Have you ever thought of using a mascot or fun characters to create a personality for
your business or bring your marketing materials to life? A cartoon or illustration can
go a long way toward making your business memorable amidst your competition.
Younique Creation prices vary with the scope of work. You can have your
very own, one-off mascot design in full colour for $400. The applications
for cartooning are endless, I have illustrated for children’s and personal
development books, promotional T-Shirts, sign writing and more!
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Ryan
McDonald-Smith
Business: The Computer Whisperer
Details: The Computer Whisperer wanted something to
distinguish themselves from their competition. The IT industry
is highly competitive and usually had a boring image. We
played on the name horse whisperer pun and came up with C.W
here. The owner is a fan of Bender from Futurama and wanted
a similar robot with a data cable for a whip, CDs for spurs,
pliers for a gun and 10 Gallon hat leaning on a server tower.
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Business: Basman Returns
Details: Basman Returns is an accounting firm with a
difference. They wanted something fun that would set them
apart from the dull and boring image of the accounting
industry. They were already using a generic super hero
character from the internet but wanted something more unique.
Behold the amazing Basman, able to leap piles of receipts and
lodge your BAS in a single bound!
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Business: Talk Graphics
Details: This was a competition submission for an online forum
about graphic design. A place where graphic designs talk
about... graphic design. The water cooler is a cliché for office
chat and gossip. I ran with that idea and interoperated the
eraser and pencil to represent graphic designers.
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Business: Business Networking Book
Details: These are a collection of small black and white
illustrations I did for a book on business networking. The client
wanted a simple cartoons to go with each topic in the book
(there were 20 in total for this project)
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Business: Farmers markets T-Shirt
Details: This design was for a promotional T-Shirt for a
farmer’s market in America. The operator of the market worked
closely with a brother who had not long died from cancer. The
brother was a big fan of baseball and the operator of the
markets also wanted something to honour his memory.
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Business: Be a Hero
Details: Be a Hero are an Australian charity that help build
self-sustaining community projects in 3rd World countries. Their
name is a shortened version of their theme which is that every
body can be a hero to someone - by donating, you are saving
someone from poverty. We ran with the idea of everyday people
being heroes. These three illustrations create the average
family dressed as heroes.
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Business: JRL Stud (Cat N A Hat) view website
Details: JRL Stud wanted a logo to represent their Stud Horse
Cat N A Hat. We ran with the concept of the Cat in the Hat
Storybook by Dr. Seuss... but different (for legal reasons).
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Business: The Copier Doctor view website
Details: These were some illustrations I did to go with the
website I designed for The Copier Doctor... a cute character to
put a face to the name. The doctor illustration is a caricature of
owner/operator and people recognise him from his cartoon
alter-ego.
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