What is the big deal with Toons?
 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking them and some of them are works of art. I would love to be able to create them myself, may even check out some tutorials, but what is it about them that gets nearly every man, woman and their budgerigar wanting them?

Opinions/comments?

toons are very good for branding

I second that.

a mascot can make or break a website...

checkout eatmyshorts.com for an example :winkwink:

without that mascot and the unique domain name, it would be just like every other comedy site out there

whats a budgerigar??

woh!... i didnt even know toons could do that! :o

Toons are great :)

I would say that.

Come order some :)

Check out our portfolio in our link :D

or just get 'em for free.. (sig)

there's nothing better than seeing yourself done as a cartoon. it's cool.

Twisted Illustration makes great fucking toons! They are perfect for nearly any web-based application imo. :thumbsup

That said, I dunno why toons are so in, they just are. I think they have a chance to greatly improve any page though and often have the ability to make or break the design.

Thanks man ... free or cheap is fine if you don't want triple A :P But quality counts ;)

:D

They are amazing for branding.

http://www.battsworld.net/mytoon.jpg

Thanks to Bluewire.

Toons always turns me on :winkwink:

Toons are great for logos.
You also don't need any 2257 docs for naked toons...... Yet

3D toon work for sites or fillers

Like i said on my website, toons put "umph" and "wow" on your sites :)

Toons spicen up the sites. Plus it's gives your site some trademark and easier to remember.

Yeah its an easy way to get a brand :)

i use toons the same way big tobacco uses joe camel and cherry, berry, peach, vanilla, and apple flavored chewing tobacco... to get the kids today to be customers of the future...

does that staement shock you?

well it should, but the govt doesnt do anything to curb this behaviour when it comes to large corporations, so why cant i do the same...

- Its easier remembering a toon as a mascot rather than another photo. If related to the site's name, the toon will add more recall value to the site (the hun, elephantlist, etc). The site will appear different to the last few hundred sites the surfer has visited.
- Children like toons so they can secretly buy memberships using their parents cards.

its not like every comedy site out there, cause unlike your site others have traffic.

I don't agree with you on this, man. IMO theres also a lot of "premium" illustrators out there, delivering way overpriced crap that i really wouldn't call triple A.

toons are a great look into imagination

toon is like identify of the sites

Actualy i saw one movie with same speed.

I didn't necessarily say that you always get quality when you pay a lot ...

We're actually not anywhere near the highest prices in the industry... but we pride ourselves on the effort and time and quality that goes into our stuff. We don't think anyone else does the quality we do, at the price we do (or less).

:)

Nice stuff!

that rocks! - :thumbsup

hey ...everybody is entitled to their own opinions:) make money not war

Totally, they do awesome work. I just contacted them to hopefully get one done.

traffic will come once the script is recoded, 2 months max now, then its going to explode :thumbsup

toons are for the kids

Toons are cool, but I'm bored of seeing paintover toons..

Like a Dell? ;)

toons rock

Cheers for the replies, I can see the logic in the branding possibilities, in fact it has given me an idea for a niche mainstream project of my own, anybody here anygood at lizards, e.g. Iguanas?

Some nice work out there too.

paintover?

We can definitely help you out ... if you like our style of drawing and finish...

www.twistedillustration.com

ICQ me if you wanna chat :)