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Tag Archives: Sketch
The Creatures That Haunt My Sketchbooks
I continue hacking away at the cheap sketchbook made for the shelves of Philadelphia-based discounter Five Below. I am forging ahead trying to put this crappy little pad out of my misery. If I were sensible, I would just put … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1970s, baseball, comics, doodle, Dr. Shock, horror, horror movies, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, schlock horror movies, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, WPHL
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Hacking Away at a Cheap Sketchbook
I continue to throw graphite at the unwilling little sketchbook of which I have written about lately. I’ve had no evidence of anything close to supernatural brilliance bubbling up from the pad’s cheap little pages, but I continue to make … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monsters, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Second Thoughts on a Cheap Sketchbook…
I may get my $3.25 worth out of the terrible little sketchbook from discount chain Five Below after all. I have stubbornly refused to put it aside, and I continue to doodle in it as I sit on the couch … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged cheap, doodle, Five Below, Illustration, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, Monsters, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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A Sketchbook Not from Heaven
The sketchbook made for the shelves of Philadelphia based discount chain Five Below is coming in below my expectations. I’ve had a lot of luck with the cheap, juvenile sketchbooks that I have received as gifts from Target, but they … Continue reading
Confessions of a Sofa Sketcher
I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling my graphite grotesques into the night. Some of them are good. Some of them stink. Some of them I do in pen and ink.
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, doodle, drawing, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monsters, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook, sofa, USA
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Sketchbook • Gruesome Graphite Grotesques
I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling graphite grotesques into the night. Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comics, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, Sketch, sketchbook
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Monster Mash
Some things never change. I used to work on class projects in my bedroom studio in my parents’ house while a 13-inch black and white TV set played trash. Last night I was sketching for fun while watching trash from … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged battle, comic, fight, Frankenstein, Joe Williams, monster, Monsters, Mrs Columbo, Out of This World, Sketch, sketchbook, werewolf
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