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17 Dec

Posted at 00:00h in Illustration

[caption id="attachment_2031" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Artwork copyright © Cedric Hohnstadt Illustration. All rights reserved."][/caption] Here's another Christmas illustration I've been working on as part of a self-promotion campaign. It's really fun to be able to noodle something up just for me without any restrictions based on client's needs. One of my all-time favorite stories is Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Recently I've been getting...

15 Dec

Posted at 21:32h in Illustration

This afternoon I finished up my 2009 Christmas card. The files have been uploaded and I should have them back from the printer later this week. Warm Christmas wishes to all you blog readers!...

07 Dec

Posted at 13:17h in Art & Business, Character Design, Illustration

The Christmas shopping season is in full swing. If you are an artist, or you are shopping for someone who is, I invite you to take a look at the "Recommended Resources" list I've compiled on Amazon.com. It's a few of the very best books, DVDs, and other resources I've found on topics such as art, illustration, animation, character design,...

30 Nov

Posted at 00:00h in Illustration

Recently I was hired by Launch, an ad agency in the Dallas area, to create some artwork for a new packaging project. They were developing a new logo and packaging for "Bags On Board", line of pet waste disposal products. They came to me with some concepts already fleshed out and hired me to do the final packaging illustration across...

24 Nov

Posted at 18:16h in Uncategorized
This past weekend I attended the first annual CTN Animation Expo in Burbank. What a fantastic weekend! Hundreds of animation artists descended on the Burbank Marriott for three days of workshops, seminars, networking, and hanging out. There were dozens of artists exhibiting their work and some top people in the biz giving incredible lectures and interviews. Here's a quick rundown of some of the many highlights Throughout the Expo several top artists were stationed out in the lobby doing live demos. Here Tony Bancroft (former Disney animator and director of Mulan) does a demo animation of Pumbaa from The Lion King. An overhead camera projected his work on large monitors.