Archive for August, 2009

Tom April
August 15, 2009

Character art from Poland by the talented Tom April.

justbrq
August 14, 2009

Photo taken by justbrq.

Mountain Guardian
August 13, 2009

Insanely cool character art by IMakeThings.

Camelia
August 12, 2009

Camelia is a freelance illustrator who likes character art. To see more of Camelia’s character art, please visit her website at www.camellie.com.

Juiced and Jazzed
August 12, 2009

Animation, Juiced and Jazzed, was recently created by Justin Weber, a talented young director at MAKE. The short revolves around a young woman named Lulu in the 1920s, who stumbles upon a flask. Lulu’s night on the town is then cut short when the long arm of the law intervenes and her fate becomes bleak. [...]

Ghost Roger
August 11, 2009

Ghost Roger is taken from series by Dan Button of friendly ghosts with horrible pasts. Dan Button is a Hero of Switzerland. More of his work can be found on their website: www.heroofswitzerland.com. Be warned: Some people may find some of the content offensive.

Dokupus Meets Skulloctopus on the Planet Mars
August 11, 2009

“Dokupus Meets Skulloctopus on the Planet Mars / Love at First Sight”
The “Skulloctopus from Outer Space” is a menacing bio-mechanical creature that was created by the on-board computer of a space craft from a
secret 1960’s Soviet manned Mars landing that lost communication just before landing on the red planet. With no way back to Earth [...]

Hyein Lee
August 10, 2009

Hyein is an Engineer turned Illustrator.
She gave up the day job that she came to hate in order to pursue her dream as a happy and successful illustrator.
Hyein completed her Engineering Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Toronto in 2004.
Four years later she went on to complete her Illustration Bachelor’s Degree at Sheridan College in [...]

Américo Neves: Character Art Contest
August 6, 2009

Time for a new contest feature!
Américo Neves has kindly sent 3 packs of 10 character design postcard sized prints to ILikeCharacters.com, taken from his character art exhibition in Macao, China, for this months ILikeCharacters contest!

Américo Neves is a graduate from the Kent Institute of Art and Design (KIAD), now the University for the Creative Arts, [...]

Hairy Meanie
August 6, 2009

Hairy Meanie by Uberkraaft AKA Matt Williams

The Slumberlox
August 6, 2009

The Slumberlox by Meeshle

Monstar
August 5, 2009

Do you remember a childhood game called ‘Consequences’, where you folded some paper and took it in turns to draw a piece of a picture each, finally revealing the final image to reveal an awesome monster or some other bizarre creation?
Anyway, New Sugar Magazine love this game so much that they decided to base a [...]

Daniel Fairbairn
August 5, 2009

Recent graduate Daniel Fairbairn loves to draw characters/people. These are great. Check out more work by Daniel Fairbairn at his site: www.danielfairbairn.com

I Like Characters.com: Character Art Promo Video
August 5, 2009

Thanks to everyone that has so far contributed to what has become a very popular character art blog. It is you, the readers, that make this site what it is, and it is great to see that so many people are passionate for this often overlooked or brushed aside form of [...]

Rick Hill
August 4, 2009

Rick Hill grew up skateboarding in America’s deep south. By day, he is an art director at 22squared, By night, he illustrates in his home studio. And here are just a few of his character illustrations for your viewing pleasure! More of his work can be seen here: www.krop.com/rickhill or here: www.bergerhill.com

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (English Trailer)
August 4, 2009

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a 2008 animated film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Academy Award winner Hayao Miyazaki. It is Miyazaki’s tenth film for Ghibli. The plot centers on a baby fish in the sea named Ponyo who wants to become [...]

Kit Lane Contest Winner
August 4, 2009

Congratulations Kate Hindley! You’ve won Kit Lane’s Jacabob creation: Tibble! Tibble is on his way to you now. Thanks, once again, to all those that entered!! More wonderful creations by Kit Lane are currently available at her Etsy store!

Wendigo
August 3, 2009

On with the characters!

I heart Wendigo. Another one of Jess Bradley’s cool characters!

Kit Lane Contest Ended
August 1, 2009

The Kit Lane Jacabob contest has ended. The winner has just been contacted. We’re just waiting on acceptance from the winner, before I can officially close the contest! Thanks to all those that entered!