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The Absolute Final Issue of DUCKWORK
It may have taken 42 years, but the latest and, sadly, the last issue of DUCKWORK is out!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, It Came From the Sketchbook, Philadelphia
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, art school, Broad Street, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, duck, DUCKWORK, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, quack, UArts, unicorn, University of the Arts, USA
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Scratching a Scratchboard Itch
The recent closure of The University of the Arts has set me careening down memory lane like a runaway train crashing into memories of my days at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Philadelphia College of Art mutated into the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, News, Philadelphia, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged 1990, analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cat, Illustration, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, scratchboard, UArts, University of the Arts, USA
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Tuesday Doodle • Stubborn Strathmore Sketchbook
I finally killed off a small Strathmore sketchbook that was lying around the house. It was picked up years ago while it was most likely on sale. The price was probably too good to resist. I honestly don’t remember. It … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged horror, humor, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Strathmore, USA
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Caturday
Photographs of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Tuesday Digital Doodle • Comin’ At YA!
Today’s digital doodle was a happy accident I made while playing with Affinity Designer’s step-and-repeat feature. I was playing around with a logo I worked up a while back for J.L. Curtis’s series of science fiction books and seeing how … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning
The old It CameFrom the Sketchbook page was a bit of a mess that was desperately in need of a polish and shine so I have organized my scribbles into categories. You can start on the landing page HERE where … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, cartoons, comics, Illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA
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Available for Birthdays and Bar Mitzvahs
This is a variation of the frightening clown I produced in Affinity Designer back in 2019. I was on a streak back then making a number of vector Halloween heads in Serif’s superlative software, and my basement dwelling Bozo was … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged clown, creep, digital illustration, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, scary, USA, vector
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