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Herbie Bear
Two years ago I had the unbelievable opportunity to work on a series of books called the Herbster Readers for a company named the Child’s World. The books were all about a little bear named Herbie with a great big imagination. There were 25 books in the original series and each book contained 32 pages. [...]
Herbie Bear the Second Series
Shortly after the first Herbie series was released Childs’ World contacted me to do a second. I was thrilled. The second series is very similar to the first but with all new stories!. These are for the beginner reader and is divided into 4 levels with 6 books in each level. There is a big [...]
Bob Ostrom Studio -Portfolio Style 1
The illustrations shown in this section are primarily done using line art created in Adobe Illustrator and colored in Photoshop.
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Bob Ostrom Studio – Portfolio Style 2
When I first began illustrating all my art was all done by hand using either airbrush or watercolor. I love the look and feel of traditional watercolor. Unfortunately it can be very difficult to reproduce which is why I developed this style. What you see is what you get. Everything you see here is drawn [...]
Bob Ostrom Studio Licensed Art
I got my start in licensed art back in 1989 working with Parker Brothers and Disney’s Little Mermaid. Shortly after I illustrated my first children’s book, Marvel Comic’s Biker Mice from Mars for Random House books. Since then I’ve worked with many licensed properties from Dr Seuss to the Berenstain Bears. It’s been a tremendous [...]
Conceptual Art
This section contains conceptual art from various projects. I’ve done work for toy companies, game manufacturers, as well as kids books, storyboards,, video games logos and more. If you are interested in seeing more please contact me and I’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have.
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