawing I did decades ago which I pulled from storage. The old drawing was inspired … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged #inkdrawing, #thecramps, analog, Cartoon, horror, Illustration, ink, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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It Came from the Sketchbook
I continue having fun sketching with my Sailor Fude fountain pens — one with a nib bent at a 55º angle and the other at a 40º angle. Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, fight, Frankenstein, horror, Illustration, Japan, Joe Williams, Monsters, pens, rumble, Sailor Fude de Mannen, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, werewolf
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