• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Freelance cartoonist and illustrator | Nick Gowman cartoons

Cartoon and illustration portfolio of Salisbury based cartoonist, Nick Gowman

  • what I do
    • Cartoon Illustration
    • Cartoon Character Design
    • Cartoon Logo Design
    • Custom Comic Strips
    • Custom cartoon cards
    • Mascot design
    • Children’s Book Illustration
    • Brochure and packaging illustration
  • my cartoons
  • about me
    • how I do it
    • fun stuff
    • FAQ
    • testimonials
  • blog
  • shop
  • contact

A pirate song…

pirate sketch for song artwork

So, next on the list is another little commission from a musician for a cartoon pirate to illustrate the cover for a new pirate song download. Now as we’re aware, I’m a little bit of a pro now when it comes to creating pirate themed cartoons… The main difference with this cartoon pirate, is that […]

Filed Under: Character Design, Music, Pirates, St Patrick's Day

The Pirate Deck game has arrived!

The Pirate Deck

Well, it’s finally arrived and I must say I’m very pleased with The Pirate Deck. It’s been a labour of love but I now hold in my hands a copy of my first published card game. The objective of the game is to strategically use pirate cards to board a ship and steal treasure coins […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Character Design, Games, Pirates

Cartoon Pirate flags

Continuing work on the Pirate deck game with a series of pirate flags to be used to add some exciting gameplay into the mix! Each of these pirate flags were created initially as pencil sketches, before being digitised, and where possible have a little historical fact behind them too! Mutiny flag This illustration was used […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Games, History, Pirates

Pirate Lettering

Pirate Lettering

Now we’re heading towards getting all of the cartoon pirate characters completed for The Pirate Deck game, I need to begin work on the packaging. Most of this will be created elsewhere, but the task has fallen upon me to create dome pirate lettering to be used on the packaging. This will form a kind […]

Filed Under: Games, Illustration, Logo Design, Packaging, Pirates, Publications

Cartoon rowboat and rogue waves…

Cartoon Rowboat

What could be the best thing that a cartoon pirate might need to get to shore to bury his beloved treasure? That’s right, a cartoon rowboat! The next cartoon required for The Pirate Deck game is a cartoon rowboat card. This particular card will allow the player to hold an additional pirate when in play. […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Character Design, Games, Pirates

Lost in a whirlpool!

cartoon whirlpool sketch

I have been busy working on the next two card designs for The Pirate Deck Game, the first of these being a whirlpool. The whirlpool card has the ability to remove another players card from their hand/from play. The initial sketch of the whirlpool also includes a pirate galleon, being pulled to it’s demise in […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Games, Illustration, Pirates

Gold doubloons

Gold Doubloons

Ok, so just for a change it’s been a busy month. I’ve most recently been working on some gold doubloons for The Pirate Deck game. The gold doubloons are designed for two purposes – gold and silver versions that sit on the edges of the playing cards themselves and also as a template for coin […]

Filed Under: Character Design, Games, Pirates

Figure heads and poop decks…

Cartoon Pirate Ship Sketch

For the next set of cartoon characters for the up and coming ‘Pirate Deck’ card game, I have been working on the elements that make up the pirate ship itself. The card game requires a series of five cards that sit in a row to create the pirate ship or ‘deck’ if you will. The […]

Filed Under: Character Design, Games, Pirates

Primary Sidebar

My services…

  • Cartoon Illustration
  • Cartoon Character Design
  • Cartoon Logo Design
  • Custom Comic Strips
  • Mascot design
  • Children’s Book Illustration
  • Brochure and packaging illustration
  • Custom cartoon cards

Blog categories…

Popular pages

  • How to draw cartoon hands
  • How to draw cartoon faces
  • How do you draw cartoon dinosaurs?
  • Dinosaur cartoons
  • Using cartoon characters for business
  • Jurassic June comes to a close
  • How to draw cartoon feet

Footer

Cartoon Jurassic Park characters

Cartoon Jurassic Park Characters

July 11, 2022

Dinosaur mascot characters

November 12, 2021

Follow me…

Quick Links

  • Cartoonist for hire!
  • About me…
  • My cartoons
  • Testimonials
  • FAQ

Copyright © 2023 Nick Gowman. All Images and content are copyright and cannot be reproduced without permission | Privacy | Terms | Cookies

Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimise our website and our service (sadly, none you can eat though)
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}