Character Design

02 Feb

Posted at 12:04h in Character Design

Last year I designed a monkey puppet to join the cast of characters on JellyTelly.com, a multimedia website venture from Focus on the Family and VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer. There's lots of terrific educational video content on the site and several of the characters have also crossed over into the DVD series What's In The Bible? The new JellyTelly site is...

06 Jan

Posted at 12:59h in Character Design, Illustration, Just for Fun

There's a lengthy slide show over at NBCNewYork.com showing aging rock stars "then and now". It's a fascinating study in how the human face ages over time (years of drug use not withstanding). Great reference material for artists. (Note: You may have to view a short ad before getting to the slide show.)...

14 Dec

Posted at 10:59h in Art & Business, Character Design, Illustration, Just for Fun

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...

14 Dec

Posted at 10:19h in Character Design

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...

26 Aug

Posted at 15:40h in Character Design, Illustration

There's a new meme for artists floating around the internet called an "Influence Map". It was started by Boston artist Matt Laskowski over on DeviantArt.com. Here's how it works: you download a template that contains a grid of white squares. Then you paste in samples of artwork from other artists who have inspired and influenced you over the years. The...