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The Drake from Spruce Street
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The Concert Stud Variations
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
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Watching the Detectives
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
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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
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Szpieg
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
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Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau
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The Fifth Beatle
This is another of The Photo Elective series of photographs that Tina, I and every other illustration major attending The Philadelphia College of Art were required to shoot, process and print. This is a self-portrait of Ms Garceau.
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Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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Grandma went to Altamont
This cartoon is an effort to see what I could do with Affinity Designer and as a reaction to cliches that people, particularly lazy writers, hold near and dear. Grandmother. Granny. Grandma. Gam-gam. The term is used to evoke the image of … Continue reading
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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
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The Bikers Three
The fellows above are part of a crowd scene which features the flower children I posted the other day. The crowd is part of a larger, fairly complex illustration which is taking forever, but the smaller elements like this trio … Continue reading
