What is Creative Block? I’m an artist, and this is how I express myself, but like all artists, sometimes, when I’m feeling the pressure...

Sometimes artists get these ideas that drift around inside their heads for years before they finally make it out. The flying pencil was...

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....

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...

Discovering My Love for Painting, from Bob Ostrom's Big Giant Art Studio

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Trucks that grab attention. Not long ago I had the great pleasure of working with one of my favorite clients. She was interested in...

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

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...

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...

The woods were totally dark except for the dim glow of the crackling campfire. The only sound for miles were the crickets and the...

Ker-floop, and just like that the little turtle disappeared beneath the surface hiding amongst rocks and stones at the bottom of the...

Donut Boy smiled and looked up at the bright blue summer sky. The world was filled with possibility. Neither spoke for fear of breaking...

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...

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....

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...