{"id":23907,"date":"2018-06-22T01:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T05:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=23907"},"modified":"2018-06-22T00:30:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T04:30:23","slug":"the-bikers-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/06\/22\/the-bikers-three\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bikers Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"THE BIKERS THREE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/28076792067\/in\/dateposted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/887\/28076792067_2f6015ea5b_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"THE BIKERS THREE\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The fellows above are part of a crowd scene which features the <a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/06\/20\/american-gothic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>flower children<\/em><\/a> 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 are rolling out at a rapid clip. I&#8217;m having a lot of fun and just can&#8217;t wait to share them!<\/p>\n<p>Once again, <em>Affinity Designer<\/em> is my weapon of choice. I&#8217;ve been pushing pixels around screens for a while, but I don&#8217;t remember having as much fun as I have with the software from the fine people at <a href=\"https:\/\/affinity.serif.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Serif<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More will follow. <em>Stay tuned!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/06\/22\/the-bikers-three\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,700,318],"tags":[3981,110,3465,4426,4425,17,8,27,3661,5,4424,480,1034,3660],"class_list":["post-23907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illustration","category-pixels-versus-pigment","category-technique","tag-affinitydesigner","tag-1960s","tag-affinity-designer","tag-biker-gang","tag-bikers","tag-cartoon","tag-cartoons","tag-digital-illustration","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-motorcycle-gang","tag-usa","tag-vector","tag-willceau"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6dB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23923,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/06\/28\/grandma-went-to-altamont\/","url_meta":{"origin":23907,"position":0},"title":"Grandma went to Altamont","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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.\u00a0Granny. Grandma. 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I was trying to do something different, but I wound up with another vampire. This one is based on Lon Chaney's iconic monster. from the silent classic London After Midnight.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"London after Midnight","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5593\/29978168554_051b0c6de3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25979,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/29\/we-are-not-alone\/","url_meta":{"origin":23907,"position":4},"title":"We Are NOT Alone","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"My latest Halloween Head is a fellow with one hell of a commute. 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