Fat Joe

Character design of Fat Joe from the play “The Long Voyage Home”. To sharpen my skills I took a character design course from award-winning character designer Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. This was my final project.

Skinny Rabbits

Character designs for a self-help book, Chasing Skinny Rabbits, by Dr. John Trent.

Copyright © Strong Families

3-2-1 Penguins!
TV Series

I was a character designer on the animated TV series 3-2-1 Penguins!, an outer space comedy from the creators of VeggieTales. I designed several of the alien characters.

Copyright © Big Idea Productions

Ostriches

Character development for an animated feature film (unproduced).

Client: Unified Pictures

Ice Fishing

Just a fun doodle from my sketchbook.

‘Cars’ Cake Topper

Birthday cake topper concept. Carefully placed pegs cause Guido to stop and perform a “pit stop” spin at each tire.

Copyright © Disney
Client: DecoPac, Inc.

Despicable Me

Figurine cake topper.

Copyright © Universal Studios
Client: DecoPac, Inc.

‘Little Einsteins’ Symphony

Concept for an educational music toy. Place each figurine on the stage and a magnet trigger causes the instrument to play.

Copyright © Disney
Client: Peter Green Design

‘Winnie the Pooh’ Kaleidoscope

Concept for an educational kaleidoscope toy.

Copyright © Disney
Client: Peter Green Design

Fore!…Five!…Six!…

Personal project: An illustration created as part of a retirement gift.

Act II Popcorn Display

Advertising illustration for in-store signage.

Copyright © ConAgra Foods
Client: ConAgra Foods
(via RPM Connect)

Christmas Card

Client: Self-Promotion Piece

Preschool Puzzle Illustrations

A few samples from a series of illustrations to be used on preschool-age puzzles.

Client: Patch Products

Best Buy Marker Comp

Color marker comp for Best Buy pitch to celebrate the opening of Target field for the Minnesota Twins. The concept was to have the Best Buy logo flip over and reveal a playful view of the Minneapolis skyline with a clear emphasis on Target Field.

Client: Olson-Denali Advertising

Marker Comp for “Bags On Board”

I was asked to sketch up a person dressed as the Bags On Board mascot distributing fliers outside a pet store.

Client: The Bramton Company (via Launch Agency)

Walmart Storyboards

Storyboards for a pitch to Walmart.

Client: The Geppetto Group

Treehouse

Illustration for the home page of an interactive children’s website.

Copyright © Great River Energy
Client: Great River Energy

(via Olson-Denali Advertising)

Mascot for Goldfish Swim School

The Goldfish Swim School chain approached me looking for a new mascot for use in company branding and merchandising. Here are a few of the early concept sketches and the final design.

Copyright © Goldfish Swim School

Dancing Bear

A sample from my sketchbook of a happy bear getting his groove on. If you’d like to purchase the rights to use this image please contact me.

Copyright © Cedric Hohnstadt

Coke Zero Event Marketing Pitch

Concept sketch for an “experience marketing” pitch to Coca-Cola to promote Coke Zero.

Client: CPC Intersect

Madagascar 3

Figurine cake topper of Alex from ‘Madagascar 3′.

Copyright © DreamWorks
Client: DecoPac, Inc.

VeggieTales Costume

Costume design for the VeggieTales DVD “God Loves You Very Much”.

Copyright © Big Idea.
All rights reserved.

Snail Projector Toy

Toy design for a snail slide projector.

Copyright © Quois Corporation.
All rights reserved.

FPO Comp Art for Green Giant Event

Concept art used to pitch a promotional event for a new line of Green Giant potato chips.

Client: CPC Intersect

“Cut The Rope” Toy Design

Novelty cake topper for the popular game “Cut The Rope”. Copyright © ZeptoLab UK Ltd. and DecpPac, Inc.

Client: DecoPac, Inc.