{"id":25964,"date":"2019-10-26T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=25964"},"modified":"2019-10-26T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T21:57:04","slug":"the-widow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/26\/the-widow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Widow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The Widow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/48963427792\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48963427792_f3cd10d7fa_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Widow\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>My latest <em>Halloween Head<\/em> is more of a <em>femme fatale<\/em> rather than a monster.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrated by Joe Williams using the world&#8217;s greatest vector art program <em>Affinity Designer <\/em>on a well-worn 2010 Macbook at home and a battered 2008 Macbook at work!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/26\/the-widow\/ad-widow-revise\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?fit=1000%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AD-widow-revise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-25970 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Outline View Widow\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AD-widow-revise.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest Halloween Head is more of a femme fatale rather than a monster. Illustrated by Joe Williams using the world&#8217;s greatest vector art program Affinity Designer on a well-worn 2010 Macbook at home and a battered 2008 Macbook at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/26\/the-widow\/\">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":[317,82,7,700,26,318],"tags":[3465,4796,4794,4797,3668,3989,5,23,4795],"class_list":["post-25964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-halloween","category-illustration","category-pixels-versus-pigment","category-stuff-joe-likes","category-technique","tag-affinity-designer","tag-axe","tag-femme-fatale","tag-giallo","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-head","tag-joe-williams","tag-monster","tag-mudreress"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6KM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36776,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/countess-dracula\/","url_meta":{"origin":25964,"position":0},"title":"Countess Dracula","author":"Joe","date":"November 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Erzs\u00e9bet B\u00e1thory (1560-1614) was a real life Hungarian noblewoman and purported serial killer who may have engaged in vampiric activity. Her victims were female servants and minor noblewomen who had come to her for training and education. 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See more of my vector illustrations HERE!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Ghost","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48904620292_2c5a83866f_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48904620292_2c5a83866f_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48904620292_2c5a83866f_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21259,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/28\/affinity-designer-after-midnight\/","url_meta":{"origin":25964,"position":2},"title":"Affinity Designer After Midnight","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer while I waited for my son's early morning bus. 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":25954,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/24\/the-vector-chainsaw-massacre\/","url_meta":{"origin":25964,"position":3},"title":"The Vector Chainsaw Massacre","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is another Halloween Head I illustrated in the marvelous vector design application called Affinity Designer. I started this yesterday morning with a vague polygon shape for a face and a cog shape for hair. I wasn't sure if it was going to go anywhere, but I kept on fiddling\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Massacre-working.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Massacre-working.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Massacre-working.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Massacre-working.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25898,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/10\/14\/the-witch\/","url_meta":{"origin":25964,"position":4},"title":"The Witch","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Another vector Halloween Head created in Affinity Designer.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vector Witch","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-witch-3-AD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-witch-3-AD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/the-witch-3-AD.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21236,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/22\/i-was-a-vector-werewolf\/","url_meta":{"origin":25964,"position":5},"title":"I Was a Vector Werewolf","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another Halloween Head I created in Affinity Designer as I've spent my too early mornings waiting for my son's school bus, and if I say so myself, I am pretty pleased with this. 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