If you're looking for any last-minute Christmas ideas you might want to browse through my Amazon.com store, Cedric Hohnstadt Recommends. It's a collection of books, DVDs, and other resources related to art, animation, and freelancing. Each item is something I have personally owned, used, and found to be especially helpful and/or inspirational. Full disclosure: If you order any of the items...
I forgot to mention that you can view videos of a few of the seminars from last year's Animation Expo on the official website. There are about twenty clips to watch and they only represent a small portion of what was available to attendees. You can also find a few more videos on Vimeo.com (just serach for "CTN Animation Expo")....
This is long overdue but now that work has slowed down a bit I can finally get back to regular blogging. Last month I attended the 2nd Annual CTN Animation Expo in Burbank. Once again it was a smashing success. Hundreds of animation artists converged in the Burbank Marriott to immerse themselves in everything animation. There were dozens of workshops and...
In a little over a week I'll be flying to Burbank for the 2nd annual Animation Expo sponsored by the Creative Talent Network. I Can't wait! I attended last year and had a blast (that's a photo I took of Don Hahn introducing a screening of his documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty). The organizers really did a great job putting together...
Are You A Good Person?, an animated short film I produced for Living Waters featuring the voice of Kirk Cameron, went live on YouTube less than four months ago and has already racked up over 130,00 views. People are asking if they can purchase DVDs of the film for use in churches, Sunday schools, etc. Foreign language versions with subtitles...
My regular blog readers (all three of you) may have noticed a lack of new client work being posted over the last few months. It's not because there is none. Quite to the contrary, I've had a steady run of projects cross my desk. One client in particular has kept me very busy doing packaging illustration as well as toy concepts...
