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Cartoonist Interview at ‘Wasting Paper’

Published on March 12, 2010 in news. 2 Comments Tags: art, cartoon, cartooning, cartoonist, character, drawing, Illustration, illustrator, interview, sketch.

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.

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Swabbies

Published on March 10, 2010 in cartooning and video. 0 Comments Tags: art, baby, cartoon, cartooning, character, 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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News Hound

Published on March 8, 2010 in cartooning. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe Illustrator, app, App Store, art, cartoon, cartooning, character, 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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St. Practice

Published on March 8, 2010 in cartooning. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe Illustrator, art, beer, cartoon, cartooning, character, drawing, Illustration, monk, sketch, vector, vector art.

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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Wissota Woods

Published on March 8, 2010 in cartooning. 0 Comments Tags: Adobe Illustrator, art, bear, cartoon, cartooning, character, design, drawing, Illustration, logo, lumberjack, vector, vector art, web banner.

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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