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Tag Archives: vector
I Was a Vector Werewolf
Here’s another Halloween Head I created in Affinity Designer as I’ve spent my too early mornings waiting for my son’s school bus, and if I say so myself, I am pretty pleased with this. I really wanted to do a … Continue reading
Zombie in Affinity Designer
Here is yet another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer. This guy is a zombie, but not the flesh-eating variety that first hit cinema screens back in 1968 and seem to have never left. I meant this guy … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Cartoon, corpse, digital illustration, eyes, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Living Dead, monster, vector, zombie
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Mechanical Menace in Affinity Designer
Here’s another doodle similar to The Count which I cooked up over the course of a couple of early mornings using the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. I cobbled together the Mechanical Menace with a number of the program’s … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Sketch, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, automaton, digital illustration, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, robot, vector, Willceau
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I COUNT on Affinity Designer
Here’s a little Halloween doodle that I cooked up in my favorite vector art program Affinity Designer. Being that my son’s school bus pickup time is just before dawn, I thought it appropriate to work on this icon of The … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Illustration, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, digital illustration, Dracula, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, USA, vampire, vector
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Ronald’s Raygun
I was having some fun playing around with shapes and gradients in Affinity Designer. This program and it’s sister, Affinity Photo, have made justifying a monthly subscription fee for vector and image editing software very difficult. When they come out … Continue reading
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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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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The First Computer I Owned
This is a follow-up to I was a PC Before I Was a Mac which I wrote back in May. It was about the first computer I bought which was a PC and not a Mac. I had used a … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged 386, Apple, art, computer, CorelDraw!, Pack-Mate 386/25, Packard Bell, PC, vector, Windows
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