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Tag Archives: USA
Sneak Preview
I was hoping to have another vector illustration ready for Willceau Illo this week, but this is proving to be somewhat more complicated than my two-headed monster from last week and the Atomic Warrior from the week before. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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The Atomic Warrior – The Vector Version
Here is a version of my Atomic Warrior character that I produced in Affinity Designer. I had a notion of what if George Lucas was never able to get the money he wanted to shoot Star Wars and instead put … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cartoons, creature, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, resolution independent, robot, skull, USA, vector, Willceau
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Just Like Heaven
A year ago I was polishing off what turned out to be one of my all-time favorite sketchbooks which I referred to as The Sketchbook from Heaven. I tried to find or, in some cases, make a replacement, but nothing … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Apocalypse, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, handmade, horror, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pink Zeppelin, sketchbook, The Atomic Warrior, USA, WW III
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Ask Your Father
Ma, it says right here that they’ll send ya ‘ONE PREGNANT MALE who will give birth to as many as 25 babies!’ How can that be, Ma? How can that be?
Posted in Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, comic, comic book, comics, Earth 2, JSA, One Pregnant Male, Power Girl, seahorse, stripped comic, Superman, USA, vintage, Wally Wood
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Ellsworth-Federal Stop
What do you do when the train is late and you’re bored?
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Looking South, Philadelphia
Tagged Broad Street Line, commute, Joe Williams, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, South Philly, tile, underground, urban, USA
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Gaiety Sandwich Shop — an Update
People constantly scour the Internet seeking the newest of the new. What I love about the Internet is that it is also a nearly infinite backlog of information. There is something for everyone, and something that may have been posted … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Gaiety Sandwich Shop, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, vintage
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Almost All of Them Flops
This is a nicely printed flyer that was handed out at a comic book convention in the very early 1980s. On the opposite side of what’s pictured above was a list of horror and science fiction classics released by Universal … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter
Tagged 1980s, horror, movies, science fiction, USA, vintage
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