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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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Tuesday Digital Doodle • Type of the Living Dead
Affinity recently updated their whole suite of desktop publishing applications to version 2.4 so I’ve been trying to catch up with some of the new features of these programs. I’ve been mostly playing with Affinity Designer which is their vector … Continue reading
Photo Elective • Denim and a Braid
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau of Tina Garceau! As I’ve written 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, dark room, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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Sci Fi Textures
When the blank page or screen is staring at me waiting for me to fill it with something illustrative and I don’t really have a solid idea, I doodle digital science fiction textures. I play around with colors and shapes … Continue reading
It’s Lent, you know!
Tina and I exchange cards we make ourselves rather than go on a mad dash for that elusive perfect gift or trying to get reservations on the worst restaurant night of the year. We call them Drawer Cards. Earlier Tina … Continue reading
Posted in Drawer Cards, Holiday, Illustration, Vector Illustration
Tagged Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, Cupid, digital illustration, Drawer Card, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Lent, USA, Valentine
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Femme Fatale
Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve written 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 Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, analog, black and white, negative, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage
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