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Where Pride Breeds Success!
Does pride breed success or is it the success that breeds pride? Is this a cart before the horse issue or chicken before the egg?
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Gateway, Joe Williams, Our Town, USA, vintage, Westville
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Going in Style
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, cemetery, ghosts, grave yard, Joe Williams, memorial, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, USA, vintage, Watkins
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Horace Howard Furness Public School
1900 South 3rd Street • Philadelphia PA 19148
Posted in Philadelphia
Tagged 1912, early 20th Century, Furness, high school, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, school, South Philly, USA, vintage
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Storm Drain Near Gateway High School
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Among the forgotten
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, cemetery, graveyard, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, USA, vintage
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Live and in Poison
More whacky illustrative hi-jinx with my new favorite vector program Affinity Designer.
Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, crossbones, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, poison, pun, skull, USA, vector, Willceau
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Self-Portrait Circa 1982
Back in the 1980s, I went to art school, and I along with all of the other illustration majors were required to take a minor course in photography. We had to shoot the photos as well as process the negatives … Continue reading
Posted in The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, 35mm, analog, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, USA, vintage, Westville
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Affinity Designer
I’ve been playing with a ten-day trial of what for me is going to be the Adobe Illustrator killer. It’s called Affinity Designer.
Posted in Illustration, News, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, computer, digital illustration, graphics, illustrator, Joe Williams, Mac, USA, vector
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Washington Square
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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