New Character Design Blog

http://johnkdesign.blogspot.com/Hey folksI am putting together a new blog site just for my design work - mostly from commercials and short spots.That image above is a layout from Rex Hackelberg's fancy designs.Take a gander if you are interested...

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Hawaiian Punch

This is some nice looking stylish and cartoony stuff. I wonder who designed and animated it.

Incidental Character Designs By Post

As has been pointed out and acknowledged, Warren Kremer created the Harvey comics house style that the other cartoonists followed. This makes it a bit hard to tell the different artists apart. All the main characters are basically the same design. Little Audrey is Casper with ears and clothes and hair. One way to tell the different artists apart is to look at the incidental characters in the

Design Quirks: Contrasting Leg Theories

Many Harvey kids have "stubbies" like Canadian beer bottles.Ketcham's kids tend to have bell-bottom legs.The basic forms that make up both Harvey and Ketcham kids are very similar. They have the same stock cartoon kid head construction.The 2 styles have some minor -but recognizable general differences - like the legs.Then each individual character has some specific accessory design element and