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Tag Archives: Willceau
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
American Gothic
I’m still plugging away on the vector illustration I’ve written about before, and I’m still cobbling it together as I go along. I had always planned that this composition would involve a crowd. I thought I could cheat it with … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1960s, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, hippies, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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Work in Progress
I’m still working on the vector illustration that I’ve written about recently, and it’s proving to be more involved than I originally thought it would be. I’ve been designing monsters which come to me more easily than what I am … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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Sneak Preview
I was hoping to have another vector illustration ready for Willceau Illo this week, but this is proving to be somewhat more complicated than my two-headed monster from last week and the Atomic Warrior from the week before. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, USA, vector, Willceau
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Pink Zeppelin – The Vector Version
IN THE FUTURE… is how these things usually start, but this terrible tale takes place IN THE PAST… A nuclear conflagration ended the world as we knew it in 1980. Hellfire rained from the sky leaving pitiful few to battle it out … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, 1980, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, New Jersey, nuclear war, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pink Zeppelin, Records, Sketch, vector, Willceau
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The Atomic Warrior – The Vector Version
Here is a version of my Atomic Warrior character that I produced in Affinity Designer. I had a notion of what if George Lucas was never able to get the money he wanted to shoot Star Wars and instead put … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Atomic Warrior, Cartoon, cartoons, creature, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, monster, resolution independent, robot, skull, USA, vector, Willceau
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Not Quite Heaven
I thought I was being quite clever when I came up with the idea for replacing my favorite but sadly exhausted Sketchbook from Heaven. My idea was to get a larger sketchbook and chop it in half so it more … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, digital illustration, Joe Williams, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, Willceau
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Sketchbook from Heaven • 1/22/2017 – 5/7/2017
Usually when I finish off a sketchbook, I have either a feeling of accomplishment because I’ve managed a few competent scribbles within or relief in that I finally put an especially irritating pad that I made the mistake of purchasing … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, Christmas, comic, comics, Illustration, Joe Williams, New Jersey, Sketch, sketchbook, Willceau
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Swing and a Miss
Here is another doodle with Derwent Dark Wash pencils. This one was done in a Canson XL Mix Media pad which I will be using regularly just as soon as the Sketchbook from Heaven is exhausted which I’m sad to … Continue reading
Posted in It Came From the Sketchbook, Sketch
Tagged analog, Atomic Warrior, black and white, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, handmade, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pink Zeppelin, Sketch, sketchbook, USA, Willceau
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