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Prehistoric animals

woolly rhino cartoon

You’ve probably already seen my cartoon Woolly Mammoth and Sabre-tooth tiger, but have you seen any of my other recent prehistoric animals? These were great fun to do – take a look below for yourself! Ceratogaulus This was my first real encounter with this critter – Ceratogaulus was basically a prehistoric rodent with a pair […]

Filed Under: Animals, Cartoons, Character Design, History, Prehistoric

Shark Logo

cartoon shark logo

I’ve recently completed the design of a shark logo for a client who runs a fishing channel, The Lawless Tide! The brief My brief was to create a dynamic and eye-catching shark logo design for a fishing channel. The shark needed to be leaping out of the waves, pulling a fishing rod behind him – […]

Filed Under: Animals, Cartoon Mascot Design, Cartoons, Case Studies, Character Design, Graphics, Logo Design Tagged With: animal, fish, fishing, logo, shark

Parasaurolophus cartoon

cartoon parasaurolophus

Parasaurolophus was a large herbivore from the late Cretaceous period and belonged to a group known as the Hadrosaurs. This particular dinosaur is known for its large, elaborate head crest, which forms a long curved tube projecting upwards and back from the skull. Parasaurolophus was such a distinctive creature I just had(rosaur) to draw it […]

Filed Under: Animals, Archaeology, Character Design, Dinosaurs, Illustration, Prehistoric

Cartoon Pterodactyl

cartoon pterodactyl

As we’re rumbling through Jurassic June, I felt we needed to add some variation to our dinosaurs with a cartoon Pterodactyl. Why choose to do a cartoon Pterodactyl? Not strictly a dinosaur, but one of the flying reptiles and is synonymous with what we have in mind when we think of prehistoric times. This particular […]

Filed Under: Animals, Cartoons, Character Design, Dinosaurs, History, Illustration, Monsters, Prehistoric Tagged With: Claws, flight, Wings

Cartoon Ankylosaurus

cartoon ankylosaurus

Talk about a living tank – this cartoon Ankylosaurus is that and then some! Even his eyelids were armoured!

Filed Under: Animals, Cartoons, Character Design, Dinosaurs, Illustration, Monsters, Prehistoric

Cartoon Brachiosaurus

brachiosaurus cartoon

With his towering neck and mighty shoulders, here’s the next entry for my dinosaur series – a cartoon Brachiosaurus! A little bit about the Brachiosaurus Brachiosaurus was a sauropod from the late Jurassic period (155-140 million years ago) and first discovered in 1903. His name means ‘arm reptile’ due to the oversized front legs, probably […]

Filed Under: Animals, Archaeology, Character Design, Dinosaurs, Prehistoric

Dennis Nedry Cartoon

Dennis Nedry cartoon

Just for fun, I thought I’d create a cartoon of Dennis Nedry, one of the principal characters in the absolutely amazing Jurassic Park. I’ve since created a whole series of Jurassic Park cartoon characters, including a new version of Nedry – be sure to check them out after reading this article. Who is Dennis Nedry? […]

Filed Under: Character Design, Dinosaurs, Monsters, Movies, People, Prehistoric

Meet the Metaluna Mutant!

Metaluna Mutant

Whilst being in the mood for creating cartoons of classic movie monsters, I remembered seeing one bug-eyed monster in particular from my youth. Saturday afternoon monsters I remember this monster particularly well from watching the tail-end of an old black and white movie as a kid, with this strange mutant creature with clawed hands and […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Character Design, Monsters, Movies, Sci-Fi

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