13 Feb Sketchbook Update
When I'm not busy working on client projects I try to noodle around in a sketchbook. Here's a few recent scribbles. You can also see my latest sketches as they happen by following me on Instagram. ...
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26 Dec Sketchbook Update 12-26-12
Most of my client work is done digitally on my Cintiq, but when it comes to personal sketches every once in a while I go back to my roots and draw on good-old paper. Often I doodle on blank greeting cards. If one of them turns out really well I may mail it out as a special promotional piece, either...
01 Dec I’m On Instagram
A few weeks ago I decided to join the cool kids and get an instagram account. I'm not sure how to share the link outside of the Instagram website (if that's even possible) but all you Instagramers can look me up by my username, "cedrichohnstadt". If you follow my studio on Facebook (www.facebook.com/cedricstudio) you can also see my Instagram activity...
19 Apr Sketchbook Update 4-19-12
To wind down after a busy day of work I started sketching one of my favorite TV characters, Colonel Potter from M*A*S*H. I liked how the sketch was turning out so I started adding in some grayscale washes. Before I knew it I was painting up a detailed value study. Although I still prefer to sketch cartoon characters and children's...
13 Apr Sketchbook Update 4-13-12
Lately I've been experimenting with a new self-promotion idea based on advice from two people: my friend and fellow artist Tim Hodge, and Marcia Hoeck, the consultant I hired last year. I bought some blank greeting cards at the art store and sometimes instead of sketching in my sketchbook I'll doodle something on one of the cards. If it turns...
11 Apr Sketchbook Update: Lee Marvin
Yesterday's warm-up sketch was a pseudo-caricature of the villainous Lee Marvin in the classic western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance". I decided to add some b&w washes and pretty soon I was experimenting with several painting techniques in Photoshop. The result is a bit overworked and contrasty, but if you can't make mistakes in your sketchbook where can you...