Coming to Kickstarter on January 25, 2016: Ghost Guard! Featuring a glow-in-the-dark embroidered patch, lapel pin and I.D. card, with reward levels that include original art, limited edition item sets and Kickstarter-only exclusives.
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And bookmark http://coghillcartooning.com/ghost-guard now, and when the campaign goes live that link will redirect you right to the camping page on Kickstarter.
This t-shirt illustration was created for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District for a student campaign they were running. The odd color choices were used as they were the branding colors for the campaign.
This illustration was intended for a black t-shirt, with just 4 colors being used for the printing (blue, yellow, orange and white). Continue reading →
Limited palette sketch for a t-shirt illustration project. The client requested a concrete riding trowel with a character riding it like a hot rod. I went with the classic hot rod goon approach to the character and a fun, loose style to the line art.
I went with a limited palette to keep the screen printing costs down (just 2 inks used here, black and white on a red shirt). I’ve had a lot of fun working with these reduced color drawings lately, and I find they help focus and tighten up the art. They also just look super cool with less colors!
This project never went past the sketch stage, the client went MIA on me but I really liked this sketch and had to share it.
This cartoon logo featuring a muscular gorilla was created for cleaning service provider “Klean Kong”, and was also my first project from Mexico.
This project actually came about after the client found out that another designer had used my artwork for a logo and passed it off as their own creation. The client, once discovering this, was fortunate in that the artwork in question was available since the original client didn’t pay the balance due and therefore the artwork copyright was still in my possession.
Beyond that, the unscrupulous designer did a very poor job of ripping off my artwork, so the client also hired me to clean up and update the logo as well.
Because the final logo needed to be printed in a limited manner of cleaning supply tools, I developed the character from the original full door version to this limited palette 2-coot version. The client and I both loved how it turned out.
Personally, I preferred the version where I added the mop to the gorilla’s hand, but the client vetoed the decision. She said, “We don’t use mops”. I doubt they use gorillas either, but that didn’t stop her from including one in the logo!
This cartoon logo featuring a contraction worker cartoon character surrounded by his toolbox and tools was created for tool supplier company Toolatron. Continue reading →
This cartoon logo featuring a soldier in military gear (machine gun and cigar firmly in teeth, of course) was created for a military gamer who wanted a custom logo for his online identity.
The client approached me with simple, candid project details: “I’m a black guy who games online with a bunch of white guys”, and with a nod to the Token cartoon character from South Park, his gamer name was created. And he wanted a cartoon logo to match.
I knew from the start I wanted to include actual tokens in the logo, which with the military theme I thought had a fun “spoils of war” angle, not to mention general gaming use of tokens — checkers, anyone? the play on words was a third layer of meaning in the illustration. Piles of gold tokens with spend machine gun shell casings came to mind. Continue reading →
My next Kickstarter campaign — tentatively scheduled for January or February of 2016 — is going to feature glow-in-the-dark items all centering on a ghost theme.
I’ve been doing a lot of research on items for this campaign (glow-in-the-dark items are tricky to source) and am currently working on finalizing the art for not one but two separate patch designs, and all the other related items which will be revealed in due time.
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I’m running a few t-shirt pre-order campaigns: Bigfoot Patrol, Cryptid Command and Paranormal Forces. Pick up a shirt and save $5 over the final retail price when these go up on my Etsy shop. Full detail over on the campaign page for each shirt.
