Mark Hoffmann

@studiohoffmann.bsky.social

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Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor 🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle every Thurs on Insta 📘 BOOGY & TEE and TWINKLE & HEW: 9.1.26 🚫 No AI Art https://linktr.ee/studiohoffmann

Image of a man with a professor’s cap with tassel, looking down at the text: “PROFESSOR BUTS SAYS YOU CAN MAKE A CAREER OUT OF ILLUSTRATION” (An arrow directs the reader to the next image)
Collage and paint illustration in yellows and pinks. A city of cute, stylized mice. One is walking several little bugs instead of dogs, and waving to someone in a building.
A stack of PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY picture books pans up. Sitting on top is a cute piggy bank wearing a red cape that is blowing in the wind in slow motion.
Painted illustration of a little mouse wearing glasses, I sleep on a slice of bread, under a slice of cheese. It’s using a slice of tomato as a pillow. Behind it are mayo and mustard container.
Collage and paint illustration of a blue-green cat on a yellow background. It has a happy face looking downwards, with 4 paws sticking up, each holding a fish. A speech bubble says “4”.
Me trying to work in my studio, and my son and wife keep interrupting. Text says: Artists, can you relate? Part 1: Studio Distractions
A series of images from PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY by Kimberly Wilson and Mark Hoffmann, with voiceover captions
Collage and paint illustration in browns and yellows, of a relay race: a runner comes in from the left with a baton held out to a runner in front of them. A collage baton goes across the top of the illustration, with the word “mentorships”. Below that is the text “spaces available”
Collage and paint illustration of a boy riding on a bird in a night sky. The boy wears a yellow crown, red striped shirt, and black and white striped pants with suspenders. The bird has a lavender body and colorful wings with yellows, and pinks. Below them are a castle, and a stylized river with tiny sailboats,
Collage and paint illustration of a girl walking through a garden of huge sunflowers and worms sticking up out of the ground. She is carrying a worm and a jar with worms in it
Collage and paint illustration of Alfred Bulltop Stormalong. A giant man in a purple jacket and tricorner hat, and yellow and black striped pants, stands on a sailboat. He’s holding smaller sailboats in his hands and putting them on the deck of the larger boat.
An image combining 4 illustrations. In the center are the words Mark Hoffmann, author & illustrator, studiohoffmann.com.: The four cute illustrations (made with collage and paint) are: a monkey holding a beetle; a little bear playing a video game; a girl hanging upside down at a playground, reading a book; a pig construction worker who has just mistakenly broken through a sewer pipe
Collage and paint illustration of a construction site. A cute little pig is driving a digger that has broken through a sewer pipe. Brown liquid is spraying everywhere.
Process of painting a coaster with an image of a rabbit at a fast food restaurant, holding a mop. Text says Nucleus Portland Coaster Art show, June 8-July 3 In person or NucleusPortland.com
Process of creating a cute collage and paint piece of an archer on a castle turret, fighting off a dragon
Process of creating a collage and paint illustration of a jazz band of 3 crocodiles and a white rat
Process of creating an illustration of a jazz band: 3 crocodiles and a little while rat
The process of painting on a coaster, a brown dog who is a fry cook, with long hair in a ponytail and stubble. Text says:”Paint a fry cook with me!” Text at the end says: “Nucleus Portland Coaster art show June 8-July 3 In person & NucleusPortland.com”
Stop motion, animation of coaster art pieces with a fast-food theme
Painting on a coaster: a duck with lipstick and wavy hair, hands, a fast food bag across a counter, with a receipt stapled to it
Scene from the picture book POOP. A raccoon and 3 chicks in clothes stand to the left. One chick is sitting on a paper airplane doing loops in the air. A mouse says “NOPE. LOOP.”
Painted illustration of a cute character in yellow overalls and tiny blue baseball cap, watering a giant orange tulip in a pot. There’s a cute bee sitting on top of the tulip.
Footage from a live “Gab ‘n’ Doodle” between Mark Hoffmann and Anna Süßbauer, showing them making art while they talk. Anna has drawn a big, cute orange fish carácter with mouth and eyes high up on its head, with a curly puff of green hair. Towards the end, a more realistic purple fish swims over the screen and looks angrily toward the viewer
Collage and paint illustration in purples and greens, of Jabba the Hutt and Salacious B Crumb in Jabba’s palace. Jabba is holding a little frog creature up to his mouth
Collage and paint illustration of a happy, brown dog, running from left to right. It wears a pink bandanna and its long ears are flowing behind it. Text at the bottom says: Mark Hoffmann author & illustrator Studiohoffmann.com
Collage and paint illustration of a wonky, old fashioned mansion, with the Easter Bunny looking out the door and holding an egg. Eggs are spilling out the door.
Painted illustration of a girl with pigtails, a yellow T-shirt and boots, blue overalls, gardening gloves, and huge yellow glasses. She is looking at a seedling with a magnifying glass.
Text at the beginning says “it’s somebody’s third birthday!!” Then, a series of illustrators gives their well wishes
Collage and paint illustration in yellows and pinks: a young elephant in overalls and a baseball cap sits on the floor, happily holding his library card. He is surrounded by books.
Collage and paint illustration: 2 people in hazmat suits reach toward a grandma wearing cataract sunglasses. There’s caution tape around her and fart clouds heading toward a leg of someone who’s running off-screen Beneath is the poem: Stand Next to Grandma By Mark Hoffmann Stand next to grandma -If you think it’ll smell Stand next to grandma - No one can even tell
