Cartoon character mascot & logo design sketch blog with tips and tutorials.
This cartoon dog news reporter — “News Hound” — was created for an upcoming iPhone news app. The client was pretty specific in what they were looking for: a 1940’s era news reporter, but of course a dog instead of a human.
by George Coghill
This cartoon monk character holding a beer mug was created as a mascot for a St. Patrick’s Day promotion by national chain of Irish-themed sports pubs, Tilted Kilt.
I was approached by the marketing director who found and liked my cartoon illustration of a monk leaning on a beer keg, and wanted something in the same style, but of course their own original character.
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This cartoon bear as lumberjack character design was created as part of a logo design for hand-crafted wood furniture maker Wissota Woods.
The client approached me on this project wanting a lumberjack character, but also wanting something a bit different. Bears are a fixture in his state of Wisconsin near Lake Wissota, so we ran with that.
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Here’s a wild project I recently completed – Belt-Fed Baby!
The client was the owner of a gun shop, and he always used the pun of referring to himself as a “belt-fed baby” (as opposed to a “bottle-fed baby”), playing on the belt-fed aspect of machine guns.
I loved the juxtaposition of the cute baby and the giant machine gun, although I am sure there are some out there who will be up in arms over the design.
Continue reading 'Belt-Fed Baby'
by George CoghillFollowup video of the cartoon gorilla character demonstrating the color, shading and highlight additions to the character.
The video showing the creation of the vector line art can be found here.
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