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Nov 7, 20182 min read

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...

Jan 29, 20181 min read

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...

Nov 20, 20171 min read

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...

Nov 15, 20171 min read

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...

Mar 6, 20171 min read

Penguins Procreate (It’s not what it sounds like).

What’s Procreate? I’ll bet you were thinking you were going to see something different in this post. Sorry nature lovers this one is for...

Feb 28, 20171 min read

Testing for Unicorns

This is just a little test to see how easy it is to upload a movie from the iPad. If you’re curious this art was produced on the iPad Pro...

Jul 25, 20141 min read

Summer Vacation – by Bob Ostrom Studio

It's Summer Vacation! I hope everyone is having a great summer! Last week I headed down to the beach here in North Carolina for a short...

Jul 14, 20141 min read

Drawing Super Heroes – Wonder Woman

Character Design From the Blue Sky Folder – Wonder Woman in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 by Bob Ostrom Studio #illustrator #art #superhero...

Apr 9, 20141 min read

What if the SAT's looked like this?

I was just thinking… What if the fill in the blank questions on the SATs looked like this? I'm pretty sure I would have aced it. (Feel...