Posts Tagged art
How to Draw a Scary Monster.
Old school monsters are the best. I loved those Monster Island movies when I was a kid and still do. As soon as one of those movies came on I’d run and grab my sketch pad and start drawing…
First you hear the footsteps, then he leans back and roars that terrible roar. The whole town [...]
Advanced Photoshop with Bob Ostrom
I will be teaching an advanced course in Adobe Photoshop this spring at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh. The class will begin the 1st week of March and I’m really looking forward to it.
As you know from reading this blog I am a huge fan of Photoshop and use it for most of [...]
Star Trek
I love the old Star Trek and I’m not talking about Next Generation or Deep Space 9. I’m talking about the real Star Trek. The one with William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy and DeForest Kelley. The ones I used to watch as reruns after school as a kid. I loved that show then and I still [...]
How to Draw a Cat
Here’s a quick lesson for all you young budding artists who would like to learn to draw a cat in 5 easy steps. Have fun and …Oh yeah… Hey, don’t forget the totally free print out at the end.
Between takes at Burning Oak Studios.
Here I am at Burning Oak Studios. We’ve been working on some tutorial videos. Having a great time…I’ll try to get some more pics up soon.
How to Draw Expressions
How to Draw Facial Expressions- intermediate
In my cartooning class one of the big things we focus on are facial expressions. Getting the expression just right is often the difference between an okay illustration and a great one… so we practice a lot. We do as many different expressions as we can think of, trying [...]
It’s Herbie Time.
Herbie Bear is the main character in the latest series of books I’ve been working on for Child’s World Publishing. The books, 25 in all, are now available and are listed with most major book retailers.
I had the good fortune to meet with one of the amazingly talented authors Cecilia Minden recently. We had a [...]
Boomer and Halley Book #3 is now Available
Written and created by Mary Jane McKittrick and illustrated by me…Bob Ostrom, this series is about a cat named Halley’s Comet and an Australian Shepherd named Boomerang. They are both adopted by an older couple named Harold and Edna Sanders.
