(Copyright © 2009 by Cedric Hohnstadt. All rights reserved.) Earlier this summer I was hired by PreFurred Pet Care, a small business on the west coast, to help out with an ad campaign. They had seen an old piece from my portfolio depicting a cartoon flea and tick having a picnic on top of a dog's head. They were wondering, could...
Wed.-Fri. of this week (Aug. 26-28) I'll be in San Diego attending the second annual Creative Freelancer Conference. The conference organizers are encouraging attendees to tweet live from the conference using the hashtag #CFConf. I plan to do a bit of tweeting but mostly I'll be furiously taking notes during the presentations. I'm sure other attendees will be tweeting as...
Recently I was nominated by Bob Ostrom for a "Superior Scribbler" award. As far as I can tell its not a real, tangible award. Just a fun way to acknowledge other artists whose work you enjoy. If you are nominated, one of the rules is that you nominate five other artists. Here are my picks (in no particular order). Two of...
I wanted to pass on some sad and tragic news for those of you who are fans of VeggieTales. Longtime Veggie writer/director Tim Hodge has recently been hit with two crushing blows. This past weekend Tim's 17-year old son was in a serious car accident and is currently in a coma. If that weren't bad enough, I'm told that this...
Thanks to Bob Ostrom for nominating me for the Superior Scribbler Award. It's always an honor to be recognized by another artist, and this particular award is a lot of fun. Here are the rules to the award: Each Superior Scribbler must, in turn, pass the Award on to 5 most-deserving Bloggy buds. Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author & the...
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,...
