The Big Giant Hand
What is Creative Block? I’m an artist. it’s how I express myself, but like all artists, sometimes, when I’m feeling the pressure to...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jan 16
- 4 min
Part 4: Go Big or Go Home: The Big Giant Pencil Art!
Sometimes artists get these ideas that drift around inside their heads for years before they finally make it out. The flying pencil was...
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Bob Ostrom
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Part 3: How my Quest for Mass Production and World Domination Crashed and Burned.
Crash and Burn Failure is an inevitable part of any learning journey, but just because it’s inevitable doesn’t make it any less painful....
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Bob Ostrom
- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
Part 2: The Octopus and the Saw.
The Octopus You know how sometimes you start on a project, intend to go in one direction, but wind up in another? Well, that’s precisely...
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Bob Ostrom
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
Part 1: Making New Art. Discovering My Love for Painting on Wood
Discovering My Love for Painting, from Bob Ostrom's Big Giant Art Studio
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Bob Ostrom
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
5 Things To Do When Business Is Slow
I can't believe its been six years since Carlos and I did this video. A lot has happened since then but the advice in this video still...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Behind the Scenes Look at How a Cartoon Logo is Created
Here is a little behind the scenes look at how a logo is created here at BobMakesLogos.com. I know this video may make it look easy but...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Cartoon Logo – T-Ball Team – Big City Vikings
Did you know that Vikings were great baseball players? It’s not in any history book but they were all great players. Well, The Big City...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
How to Create a Cartoon Logo
Here’s a little behind the scenes look at how a cartoon logo is produced. This was originally constructed for my teaching site but I...
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Bob Ostrom
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
Game Box Design
I got my start in game box design with Parker Brothers many years ago. From there I went on to work with Harbro, Milton Bradley, Galoob...
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Bob Ostrom
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
Designing Vehicle Wraps
Trucks that grab attention. Not long ago I had the great pleasure of working with one of my favorite clients. She was interested in...
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Bob Ostrom
- May 6, 2020
- 6 min
How to Buy a Cartoon Logo.
Is it time for a new logo? There are a lot of different directions you could go. Do you play it safe and try to look like your competition o
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Bob Ostrom
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
The Risk and Reward of Not Looking Like Everyone Else
Character design is a real job? The first professional job I ever did was a character design for an extremely large beer company back in...
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Bob Ostrom
- Nov 2, 2018
- 1 min
Tilt Presence. Be the calm in a sea of noise
Today is a big day here at the studio! For the past year or so I’ve been working hard behind the scenes on a very special book that is...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jun 15, 2018
- 1 min
Campfire Stories
The woods were totally dark except for the dim glow of the crackling campfire. The only sound for miles were the crickets and the...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jan 29, 2018
- 1 min
Stories from Donutville
Donut Boy smiled and looked up at the bright blue summer sky. The world was filled with possibility. Neither spoke for fear of breaking...
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Bob Ostrom
- Jan 15, 2018
- 2 min
Art takes time.
I was flipping through my Instagram feed the other day and was just blown away by some of the amazing artwork in there. Then I got that...
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Bob Ostrom
- Dec 10, 2017
- 2 min
Something Cool for Artists Who are iPad Users
I posted a link to this on Facebook last week, but for those of you who don't follow me there or might have missed it here, it is again....
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Bob Ostrom
- Dec 3, 2017
- 1 min
Whoot!!! It Worked!!! The New Books are here!
Hey Kids, I wanted to share some really cool news with you! Remember that post I wrote a while back about trying to find a new digital...
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Bob Ostrom
- Nov 20, 2017
- 1 min
What happens to all that rejected art?
I’ve been in business a long time. For every project I create there are at least three or more sketches that are rejected along the...
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