If you want to get your very own copy you can find them at Jerry’s Artarama or on the Jerry’s websitesite, on Amazon and also on Ebay… How cool is that?!

I had so much fun yesterday I decided to do a little photo shoot of my own here at Bob Ostrom Studio. Here are a few pics. Enjoy.

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Speaking of my brother, I’ll be featuring a video soon where my brother, the amazingly talented Gregg Ostrom, composed and played all the music. You guys are going to love it. He plays a mean guitar. You can check him out here playing with Emily Hurd.

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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 you ever want to interview me just buy me lunch at 5 Guys and I’m there.

In the meantime I have listed The Bob O Show over on the Artcast Network . If you haven’t seen the show yet the first thing you’ll probably notice is that I like to have a lot of fun when I’m on air. I keep it loose and don’t worry too much about technical difficulties. I’m always happy to pause and answer technical questions… and as far as projects go each one gets the Super Official Bob Ostrom Studio stamp of approval before going on air.

Please check Twitter or on the Artcast Network for future broadcast announcements. See you on the next Bob O Show.

If you draw along with me please email me a copy of your drawing so I can post it on my fan art page. Have fun happy cartooning.

Classes:

• January 6th – 4-6pm For Kids ages 5-9
• February 10th - 4-6pm For Kids ages 5-9
• March 17th – 4-6pm For Kids ages 5-9
• April 14th – 4-6pm For Kids ages 5-9

For more info on the classes at Jerry’s please check out their website

Appearances: As of the moment my schedule is full. I will be adding appearances later in the year.

Videos: I am doing some more videos with the fabulous group of folks down at Burning Oak Studios this year. There are a few in production right now and we are in the process of scheduling another shoot. If you haven’t seen any of the vids yet please check them out at the Jerry’s Artarama site or you can find them on Youtube.

Ustream: For those of you who do not live in the area or would prefer to watch me on line…I’ve also added a Ustream channel. Yep, now you can watch me live on my very own Ustream channel. If you’ve ever wanted to see how a professional naps at his desk…..er works then you’re in luck…. this is the place for you.

What’s coming up: For those of you who are super-serious about learning art I’ve been working on a series of courses just for you.

Later this year I am planning to open up a subscription site with advanced classes and tutorials. These classes will not be free but they will be filled to the brim with amazing amounts of Bob Ostrom Studio artistic know how. You won’t want to miss them. I’ll have more about these at a later date.

Ink Scan.

So I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator a little bit lately. I wanted to try and find a way to bring some color to the hand inked look I’ve been having so much fun with lately. A couple of weeks back I rediscovered these really cool brush tip markers while shooting the videos for Jerry’s. It was all kind of by accident…

It was all kind of by accident. I’d used the brush tip markers once or twice over the years but wasn’t really in love with them. Then as we were shooting the videos I realized I wanted a heavier line with a more organic look. I remembered the brush markers I had sitting in my art kit and fished a few out. They turned out to be just what I was looking for.

Work in progress...

Since then I’ve been experimenting with them a little bit and I’m really kind of digging the whole shaky Charles Schultz looking line I’m getting. At first I was attempting to color the illustrations in Adobe Photo-shop but that was WAY too much work. More recently I’ve been experimenting with Adobe Illustrator and the whole live paint thing (which for some reason I keep wanting to call smart fill). Anyhow I’m pretty sure I’ve got it just about worked out. I’ll keep you guys updated as I go.