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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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Tuesday Doodle – Not Fast Enough
Today’s doodle is another one I did sitting on the couch while watching television. It was drawn in a 6 inch by 9 inch sketchbook manufactured in India for Ticonderoga and was sold at Target. It’s got a wire binding … Continue reading
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook, Pixels Versus Pigment
Tagged analog, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, comic, doodle, horror, Illustration, Joe Williams, scribble, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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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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Caturday
This is a combination Caturday / Photo Elective post. Illustration majors at the school formerly known as The Philadelphia Collage of Art were required to take a photography elective where students would shoot 35mm film; process the film and make … Continue reading
Posted in Caturday, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, art school, cat, kitten, Philadelphia College of Art, photo elective, photography, Photoshop, sunglasses, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau
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The Counter at Bill’s No. 7
Here is another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. We’re back inside Bill’s No. 7 which was on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. I must have been in there between the breakfast and lunch rush. At its … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Photo Restoration, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 35mm, analog, black and white, Connecticut, diner, scan, Tina Garceau, USA, vintage, Willceau, Willimantic
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Chambers of Commerce – Get a Tattoo!
Back when tattoos were still novel and newspapers had readers and thus advertising revenue and thus budgets to hire freelance artists, I did this cartoon for The Philadelphia Daily News. My illustrations accompanied an article entitled Chambers of Commerce which … Continue reading


