{"id":559,"date":"2009-10-14T02:29:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T07:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=559"},"modified":"2024-03-06T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:07:32","slug":"the-modern-prometheus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/10\/14\/the-modern-prometheus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Modern Prometheus"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

\"Monsters\" <\/a>
Monsters <\/div> <\/div>
\"MP_01\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MP-03\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Sometimes I do sketches that I keep meaning to chase down again. This version of the Frankenstein Monster<\/strong> is among them. I was working on a company Christmas card that I wasn’t really enthusiastic about, and this fellow kept on popping up in the margins of whatever I was sketching. This guy needs to be refined and given some playmates. It looks like I was working on a werewolf along side my Modern Prometheus.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Sometimes I do sketches that I keep meaning to chase down again. This version of the Frankenstein Monster is among them. I was working on a company Christmas card that I wasn’t really enthusiastic about, and this fellow kept … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,49,16],"tags":[67,5,23,3663,25],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","category-sketch","tag-frankenstein","tag-joe-williams","tag-monster","tag-sketch","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-91","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":664,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/11\/06\/mop-top-monster\/","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":0},"title":"Mop Top Monster","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6or Shempenstein. A sketchbook sketch I did 20 years ago and forgot about. Done in technical pen.","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":"Shempenstein","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Shempenstein.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":40652,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/05\/25\/monsters-not-playing-nicely\/","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":1},"title":"Monsters Not Playing Nicely","author":"Joe","date":"May 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In this week's edition of IT CAME FROM THE SKETCHBOOK I'm featuring some of my couch doodles of monsters doing what they do when they get together which is not getting along. Monsters usually don't play nicely with one another which is part of their appeal. Nobody is going to\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":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Choking-the-werewolf.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Choking-the-werewolf.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Choking-the-werewolf.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40145,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/03\/01\/monster-mash\/","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":2},"title":"Monster Mash","author":"Joe","date":"March 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Some things never change. I used to work on class projects in my bedroom studio in my parents' house while a 13-inch black and white TV set played trash. Last night I was sketching for fun while watching trash from roughly that era. It was 1979 and NBC executive Fred\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Illustration"","block_context":{"text":"Illustration","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/monster-mash.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/monster-mash.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/monster-mash.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/monster-mash.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44236,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/tuesday-doodle-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":3},"title":"Tuesday Doodle","author":"Joe","date":"December 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I am having a lot of fun using my Sailor Fude fountain pens in a couple of small, mixed media sketchbooks. Sometimes I have a subject in mind, and other times -- like the drawing above -- I go wherever my pencils and pens take me. I roughed something out\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\/2024\/12\/The-Monster-v-Lady-Frankenstein.jpg?fit=550%2C708&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Monster-v-Lady-Frankenstein.jpg?fit=550%2C708&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/The-Monster-v-Lady-Frankenstein.jpg?fit=550%2C708&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25185,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/04\/11\/pill-poppin-truckers-and-frankenstein-monsters\/","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":4},"title":"Pill Poppin’ Truckers and Frankenstein Monsters","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"April 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been sitting on the couch lately, doodling while watching trash on my Roku streaming box. I dumped Netflix over a year ago but hung onto Amazon's Prime Video. It's got a lot of popular movies, television series and compelling content produced by Amazon, but what I love is 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":"Ink drawing of Frankenstein","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rotring_Frankenstein_monster.jpg?fit=640%2C419&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rotring_Frankenstein_monster.jpg?fit=640%2C419&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Rotring_Frankenstein_monster.jpg?fit=640%2C419&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10107,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/10\/15\/another-one-bites-the-dust\/","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":5},"title":"Another One Bites the Dust","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"After finally putting the Sketchbook from Hell to rest by feverishly sketching in it on my commute, I set my sights on another sketchbook that was begging to be finished off. I bought this hardbound sketchbook back in the Summer of 2007 from the store that is imprinted on it's\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":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/neck-brace-frank.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/neck-brace-frank.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/neck-brace-frank.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/neck-brace-frank.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}