Comments on: Bodyguard Cartoon Mascot Character Illustration http://georgecoghill.com/blog/2009/06/16/bodyguard-cartoon-mascot-character-illustration/ Cartooning & humorous illustration sketch blog with tips and tutorials. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: George Coghill http://georgecoghill.com/blog/2009/06/16/bodyguard-cartoon-mascot-character-illustration/comment-page-1/#comment-156893 George Coghill Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:32:50 +0000 http://georgecoghill.com/blog/?p=1704#comment-156893 Thanks for the compliments, glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the compliments, glad you enjoyed!

]]> By: Tebe http://georgecoghill.com/blog/2009/06/16/bodyguard-cartoon-mascot-character-illustration/comment-page-1/#comment-156885 Tebe Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:04:52 +0000 http://georgecoghill.com/blog/?p=1704#comment-156885 Wow, it's always nice to peek to professionals workflow, since everyone does things differently. Just subscribed via RSS here yesterday, and I'm planning to take a closer look to your site the following days! The blog seems very interesting, I'm glad I found it. :) Wow, it’s always nice to peek to professionals workflow, since everyone does things differently.

Just subscribed via RSS here yesterday, and I’m planning to take a closer look to your site the following days! The blog seems very interesting, I’m glad I found it. :)

]]> By: George Coghill http://georgecoghill.com/blog/2009/06/16/bodyguard-cartoon-mascot-character-illustration/comment-page-1/#comment-156769 George Coghill Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:49:25 +0000 http://georgecoghill.com/blog/?p=1704#comment-156769 @T Mac - this post actually published early by accident, I was planning to add some more of the sketch stages to it! Typically I will start with one concept sketch for the client to make sure that we're both on the same page. Also, before even starting a sketch I have a standard list of questions to learn as much as possible about the project before drawing anything. In this case, I actually spent some time on the phone with the client as well. We also went through a few variations on this one at the concept stage, some of which are very different from the final version you see here. My rough sketches are indeed very rough, almost like gesture drawings. I even bought a special lead-holder pencil with very fat leads so I don't get caught up in details. I like to work very loose to make sure I am capturing movement and energy in all the character line art. Time spent? I did this one a while back, but I would estimate at least 5-6 hours at the sketch stage, and this includes the final finished sketch used as the vector art template. Vector art probably took 2-3 hours. And thank you for the compliments! Glad you enjoyed. @T Mac – this post actually published early by accident, I was planning to add some more of the sketch stages to it!

Typically I will start with one concept sketch for the client to make sure that we’re both on the same page. Also, before even starting a sketch I have a standard list of questions to learn as much as possible about the project before drawing anything. In this case, I actually spent some time on the phone with the client as well.

We also went through a few variations on this one at the concept stage, some of which are very different from the final version you see here.

My rough sketches are indeed very rough, almost like gesture drawings. I even bought a special lead-holder pencil with very fat leads so I don’t get caught up in details. I like to work very loose to make sure I am capturing movement and energy in all the character line art.

Time spent? I did this one a while back, but I would estimate at least 5-6 hours at the sketch stage, and this includes the final finished sketch used as the vector art template. Vector art probably took 2-3 hours.

And thank you for the compliments! Glad you enjoyed.

]]> By: T Mac http://georgecoghill.com/blog/2009/06/16/bodyguard-cartoon-mascot-character-illustration/comment-page-1/#comment-156768 T Mac Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:39:59 +0000 http://georgecoghill.com/blog/?p=1704#comment-156768 Nice job on this one George. How "rough" are your initial sketches exactly, do you have one concept to show from this character development? Your illustrations are so 'tight', I would think the original thought processes involved would be close to this final concept. If I may, from initial sketches to finished IL files, how many hours would you say are involved? (using this character as an example) Sorry to pry. I expect my Wacom Intuos 3 to arrive tomorrow, I'm anxious to get going. I currently do all vector illustrations, pen tool and a 'bar of soap' mouse (lol). Once again, very nice work, T Mac Nice job on this one George. How “rough” are your initial sketches exactly, do you have one concept to show from this character development? Your illustrations are so ‘tight’, I would think the original thought processes involved would be close to this final concept. If I may, from initial sketches to finished IL files, how many hours would you say are involved? (using this character as an example) Sorry to pry. I expect my Wacom Intuos 3 to arrive tomorrow, I’m anxious to get going. I currently do all vector illustrations, pen tool and a ‘bar of soap’ mouse (lol).

Once again, very nice work,

T Mac

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