As a freelance illustrator I'm often hired by ad agencies and marketing firms to create "comp art" or "marker comps", which are fast, rough sketches used to pitch an idea to a client. They can be black-and-white or color, depending on the deadline and budget, but they are a lot of fun to do. Because clients are very protective of...
Several times a year I am called on by local ad agencies to do marker comps. "Marker comp" is an industry term leftover from the days before computers. Back then if an agency wanted to pitch an idea to a client they would sometimes bring in an illustrator, plop him in front of a drawing board stacked with paper and...
I was digging through some old artwork and found some alien concept sketches I did way back in 2006. These were some "villain" designs from an educational project for kids that was to take place in outer space. As far as I know things never went much further than this before the project came to a stand still, for reasons...
[caption id="attachment_2031" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Artwork copyright © Cedric Hohnstadt Illustration. All rights reserved."][/caption] Here's another Christmas illustration I've been working on as part of a self-promotion campaign. It's really fun to be able to noodle something up just for me without any restrictions based on client's needs. One of my all-time favorite stories is Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Recently I've been getting...
This afternoon I finished up my 2009 Christmas card. The files have been uploaded and I should have them back from the printer later this week. Warm Christmas wishes to all you blog readers!...
The Christmas shopping season is in full swing. If you are an artist, or you are shopping for someone who is, I invite you to take a look at the "Recommended Resources" list I've compiled on Amazon.com. It's a few of the very best books, DVDs, and other resources I've found on topics such as art, illustration, animation, character design,...
