Nick Cogan is an Emmy and Annie Award-losing animation director who makes cartoons for world peace and money.

His work has appeared on MTV's 'Wonder Showzen', in several unaired TV pilots, and in many too-often-aired TV commercials.

Drawing
From the Sketchbook (Volume 3)

From the Sketchbook (Volume 3)

I’ve been wanting to post the last of the scans I made from the purple sketchbook, but this has been the first chance in awhile. The wife is sick with a fever – in bed since before I got home at 4 today. Ida and Mae are asleep in their new bunkbed – complete with...
From the Sketchbook (Volume 2)

From the Sketchbook (Volume 2)

Here are some more scans from my purple sketchbook.  I’m starting to get excited about starting a new one – a feeling I haven’t had in awhile. Writing these posts, I’ve decided on the need for two simultaneous sketchbooks: a hardbound book  for “free” drawing; experimental stuff to keep my brain and hand loose and...
From the Sketchbook (Volume 1)

From the Sketchbook (Volume 1)

I haven’t kept a sketchbook consistently for a very long time.  In college, they were like little illuminated pamphlets shared between friends – packed with different styles, trying out new things on every page. The year after I graduated from college, I started a company with friends, started calling myself a “Creative Director” and all...
I like to draw.

I like to draw.

I forget that sometimes.  I’ve been storyboarding a lot this week and it reminds me how gratifying it is to just sit and draw.  Especially when you’re drawing wide-eyed cartoon characters with crazy expressions.  It’s redeeming to be able and work something out like that – making an image all by yourself with your hands. ...