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Tag Archives: Willceau
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
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
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
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
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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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
Posted in Drawer Cards, Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
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