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Tag Archives: sketchbook
There are those who believe…
Lately, I’ve been watching trash and sketching, and I certainly watched some trash while completing the doodles in today’s post, but nothing really stood out as worth mentioning. There may have been something completely ignorable like Law & Order episodes … Continue reading
In Japan the Hand Can Be Used Like a Knife
Being that my inexpensive but beloved Sketchbook from Heaven will soon be exhausted, I needed to find a replacement. A small, landscape sketchpad roughly the same size was proving impossible to find. The only solution was to make my own!
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, News, Technique
Tagged analog, art supplies, chop, cut, getting what you want, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook
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Sketching and Watching Trash
Friends ask me if I’ve seen the latest episode of such-and-such or gorged myself upon the latest streaming series. They’re usually terrified or at least concerned for my well being when I admit to the crap that I actually pipe … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comics, Dark Wash, Derwent, doodle, handmade, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, Mazes and Monsters, monster, Roku, Sketch, sketchbook, streaming, USA, Willceau
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Atomic Warrior V Pink Zeppelin
More fun with Derwent’s water soluble pencils and the Sketchbook from Heaven.
You’ll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart
After crowing about my new, favorite sketchbook recently, I decided to look for more of the same since I was tearing through the current one at a rapid clip. I looked at the websites of online as well as brick-and-mortar … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged analog, Atomic Warrior, Christmas, comic, comic book, comics, Derwent, Horizon, Illustration, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Target
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The Cat Requires My Attention
Plywood the cat decided to use my sketchbook as a pillow. Okay, you have my attention.
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, bed, cat, humor, pillow, sketchbook
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The Sketchbook from Heaven
In the past I have written about sketchbooks I have bought that seemed like a good idea at the point of purchase but failed miserably when put into practice. Either the sketchbooks looked handsome on the shelf and proved unwieldy … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged 1970s, 1980s, art, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, doodles, drawing, Jet Pens, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, Philadelphia, science fiction, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Derwent Dark Wash Pencil on Cheap Sketchbook
Lately, I’ve been curling up on the couch, partially watching television and doodling in a cheap sketchbook with Derwent Dark Wash Pencils and some of the other booty I ordered from JetPens. It’s hardly an optimal drawing arrangement — the … Continue reading
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Tagged analog, doodle, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook
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Return of the Atomic Warrior
An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash pencil which I bought a while back … Continue reading


