(Copyright © 2009 by Cedric Hohnstadt. All rights reserved.) Earlier this summer I was hired by PreFurred Pet Care, a small business on the west coast, to help out with an ad campaign. They had seen an old piece from my portfolio depicting a cartoon flea and tick having a picnic on top of a dog's head. They were wondering, could...
Recently I was hired by a client to develop a packaging illustration for a new brand of barbeque sauce called "Trifecta". The illustration will be used on the label of the bottles as well as on t-shirts, posters, and other marketing materials. In horse racing a "trifecta" is the first, second, and third place finish in a race. When it comes...
Along with posting new work on my website and on this here blog, I also make samples of my work available as a free PDF download for clients to print and keep on file. The last time I updated the PDF was in January 2008. A lot has changed since then and an update was long overdue. Instead of one portfolio...
(Artwork by Bob Ostrom. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved.) Long-time illustrator Bob Ostrom has recently posted an excellent tutorial describing how he does his work. While you're at it, don't forget to browse his portfolio and blog as well. Great stuff!...
Here's one more project I did for DecoPac. It's part of a series of jungle animal cake toys that were ultimately never produced. The lion's tail was meant to act like a lever which, when pushed, would cause his mouth to open and emit a "roar" noise from a tiny speaker. I was asked to make the elephant sit on the cake...
Here's yet another toy design I worked on for novelty cake supplier DecoPac. It's a cake tie-in for the DreamWorks movie Monsters vs. Aliens. It's a little hard to tell from the photo but it's a figurine of the Insecto character and two plastic finger rings featuring the characters B.O.B and Missing Link. The background is a concept painting from the movie...
