I created this cartoon aviator bird mascot character and the website banner seen above for a recent client. The name of the company & website was “Daily Flock” so we knew the mascot was going to be bird-related. The website offers local New York City bargains, so the idea was that the website scoured the city for shopping deals for you. I suggested an aviator bird, and the client loved the idea.
Roof Factory – Carpenter Dog Cartoon Character
Vector Art Process: Cartoon Dog Initial Color & Shading [video]
Quick video recording from my live Ustream channel. This time, some vector art in porgress. Added the color and initial shading to a cartoon dog character design.
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Cartoon Beagle Sketch (video)
Short sketch video of me working on a drawing of a cartoon dog character in Adobe Photoshop CS4 using the Wacom Intuos4 graphics tablet. Be sure to subscribe to my cartooning & illustration sketching, drawing & vector art live video channel on Ustream.
ArtCast Network
Just a quick post to let all you artists out there know about an up-and-coming new website from the amazing illustrator Dani Jones — the ArtCast Network.
Dani loves to share her extensive illustration technique knowledge via live streaming videocasts on Ustream, and decided there needed to be a website that brought together all the talented atists out there who do live streaming webcasts on Ustream or other similar sites.
I have a Ustream cartooning & illustration channel, but I am just getting started. The ArtCast website has inspired me to do much more of this, so keep an eye out for future live video stream where you can watch me sketch & draw live in Adobe Photoshop, and work on cartoon-style vector art illustrations in Adobe Illustrator. And all videos will be recorded and saved to my Ustream channel for those of you who aren’t able to watch live.
The ArtCast Network is still in the ‘under construction’ phase right now, but head on over at the link above if you are an artist and want to participate.
The Lost City – Video Game Illustrations
This series of illustrations was created as background images for a typing tutor video game “Typing Instructor for Kids” by Individual Software. The game had already been created, however the developers wanted to create a bonus level and needed new illustrations to be included in the game.
Private Piles – Soldier Dog Cartoon Character
This cartoon character design of a military/soldier dog was created for a dog waste cleanup company, Private Piles. A full logo was also created in addition to the cartoon dog character.
“Penny Pincher” Illustration Featured in Video Ad
The “Penny Pincher” custom cartoon illustration was created for retailer UncleVic.com is featured in their current video ad, “Don’t Tell Everybody!” as part of their “Don’t Tell Everybody” Thanksgiving/Black Friday advertising campaign. The artwork will then be featured throughout Uncle Vic’s main advertising & promotions after turkey day.
The “Penny Pincher” cartoon coin art was a custom variation on my Lincoln penny cartoon coin illustration.
A couple of small tweaks were also made to the art to brand it for Uncle Vic — note the “In Vic We Trust” slogan across the top and “Frugality” replacing “Liberty” on the left-hand side.
(Clicking the play button will jump to the relevant spot in the video where the artwork is shown)
Acorn Souvenirs
Squirrel cartoon character character design and logo for novelty gift company Acorn Souvenirs.
The company sells gag gifts based on the government “ACORN” program. the concept behind the character and logo was to have the squirrel cartoon character trying to chew on the ACORN logo as if it were an actual acorn.