I'll be in San Diego Wed.-Fri. (Aug. 26-28) for the second annual Creative Freelancer Conference (sponsored by HOW Magazine and Marketing Mentor). I attended last year's conference and got a lot out of it. Even though I've been freelancing for well over a decade I picked up quite a few tips and tricks for how to run my business better,...
For the last several years I've enjoyed being a member of the National Cartoonists Society. Our chapter (the North Central Chapter) covers several midwestern states but we manage to get together three or four times a year and I always have a great time. I spend so much time alone in my freelancing cave that I relish any opportunity to...
Just a crazy random thought...
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.)...
