Illustration Tag

13 Feb

Posted at 00:00h in Art & Business

I've been cleaning out my files and I came across a handout from a presentation I gave to some art students about seven years ago. It's pretty basic stuff aimed primarily at beginners, but I've got blog readers at all levels from students to seasoned professionals so I'm sure some of you will find this helpful. Here's what I wrote: 1....

04 Feb

Posted at 00:00h in Character Design, Illustration

On Saturday morning NBC aired another brand-new episode of 3-2-1 Penguins! for which I had done some concept work. This epsiode was directed by Rob Corley over at FunnyPages Productions (check out their blog). The character art needed for this episode was pretty light and straight-forward. The only new characters were a race of tiny ear-people who spoke in Munchkin-like jibberish....

31 Jan

Posted at 00:00h in Art & Business
I originally posted this on my blog back in August. However, my blog traffic has increased five-fold since then and I'm guessing most of you haven't seen it. So, an encore... For a freelancer, a website is an essential marketing tool. It proudly displays your work to potential clients 24/7. It trumpets your accomplishments to art directors all over the world. Most will not even consider hiring you if you don't have a website. But not all websites are created equal. There are some little extra touches that can go a long way in making sure your website pushes you up on the hiring list. Some of these tips I've just recently learned myself. I'm planning to completely redo my website to take full advantage of them. Put your contact info at the top. Make sure your email and phone number appear on your header, so that they are readily visible on every page. It's not that uncommon for an art director to print out samples from two or three artists to show to the boss and/or the hiring committee for a project. If they are having a tough time deciding which artist to call, having your contact info at the top of the page might push you over the edge, especially if the art director is busy and doesn't want to take time to look up the contact info for the other artists.

28 Jan

Posted at 00:00h in Illustration, Just for Fun

Copyright © Cedric Hohnstadt. All rights reserved. I would have posted this on Friday but I wanted Ask Mr. Artist Guy to be front-and-center all weekend. A big "thank you" to everyone who's submitted questions so far. Illustration Friday is a fun website for artists. Each week a topic is posted, and any artist who wants to (regardless of skill level)...