{"id":11419,"date":"2013-01-21T06:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T11:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=11419"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:09:11","slug":"altered-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/01\/21\/altered-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered States"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"it-came-from-the-SB-banner\"<\/a>\"Altered_States\"<\/a>This was a drawing I did back in the late 1980s in the cursed Sketchbook from Hell<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. I created it as a belated birthday card for a girl I was pursuing who dodged my advances. Belated birthday cards featuring a self-portrait based on the plot of a science fiction film<\/a> from a Paddy Chayefsky<\/a> novel may be the reason for dodging my advances. Oh, well. It all worked out for the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was a drawing I did back in the late 1980s in the cursed Sketchbook from Hell. I created it as a belated birthday card for a girl I was pursuing who dodged my advances. 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Once again, I think this is when Dan Platt and I were hanging out and shooting the breeze about monsters. I think this was another attempt at the Jersey Devil, but I think this guy is much too fit for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "It Came From the Sketchbook"","block_context":{"text":"It Came From the Sketchbook","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"demon","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/demon.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45889,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/09\/09\/when-does-the-band-go-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":11419,"position":1},"title":"When does the band go on?","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is another sketch from my developing Teenage Beast story. The crowd awaits the arrival of Brian Bubonic and the Plague. I drew this with sky blue mechanical pencil leads and Sailor Fude De Mannen fountain pens in a small UCreate sketchbook by Ticonderoga. It takes ink surprisingly well and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Doodle Tuesday"","block_context":{"text":"Doodle Tuesday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/doodle-tuesday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Awaiting-Brian-Bubonic.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Awaiting-Brian-Bubonic.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Awaiting-Brian-Bubonic.jpg?fit=640%2C448&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":521,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/10\/05\/teenage-beast\/","url_meta":{"origin":11419,"position":2},"title":"Teenage Beast","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Another sketchbook variation of the Teenage Beast A.K.A. 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