 Stand next to grandma - Feel free to blast away Stand next to grandma - She can’t hear it anyway Stand next to grandma - I’m sure we’ll all concur (Stand next to grandma) - That it came from her!
Collage and paint illustration with a lot of painterly texture, in yellows, greens, and reds: two cute mice wearing shirts are stealing cherries from an open can, and running off with them
Collage and paint illustration in pastel blues, pinks and yellows. A huge, bearded man in yellow and black, striped pants rescues ships in a hurricane, putting them on the deck of his huge ship.
Collage and paint illustration of the three main robots from Mystery Science Theater 3000. A text bubble coming from them says “Robot Roll Call!”
Collage and paint illustration of a frog singing, on a stage in front of an audience. He is wearing a tuxedo and has a pompadour. One hand is a little fly in a dress, with a beehive hairdo. there are hearts in between them.
Collage and paint illustration of the rhyme: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick An orange cat wearing Elizabethan clothing jumps a candlestick surrounded by three gray mice
Collage and paint illustration of a little house among trees. There is a rainbow winding through the trees and ending at the house. There are piles of gold coins, spilling out of all the windows.
Collage and paint illustration of a hot dog magician on a stage, wearing a tuxedo and top hat. He’s holding multicolored scarves above his head Around the illustration are the art materials, including paints, colored pencils, POSCA markers, scissors and glue stick
Collage and paint illustration: An iceberg is wearing a T-shirt that says I ❤️ HUGS. It has a sad face looking at a ship that is cracked in half and sinking to the bottom of the ocean. The ocean floor is covered with broken ships.
A series of shots of me painting on an illustration and drinking tea. You can see my tea mug on my desk next to my paint water. Without looking, I reach my hand toward my water. We don’t see which place the paintbrush goes. Then I take a sip of my tea and spit it back out, it comes out green.
Collage and paint illustration in yellows, purples, and pinks. Six cute dog faces are shown, with a larger dog face at the top and an arch shape overall. The words “found family” appear at the bottom with a heart over the I.
Painted illustration of a pink alien spacecraft shaped like a heart with 2 aliens in it, standing in a field of sheep. A cute alien is carrying a sheep toward the entrance of the spacecraft
Collage and paint illustration of a sleepy groundhog with his head up out of the ground. There’s a squirrel with a devilish grin pointing a flashlight down over the groundhog’s shoulder
Collage and paint illustration of an old timey saloon with a rabbit behind the bar and rabbit patrons. A large, suspicious-looking snake is at the bar, with a bottle of "Fixer Elixir". Outside we can see a wagon with a sign saying: "Dr. Squeeze-em's Fixer Elixir"
Collage and paint illustration of a burger with a juicy butt and a little pickle saying “Feast your eyes on those TOASTY BUNS!”
A selection of 4 illustrations by Mark Hoffmann, made in collage and paint: A dragon in a dungeon under a castle An underground cutaway with 8 moles, and the text “8 moles” A slug looking into a bathroom mirror and imagining itself a champion with a medal 2 dogs fighting, with the text “Bark bark bark bark” Text says: “Mark Hoffmann, studiohoffmann.com”
Collage and paint illustration of a cute brown rabbit knitting a scarf in yellows and oranges. The scarf is so long that wraps around and fills the page. Text says “The scarf was nearly complete, and yet, more yarn would be needed!
Collage and paint illustration in pinks and yellows: a cool and cute jazz quartet of crocodiles with a little white rat on drums Text says: “DRAW THIS IN YOUR STYLE YOU COULD WIN A SIGNED BOOK! #crocband_dtiys “
Collage and paint illustration in pinks and yellows: a cool and cute jazz quartet of crocodiles with a little white rat on drums Beneath the image is the text: Mark Hoffmann author and illustrator, studiohoffmann.com
Collage and paint illustration of a cute monk making pretzels from dough. Another monk is seen in the background at a brick oven.
Paint and collage “Created with human intelligence” badge, showing a man’s head open at the top, with cute peanuts inside. Bursts say “50% peanut brain” and “& 50% toots”
Collage and paint illustration of the main 3 puppets from MST3K, with a speech bubble of them all saying together: “Robot Roll Call!”
Collage and paint illustration of a cutaway of a castle and beneath the ground: in a dungeon under the castle is a dragon. The dragon’ head is sticking out the large gate of the castle above ground.
Painted illustration of 3 kids riding in a Jack-o-lantern boat
Painted illustration of a cute armadillo gardening in the desert
Painted illustration of the little girl with a frown. She has Band-Aids on her cheeks and knees. The word “ouch!” appears. She has a lunchbox with a pony’s face and the words “le poney heureux”.
Collage and paint illustration: a bunch of dinosaurs wearing party hats, happily, and unwisely, hanging around an erupting volcano
Collage and paint illustration of two gnomes in a little village among mushrooms, building a house on top of a mushroom
Collage and paint illustration of a hot pink poodle in a rainbow bathing suit, relaxing on the beach, A hot pink poodle puppy is making a sandcastle.
Collage and paint illustration of a crocodile in a sewer, looking up through the grate at the sun, and wearing sunscreen on its nose
Painted illustration of three villagers at the door to Frankenstein‘s castle. They have pitchforks and torches. The castle door is open and Frankenstein‘s green butt is there, farting air that puts out a torch
Painted illustration of two dogs in soapbox derby cars, in a race. The brown dog in front is wearing a metal pot on its head
Collage and paint illustration of a cute snail on a skateboard. It is wearing a helmet and has bandaids all over its shell. The word “RADICAL” is at the bottom