Ian Rogers
Product & Experience Design

Illustration & Character Design

Mascots, traditional mediums, Just for Fun, characters animation and conceptual projects.
Featured Project Image
Orange character with purple horns looking into a black, tunnel-like circle over the entire webpage.

Overview

Playful mascots, shady misfits, and character-driven creatures developed for editorial use, concept proposals, animation prototypes, and often just for fun. Visual storytelling across a range of illustrative styles, each chosen to best suit the tone, purpose, and audience of the project—from early narrative development to final production assets. Digital tools included Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects. Traditional materials included oil, ink, colored pencil, and acrylic.
No generative AI shortcuts.

  • Black-Eye Pee-Wee
    Character designs for a series pitched to The Cartoon Network. Concept designs based on discussions with the series producer/creator. Delivered assets were animation ready for easy prototyping. After Effects animation ready.
  • Muppet Portraits
    A personal series of flat-style, long-shadow character portraits featuring iconic Muppets rendered in Illustrator. Each headshot focuses on a single character set against a bright background—simple, direct, and just for fun.
  • The Simon
    Singular character design for an online publication focused on culture commentary. The character was applied to different scenarios and corresponded with site content and ongoing article columns.
  • Covid Critters
    A cartoon-inspired style spin on the imagery that defined the early days of the pandemic. Suitable for editorial, educational, or promotional use.
  • Tommy Tonsil: Germ Squad
    Superhero-style design project making tonsillitis education and childhood respiratory issues more kid-friendly.
  • Mascots, Cartoon Logos, Animation & Concept Designs
    Simple and designs for web content such as banner ads and promotions. Drawing concepts also included a children's health project proposal.

Black Eye Pee Wee

Character designs for a Comedy Central pitch
Peewee Head
Five characters standing in a row
Illustrated lineup of guy lifting weights, shorty in a costume, nerd, grandma and Pee-Wee character concepts.
Five characters standing in a row
Illustrated lineup of little sister waving, guy in sunglasses, grandpa and rollarblader character concepts.

Hat Tricks & Fang Things

A hidden cat and a lot of teeth. Oil on Bristol – 17" x 14" each.
Witch with a cat on her hat
Strange Creature with Teeth

Muppet Portraits

Digital
Kermit
Animal
Piggy
Chef
Dr. Teeth
Gonzo
Sam the Eagle
Scooter
Beeker

The Simon

Character Design Scenerios
Simon reading to kids, Simon firing a canon, Simon on a scale, Simon standing behind globe
Simon character reading, firing a cannon, on a scale and standing infront of a globe
Simon reading from stack of books, Simon on a film reel, Simon and a Peanut tanning on lawnchairs
Simon character reading under a stack of tilting books, thinking on a film reel, sunbathing next to a peanut.
Four smaller square images of Simon
tiny thumbnails: the Simon on a horse, looking at a diamond, eating, in football gear.
Four smaller square images of Simon
tiny thumbnails: the Simon with a mailbag, looking through binoculars, as the Statue of Liberty, reading a top secret document.

Tommy Tonsil: Germ Squad

Concept designs for a children's respiratory health project
Characters standing side by side
Illustrated lineup of bacteria, mucus, superheros and propeller guy character concepts.
Characters standing side by side
Illustrated lineup of scientist, germs, two tonsils that look like dragons character concepts.
Characters standing side by side
Illustrated lineup of evil smoking woman, germs, guy with umbrella, mucus character concepts.
Characters standing side by side
Group lineup of illustrated multicultural superhero characters, each representing a specific sense, developed for a children's respiratory health initiative.

Covid Critters

Virus, Mucus + Bat
Corona virus as a cartoon character
Personified coronavirus illustrated with a humorous tone.
Green mucus monster with mouth open
Cartoon rendering of a mucus creature representing symptoms.
Bat with big eyes looking out with huge wings
Stylized cartoon bat, referencing origin theories of the virus

Nightwatch & Pre-Flight Escape

Pen and ink; Oil on Bristol
Lights on
Detailed pen and ink illustrations created for an interactive experience.
Pig looking up

Savage Slugger

Mascot concepts for a clothing company
Several variations of a baseball player mascot
Illustration set exploring design options for a baseball team mascot.

Mascot Mix

Fashion chic personas, playful critters and oddball creatures
Random assortment of cartoon characters
Cartoon character concepts developed for web animation.

Wool & Wings

Oil + Ink on Bristol - 8.5" x 19"
Sheep in field
Pig flying

Cloudbound & In the Loop

Oil, Colored Pencil + Ink on Bristol - 14" x 17"
Two kids riding in balloons
Two worms

Under the Weather, Float Mode, Stargrazer

From the Nine Lives series; Oil on Bristol
Cat hidding under yellow umbrella
Cat holding onto balloon
Cat siting on moon holding stars

Lift-Off, Tailspin, Hang Time

From the Nine Lives series; Oil on Bristol
Cat holding onto 4 ballons and floating upward
Cat holding onto balloon
Cat on Swing