Here are some fun cartoon-style building illustrations I created for SocialCirql.com, a new social media services site created by the guys over at Akron, Ohio marketing and design firm Red Incorporated.
Great project, fun clients and very happy with the final artwork.

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If you haven’t noticed, I’ve done a complete overhaul to my website as well as moving everything over to the CoghillCartooning.com domain. Designed by me, coded by my patient friend John “CJ” Wallace (@vagrantrevival).
A big tip of the hat to: my buddy Greg Newman at 20Seven (@gregnewman) for snazzing up my navigation links and general web Jedi advice, Matheau Dakoske (@matheaud) of Code Line Software for more coding help and general testing, and finally Heather Malarcik (@hkmalarcik) at Malarcik Marketing for proof-reading and spicing up the text content.
In a sense, this new website reflects a milestone for me. More on that later. For now, I want to share some of the background behind the process.
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Just a quick post to let you know that a recent interview I did for the “Wasting Paper” cartoonist interview series is now up for your reading pleasure.
Published on
March 10, 2010 in
cartooning and video.
Tags: art, baby, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, cartooning, drawing, Illustration, illustrator, logo, octopus, screencast, sketch, video.

This cartoon octopus character was created for a client developing a new baby product to help with diaper rash.
Believe it or not, I had not drawn a cartoon octopus until this project, so I was looking forward to it. I will say that I underestimated the amount of work all those tentacles and suckers were.
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Published on
March 8, 2010 in
cartooning.
Tags: Adobe Illustrator, app, App Store, art, cartoon, cartoon character, cartoon character design, cartooning, design, dog, drawing, hound, icon, Illustration, iPhone, sketch, vector, vector art.

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.
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