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		<title>Cartoon Elephant Mascot, Mr.Bucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the funnest experiences we&#8217;ve had in recent time was the mascot design for Mr.Bucks.  I mean, take a look at this guy. He&#8217;s got style, cool, pizzaz and cash dripping offa him.  The client wanted to make sure that Mr.Bucks was anything but your average cartoon elephant.  They key words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to hire a character illustrator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a website, comic or any of a hundred other reasons for needing a character illustrator.  You will need to know how to find and hire one.
First of all you will need to establish in your own mind exactly what it is you need from the character you need designed.  Is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/how-to-hire-a-character-illustrator/</link>
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		<title>Traits of a great character design illustrator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article will be of interest to anyone considering hiring a character design illustrator, or becoming one themselves.  Regardless of which path you are on, identifying the traits of a great character design illustrator will be of great interest to you.  First we must really look at the purpose behind a character design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/traits-of-a-great-character-design-illustrator/</link>
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		<title>Racoon Mascot Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James got in touch with us for a new mascot design.  Conceptually called &#8220;Rocky&#8221; he wanted an upright, bipedal Raccoon that was confident and happy and strapped with gear such as a climbing harness and a helmet.  Here are some of the concept sketches the team came up with.  
Rocky had to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/racoon-mascot-design/</link>
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		<title>Cartoon Mascot: Why Even Bother?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting a cartoon mascot is an additional expense for any organization.  So why even bother with it &#8230; I mean, is it worth the time and money getting your own cartoon mascot?  Well it&#8217;ll come as no surprised that we tend to vouch for cartoon mascots all the way but we&#8217;ll try to put our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Most Famous Cartoon Characters &amp; Mascots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Could you name fifty famous cartoon characters off the top of your head?  I didn&#8217;t think I could &#8230; until I got started.  I&#8217;d wager if you are over 30 years old, you would recognize and know every single one of these characters. For real, every single one.  In writing this post I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/50-most-famous-cartoon-characters-mascots/</link>
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		<title>Marge Simpson to pose for Playboy cover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent press release, one of the world&#8217;s most recognizable female cartoon characters is about to set a first, so some  will have us believe.  Marge Simpson, wife and mother of America&#8217;s favorite dysfunctional family is going to pose for the November issue of Playboy magazine.

Marge is being reported as &#8220;the first cartoon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/marge-simpson-to-pose-for-playboy-cover/</link>
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		<title>Cochlear Bionic Ear Cartoon Character</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Graham Mulvein at Cochlear UK got in touch with us wanting a new character to help communicate what can be somewhat dry information about their technology.  For those of you who are unaware, Cochlear makes incredible ear implants that, well &#8230; here&#8217;s what wikipedia as to say about the cochlear implant:
A cochlear implant (CI) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/cochlear-bionic-ear-cartoon-character/</link>
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		<title>Cartoon Lemming Character &#8211; Follow Thing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were contacted by Mathew Ogston at FollowThing.com in order to create a cartoon character to use as a mascot for their upcoming project.  This character was an interesting challenge due to the inherent traits which Mathew wanted embodied in his &#8230; Thing!
Part of the Character Plan (or creative brief) included:
&#8220;Character is a Lemming, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fastcharacters.com/cartoon-lemming-character-follow-thing/</link>
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		<title>Cartoon Fox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Foxes can run the whole spectrum of emotions; from aggressive to adorable.  This cartoon fox is one we created to be friendly and approachable.  We think the end result is an very cool character that looks like he would be fun to hang with &#8230; and maybe even learn something from!  
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