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...
More iPhone pics from my sketchbook: All artwork copyright © Cedric Hohnstadt. All rights reserved. ...
It's been a while so I thought I'd post some noodles and doodles from my sketchbook. I don't have a scanner with me at the moment so I thought I'd try snapping pics of the sketches with my spanky new iPhone 3GS. The results aren't as good as a scanner would have done but after adjusting the levels in Photoshop...
When it rains it pours! For the last couple of weeks I've been juggling several client projects at various stages of completion. I've recently finished a marker comp, an illustration for a print ad, and some storyboards for a TV commercial pitch. I'm currently working on a toy design, packaging illustrations for three different clients, and character designs for two...
A mascot can be powerful. If you run a small business, work at an ad agency, or design product packaging, I would encourage you to think about the benefits of having a mascot to represent the product or service you are selling. A while back I wrote a post summarizing some of the benefits a mascot brings. That post has recently...
