For the past couple of months I have been working with famed illustrator and cartoonist Carlos Castellanos from Drawn by Success (you may also know him as co-creator of the Baldo comic). If you are not familiar with the Drawn by Success it is a site for freelance artists to learn more about marketing strategies, [...]
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How to Create a New Artistic Style.
I love illustrating for kids because it allows me to be super creative and have tons of fun while I’m doing it. Whether I’m developing a new character for a logo or illustrating a children’s book I’m all about trying new things. Developing a new style takes time. It also takes a bit of trial [...]
Bob at Jerry’s Artarama.
Had a great time at Jerry’s yesterday. As usual I met a bunch of great folks and had a lot of fun painting. The theme for the day was Bats so I chose to paint one of my favorite super heroes. I was using the Matisse Primary set of acrylic paints. I’d never used this [...]
Tara Reed talks to Expert Daniel Tardent about SEO.
If you ever had any questions about SEO you’ll want to check out the excellent interview Tara Reed did with SEO expert Daniel Tardent. This interview definitely gets the Bob Ostrom Studio Seal of approval. It answered a lot of nagging questions I had about SEO and best of all I didn’t have to run [...]
If You Could Make Up Your Own Super Hero.
If you could make up your own SUPERHERO or SUPER VILLAIN who would you be? What super powers would you possess ?
From the Sketchbook
Here’s one from the sketchbook. Thinking about working this one up into a lesson for the How2Draw site.
Grandma at the Wheel
This is a little project I’m working on for the How2Draw site. It’s another screen capture but I’m trying a few new things with this one. It’s a strange feeling working with the screen capture program running. Suddenly I become very aware of everything I’m doing and all the mistakes I’m making. There a few [...]
