24 Oct Haunted Mansion for Kid Stuff Marketing
Haunted mansion "flashlight find" toy illustrated by Cedric Hohnstadt for Kid Stuff Marketing....
Toy Design
28 Aug Weegos Packaging Illustrations
New blog post: Packaging illustrations of Weegos characters for Alley Oop Toys....
28 Aug Plush Hoodies
New blog post: Concept sketches and turnaround for plush animals that unzip to become hoodies....
11 Sep NBA Mascot Toys
Earlier this year I was hired to help pitch an idea for a set of very small toys (about one inch high) based on NBA mascots. My job was to design tiny busts of each basketball mascot in a unified visual style. I don't follow sports much but I do love mascots, so this was a ton of fun! Because of...
29 Aug Style Exploration for Disney Figurines
A toy licensing company asked me to help them explore ideas for a line of Disney figurines. They wanted the characters to be recognizable but at the same time stylistically unique, almost as if the characters all belonged in the same world. It sounded like a fun challenge. I started by noodling around just to see what might work and what...
28 Aug Plush Tortoises
Last year I was hired by a toy entrepreneur who had a vision to create plush tortoises that would be appealing but also scientifically accurate. He wanted toys that would help children learn to distinguish between breeds as well as explore various differences in body, pattern, and texture. The challenge was to create something that was cute and cuddly but...