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Tag Archives: sketchbook
Heaven on $5 a day?
Ever since my wife picked up a cheap, wire-bound, scratch pad from a Target store for me as a Christmas gift, I now take cheap sketchbooks seriously. Throughout the years I may have bought every name brand of artist drawing … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged cheap, discount, sketchbook
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Loup Garou
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged creature, doodle, ink, monster, sketchbook, werewolf
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An Italian Sketchbook and Some Familiar Faces
I finished off a nice little sketchbook that Tony Visco picked up for me when he was in Florence a couple years ago.
Sofa Sketches and an Obscure Remake
I’ve been sitting on the sofa with a sketchbook in my lap trying out some of my new art materials and playing around with a few I forgot I had. I should be up at my desk in my studio, … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged 1955, doodles, figure, Frankenstein, George Sanders, It Came From The Sketchbook, jungle, Laura, monster, mystery, Roku, running, sketchbook, sofa, TV
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A Pretty Good Little Sketchbook
Tina snagged this 5.5 inch by 8.5 inch Canson XL Mixed Media sketchbook from a big box store to hopefully replace my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven. It wasn’t quite the replacement for that cheap but inexplicably magical doodle pad, but … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged doodles, drawing, I want my MTV, MTV, Roku, Sketch, sketchbook
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Tuesday Doodle
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged doodle, Monkey and Bird, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook
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Doodle Tuesday
Doodle of the current fashion cliche infesting urban areas
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, doodle, hipster, Sketch, sketchbook
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Goodbye Half a Sketchbook
A while back, I had the bold notion of trying to replicate my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven by cleaving a larger pad of paper in two. It was a great idea, and if it worked, I would have bought several … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Atomic Warrior, doodle, drawing, ink, It Came From The Sketchbook, Joe Williams, landscape, mixed media, pencil, Sketch, sketchbook, small
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Mad About the iPad
I’m getting used to the fantastic art program for the iPad Pro called Procreate. It uses the Apple Pencil, and it has the most satisfying interface that I’ve used on a digital platform thus far. I’ve been doodling and playing … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged Cartoon, iPad, Joe Williams, mad scientist, monster, Procreate, sketchbook
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