Tag Archives: USA

Feline Friday

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Joe

Posted in Feline Fridays | Tagged cat, feline, Plywood the Cat, tabby, USA | 2 Comments

I took this picture as a student at The Philadelphia College of Art. I think a classroom of illustration majors was dispatched to Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market to annoy shoppers and vendors with our 35mm SLR cameras in order to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, Photography | Tagged analog, butcher, Joe Williams, meat, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, Reading Terminal, USA, vintage | 2 Comments

1201 Bar

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Sign adorning the 1201 Bar located at 1201 S 28th St, Philadelphia, PA 19146

Posted in Looking South | Tagged BAR, booze, hand-painted, LIQUOR, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, sign, South Philly, USA | Leave a comment

The Sixth Sense

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Joe_Williams

This is the house used as the residence of Haley Joel Osment’s character in the supernatural classic The Sixth Sense. My guess is the door was swapped out to make the location appear to be an apartment building. While watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Looking South | Tagged Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, The Sixth Sense, USA | Leave a comment

A Teenage Werewolf in a Juvenile Sketchbook

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Joe_Williams

A couple of doodles in the cheap sketchbook. The paper bleeds like crazy with ink and does not work to well with the water soluble pencils, but is real happy with my red leads and Blackwing 602 pencil.

Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch | Tagged horror, Joe Williams, Lovecraft, monster, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, werewolf | 1 Comment

Broad Street Subway Substation No. 7

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I spied this hidden gem as I was walking South on Broad Street. This architectural beauty dates from 1929 and is located at 408-10 S. Juniper Street. Juniper runs parallel to Broad Street, and I shot this from a parking … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia | Tagged Art Deco, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, public transit, SEPTA, subway, transit, USA | Leave a comment

Heading to 69th Street

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Heading to the 69th Street Terminal aboard the Market-Frankford Elevated Train.

Posted in Adventures in Commuting | Tagged commuter, convergence, floor, Joe Williams, Market-Frankford El, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, SEPTA, subway, transit, Upper Darby, USA, woman | Leave a comment

Changed My Mind

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Joe_Williams

I was all set to use another cheap sketchbook hoping that it would turn into another Sketchbook from Heaven when I found the sketchbook pictured above . This was also a Christmas gift purchased from a big box store by … Continue reading →

Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook | Tagged doodles, humor, Joe Williams, pad, sketchbook, USA | Leave a comment

Orange Stacks near The Devil’s Pocket

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Stacks of an energy plant in the vicinity of The Devil’s Pocket in South Philadelphia.

Posted in Looking South | Tagged industrial, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, South Philly, The Devil's Pocket, urban, USA | Leave a comment

Another Cheap Sketchbook Bites the Dust

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Joe_Williams

The Llama Sketchbook: December 27, 2017 to September 29, 2018 Well, at least there is a llama beneath the stickers. In the back and forth of my commutes, my sketchbooks take a beating so I encrust them with whatever stickers … Continue reading →

Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook | Tagged Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cheap sketchbook, comics, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Monkey and Bird, Sketch, sketchbook, USA | 1 Comment

Urban Texture

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Off of Rittenhouse Square in what is known as Center City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Posted in Philadelphia | Tagged architecture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, vintage | 3 Comments

The Drake from Spruce Street

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Posted in Philadelphia | Tagged Drake, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA | Leave a comment

The Concert Stud Variations

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Joe_Williams

When I was assembling the various vector pieces of my Grandma Went to Altamont illustration in Affinity Designer, I was figuring out what my characters looked like as I went along. I had a vague image in my head of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1960s, Affinity Designer, Altamont, biker gang, bikers, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, flasher, hippies, Illustration, Joe Williams, motorcycle gang, rock concert, USA, vector, Willceau | Leave a comment

Watching the Detectives

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Joe_Williams

Last week I had published my Szpieg or Polish Spy illustration that I produced in the superlative vector art and design program Affinity Designer. My original intention was to produce an illustration similar to the pulp magazines from the 1930s … Continue reading →

Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique | Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, detective, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, private eye, sleuth, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau | 2 Comments

Szpieg

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Joe_Williams

After my Grandma Went to Altamont illustrations that I produced in Affinity Designer, I was looking for a new subject matter to put the program and myself to the test. Originally I wanted to do an old-time, pulp magazine cover similar … Continue reading →