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Greg the Dog.

was doing a little writing the other day and decided that one of the characters I was writing about needed a face. So here’s Greg the dog… oh ,and if you’re my brother Gregg no worries this isn’t about you. I even spelled his name differently so there would be no confusion.
Speaking of my [...]

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How to Draw a Cartoon Cowboy… Really Fast.

Here’s a video I did recently I thought you might enjoy. A quick sketch of a cowboy… really quick.

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My Interview with Carlos Castellanos

I met with cartoonist Carlos Castellanos and artist Fian Arroyo last summer. You might know Carlos from his syndicated cartoon strip Baldo. We had a great time talking about art, marketing and all kinds of stuff. It was a really cool day… plus Carlos was kind enough to buy me lunch at 5 Guys. *Hint- if [...]

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What’s a Mini-Canvas?

I’ve been having a lot of fun with these mini canvases lately. Here’s one I did with my class at Jerry’s Artarama. These things are great.
Our theme for the last class was Under the Sea (I thought it would be fun to do a snail). We used acrylic paint, sharpie markers, acrylic gel medium, sand [...]

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The Bob O Show is now on the Artcast Network

I just did my 3rd Ustream show last week. I’m not sure I can say there has been a huge leap forward in my handling of the Ustream technology but the future looks promising. Ustream has just released a new piece of software called Ustream Producer. I will be giving it a try before the [...]

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How to Draw a Cat

This was a video I shot last summer at Burning Oak Studios. I posted a link to it earlier but I don’t think I ever actually posted the video itself…. so in case you missed it here you go. Have fun.
If you draw along with me please email me a copy of your drawing so [...]

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Spider-Bob?

I dig Spiderman. I actually had the opportunity to work on a Spiderman book years ago, along with the help of a some very talented friends. Working on that project was quite a stretch from my normal style. Here’s a more whimsical take on what he might look like if there hadn’t been any style [...]

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Hairdos and Hair Don’ts (How to Draw Hair for Cartoons).

You’re probably thinking… Hey, what’s this guy know about hair, he has less hair then a naked mole rat . Well that may be true but you don’t have to have great hair to draw great hair. In this lesson I’ll show you some simple ways to make the hair on your cartoon really shine…. [...]

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New H2D Logo

I’ve been working on this site for a little while now and decided it was time for a new logo. All I’ve really had until now is the Potato-Boy header with the How to Draw Stuff type. Although I kind of like that little guy he’s hardly a logo.

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How to Draw a Fish

How to Draw a fish.
Just follow these simple steps and pretty soon you will have a friendly fish of your very own swimming across your page.
Mine’s name is Charlie and he likes to watch cartoons. If your fish has a name go ahead and email it to me I’d love to see him….or her… and [...]

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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 [...]

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