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Tag Archives: USA
Not a Bad Little Sketchbook
I finished off another inexpensive sketchbook purchased from Target. I’ve had luck with the cheap little sketchbooks they carry so when we see something new on the shelves, we snag it. The paper was all right for dry media but … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, cheap, doodle, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, Sketchbook from Heaven, USA, Willceau
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It’s Pixels Versus Pigments, Again
The late, great Dan Love was a good friend and a technological guru who pushed me kicking and screaming into new computers and gadgets I never realized I needed until I started to use them. He was passionate about computers … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, analog, Apple, Bristol Board, brush, cartoon hippie, Dan Love, digital illustration, Hippie, Illustration, ink, iPad, Joe Williams, Mac, pen, Procreate, sketchbook, USA, Willceau
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Fall Arrives to Jefferson Square
The square is mostly green, but we are getting some colors of the season coming in.
Posted in Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged autumn, Fall, Jefferson Square, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA
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Flying a Kite at Night?
I was flipping through an old comic when I came across this advertisement which made me think of the truly terrible 1979 version of Dracula starring Frank Langella as the count and Laurence Olivier recycling his awful accent from A … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1975, comic, comic book, comics, Halloween, horror, humor, Illustration, monster, USA, vampire
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AAAAAY! Wear the Fonz!
This Fonz T Shirt ad appeared in Justice League of America No. 138 published by DC comics in 1977.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, ad, Batman, comic, comic book, comics, DC, Fonzie, Happy Days, JLA, USA
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17th and Walnut
Here’s another Photo Elective shot taken of a reflection in a florist’s window in the vicinity of 17th and Walnut in downtown Philadelphia, PA. I took this photograph as a sophomore at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Photo Elective … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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The Wonder of White Bread
This was another cartoon spot illustration that I did for The Philadelphia Daily News as part of “The Secret Life of Food.” It ran with the shivering banana that I featured here at Willceau Illo News recently. Similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged 1996, analog, bread, Cartoon, freelance, Illustration, Joe Williams, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Daily News, USA, Willceau
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