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Designing a cartoon lizard mascot

Cartoon Lawn Care Logo

Recently, I had the extra fun commission of creating a happy little cartoon lizard mascot for a lawn care company. The client had seen examples of my work and the process undertaken to create a cartoon mascot and commissioned me to design a character that would not only feature on his new cartoon logo design […]

Filed Under: Animals, Business Cartoons, Cartoon Mascot Design, Logo Design

Cartoon Octopus Plumbing Logo

Octopus Plumbing cartoon logo design

Whilst working at bluebee, I had a request for a brand new cartoon logo design for a local plumbing firm, Octopus Plumbing. They specialise in all aspects of heating and plumbing and so wanted to reflect their many-armed approach in the form of a cute new octopus cartoon mascot. Plumbing and heating logo ideas The […]

Filed Under: Business Cartoons, Cartoon Mascot Design, Case Studies, Logo Design

More Hippo Cartoon Characters

Hippo Cartoon Characters Sketch

You may remember my previous post about creating a new female hippo mascot design, Stella? Well, my client was so pleased with the initial character design that I was commissioned to create some additional hippo cartoon characters. The purpose of these characters is to accompany blog or social media posts. So using our first Stella […]

Filed Under: Animals, Business Cartoons, Cartoon Mascot Design, Character Design

Designing a hippo cartoon character

Hippo Cartoon Character Design

I had a request recently to design a female hippo cartoon character. She needed to be friendly and welcoming, as well as instantly recognisable in busy LinkedIn and Facebook feeds.

Filed Under: Animals, Business Cartoons, Cartoon Mascot Design, Character Design

Using cartoon characters for business

cartoon characters for business

Concentration spans can be short and the quicker you can grab your audience’s attention, the better! We are naturally drawn (no pun intended) to fun things. Using cartoon characters in business works because simplicity sells!

Filed Under: Business Cartoons, Character Design, Packaging, Website

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