Recently I was hired by a client to develop a packaging illustration for a new brand of barbeque sauce called "Trifecta". The illustration will be used on the label of the bottles as well as on t-shirts, posters, and other marketing materials. In horse racing a "trifecta" is the first, second, and third place finish in a race. When it comes...
I've been invited to give two presentations on character design this fall at the Motion '09 animation conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 11-14. It's a real honor. I attended last year's Motion '08 conference and it was one of the most fun and informative conferences I had been to in a while. I attended seminars on TV animation pipelines, character...
Today I actually had time to do a few warm-up sketches: (Artwork is copyright © Cedric Hohnstadt 2009. All rights reserved.)...
Things are really hopping here at the studio. I've recently finished up a packaging illustration and a toy design. I'm currently working on another toy design, three packaging illustrations (each for a different client), character designs for an animated feature film, and soon I may also be designing characters for an episode of another animated series. I've also been invited...
This afternoon I was designing a Bible character for a client project. This sketch was too exaggerated to meet the style the client needed, but I liked how it turned out so I decided to do a full render in Photoshop....
Illustrator Dani Jones has posted a great litlte tutorial with instructions on how to optimize your portfolio website for the iPhone. Her article really got me thinking. As more and more people are surfing the web with their smart phones, it seems innevitable that sooner or later a potential client is going to try viewing my website on a tiny...
