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    5 Things To Do When Business Is Slow
    Bob Ostrom
    • Sep 14, 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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    Behind the Scenes Look at How a Cartoon Logo is Created
    Bob Ostrom
    • Jun 15, 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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    Cartoon Logo –  T-Ball Team – Big City Vikings
    Bob Ostrom
    • Jun 15, 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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    How to Create a Cartoon Logo
    Bob Ostrom
    • Jun 15, 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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    Game Box Design
    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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    Designing Vehicle Wraps
    Bob Ostrom
    • May 20, 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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    How to Buy a Cartoon Logo.
    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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    The Risk and Reward of Not Looking Like Everyone Else
    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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    Tilt Presence. Be the calm in a sea of noise
    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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    Campfire Stories
    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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    Stories from Donutville
    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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    Art takes time.
    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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    Something Cool for Artists Who are iPad Users
    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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    Whoot!!! It Worked!!! The New Books are here!
    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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    What happens to all that rejected art?
    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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    From the sketchbook
    Bob Ostrom
    • Nov 15, 2017
    • 1 min

    From the sketchbook

    Back in the day I drew in a paper sketchbook but now I do all my sketching on the iPad. It is better in almost every way. I’m sure there...
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    Wrapping Up Monster Week with Star Trek and the Gorn
    Bob Ostrom
    • Apr 23, 2017
    • 1 min

    Wrapping Up Monster Week with Star Trek and the Gorn

    Kirk Fights the Gorn I don’t know what it is about monsters but they sure are fun to draw. Am I right? My favorite are probably movie...
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    Super Hero Logo
    Bob Ostrom
    • Apr 16, 2017
    • 2 min

    Super Hero Logo

    Wow, Superhero Week has come and gone in a flash. Thanks to everyone who followed along with me and thanks to those of you who came and...
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    Superhero Day Three
    Bob Ostrom
    • Apr 12, 2017
    • 1 min

    Superhero Day Three

    Hero #3 We’re already up to superhero three already? How did that happen? Wow is this week flying by. Too many deadlines I guess. Well as...
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    Superhero Week at Bob Ostrom Studio
    Bob Ostrom
    • Apr 11, 2017
    • 1 min

    Superhero Week at Bob Ostrom Studio

    Lesser-known Superhero... Pants on Fire Guy Staying on yesterday’s theme I thought it would be fun to keep the ball rolling with another...
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