This is probably old news to some of you, but Snickers has been doing a really fun online campaign. Every day their website has a goofy interactive Flash animation that you can play. They’re sometimes bizarre but always entertaining. There’s a new one every day.
To view today’s snickery goodness, go to snickerssatisfies.com.
The last week or so I’ve been living in strange new territory: Babyland!
Last weekend my wife went to a baby shower. Two days later (Easter Sunday) we found out she is pregnant with our first child. The next day we went “window shopping” for baby stuff. The day after that we got a call that my wife’s sister had given birth prematurely, so we drove down to Chicago to spend a few days with them (they’re doing fine). We got back yesterday, and I spent the evening putting together a DVD of a baby shower for another of my wife’s friends who is a missionary on the other side of the world. Talk about baby overload. But I’m sure it’s nothing compared to how things will change once our child is born. I can’t wait.
For an “aw shucks” moment, here’s a pic of our new niece, Lauren:
When I’m not doing baby stuff I’m working on some client projects I can’t talk about yet. But I did find time in Chicago to do a little sketching (from a google photo search). I felt pretty rusty, but here’s a few of those sketches:
Apparently the Stork now works for the Easter Bunny. This Easter morning, just for fun, my lovely wife took a pregnancy test…and it was positive! Woo hoo! We couldn’t believe it. How crazy is it that we found out on the day when Christians celebrate new birth?
Not only that, but if we figure correctly the due date will be just a couple of days before Christmas. Looks like this year I’ll be giving out cigars for stocking stuffers.
Get ready, world. There’s another Hohnstadt on the way!
I recently completed this poster for a Vacation Bible School publisher. 
I’ve been a member of DrawerGeeks for several months now and I love it, but lately I’ve really been struggling to find the time to contribute any decent drawings. This week’s theme is “Childhood Nightmares”–kind of a dark topic this time. When I was wee tike we used to go to my Grandma’s house every year to watch the Wizard of Oz on TV, and the Witch always scared me silly. So that inspired this sketch. 
I’ve nearly completed my most recent Flash animation (still needs a little tweaking). It’s a client project called “The Dentist Survival Kit” and was designed as a goofy way to promote Way of the Master Radio, a nationally-syndicated Christian talk show. Click on the above image to watch the animation and let me know what you think. The promotion won’t be going live for a couple of weeks yet, but when it does the kits will be for sale for real. Also, at the end of the animation is a link to the Way of the Master Radio website/podcast. Give it a listen, it’s a good show.
I’m still making final tweaks, so feel free to post a comment (or constructive criticism) and let me know what you think.
