19 Nov ‘Slinky Headz’ Toy Designs for Alex Brands
'Slinky Headz' toy concept art by Cedric Hohnstadt for Alex Brands....
Comp Art & FPO
30 Dec 2016 Highlights and Accomplishments
Posted at 17:43h
in Character Design, Comp Art & FPO, Illustration, Sketchbook Silliness, Toy Design, Uncategorized
2016 was another jam-packed year for my illustration studio. I’m deeply grateful to have such a fun job where I get to work on so many exciting projects with so many amazing people. Here’s a few highlights from our most recent trip around the sun. (I'll warn you there are a lot of projects I can't reveal yet but I've linked...
23 Jul Throwback Thursday: Target FPO Maker Comps
Here's another never-before-seen piece from my files. Way back in 2010 I was hired by the award-winning Minneapolis agency KNOCK to help them sketch up some FPO marker comps for Target. Target needed some endcap signage with a wine-and-cheese theme and KNOCK was pitching them some concepts. If my memory is correct they sent me some rough thumbnails along with some specific...
10 Mar Coca-Cola FPO Comp Art
Recently I was hired by the local marketing agency CPC Intersect to work up some FPO comp art sketches for a presentation to Coca-Cola. The idea was to show possible designs for some fun interactive displays. The one pictured above illustrates a booth that uses an iPad system to dispense ice cold Coke bottles through a pneumatic tube, complete with dry...
10 Mar Comp Art for Best Buy
Last summer I was hired to work up some rough FPO comp art ideas for a Christmas catalog for Best Buy. The focus was on home appliances (vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, etc.) Here's a few of the sketches, done under the art direction of Randall Herrera at Olson in Mineapolis. The empty/ghosted areas were for text to be added. ...
27 Feb Updated PDF Portfolios. Get ‘Em While They’re Hot!
It's been over a year since I last refreshed my PDF Portfolios. Since I just posted a brand spankin' new logo, I thought it would be a good time to update them as well. The new portfolios come in four flavors: Character Design, Toy Design, Illustration, and FPO/Comp Art. Click the links to download or grab them off my Downloads...