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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

Bob Ostrom
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Sep 13, 20202 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Jun 14, 20201 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Jun 14, 20201 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Jun 14, 20202 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
May 25, 20201 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
May 19, 20203 min read
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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

Bob Ostrom
May 6, 20206 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Nov 7, 20182 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Nov 2, 20181 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Jun 15, 20181 min read
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The Little Turtle
Ker-floop, and just like that the little turtle disappeared beneath the surface hiding amongst rocks and stones at the bottom of the...

Bob Ostrom
Apr 18, 20181 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Jan 29, 20181 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Jan 15, 20182 min read
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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....

Bob Ostrom
Dec 10, 20172 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Dec 3, 20171 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Nov 20, 20171 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Nov 15, 20171 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Apr 23, 20171 min read
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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...

Bob Ostrom
Apr 16, 20172 min read
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