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This place has been a little dead for a while. sorry. I kinda moved over to tumblr without saying anything. Also, I set up this fancy new website with links to all my various projects. There's a link to my tumblr, the Drawings on Pizza tumblr, my Bandcamp, my Flickr portfolio, and a nice little redirect back here. Check it out here.

Due to the lack of features on blogger, and a highly active community on tumblr, I probably wont be coming back here that often. So, if you want to keep up with what I'm doing, tumblr is the place to look.

34 vol. 1

Here it is, the first issue of my high fantasy Charles Barkley comic, "34".  I spent a month locked in my girlfriend's apartment, only leaving for food, and the occasional day of work. Mr. Barkley, please don't sue me. (you can see them in a higher resolution on my flickr).

 

Chloe's Comic

My three year-old niece, Chloe, and I made this comic together. I did the drawings, and she came up with the story about flying in a hot air balloon to Seattle with her family (and cats) to visit me at my house. She's the best.

More from my sketchbook

The Cast Members

My bandmates and good friends, Matt and Tyler wrote a musical love letter to Disneyland in the form of 9 track album. As always, I made them some cover art. The album is beautiful, and amazing, and fantastic, and I love it. Give it a listen

Growing Boy

Drawings on Pizza

drawingsonpizza.tumblr.com

Working in the pizza industry isn't always as fast paced as you would think. Every now and then there's some down time. In these times of boredom I usually draw on receipt tape, place the drawing on a slice of pizza, take a picture of the whole thing and then send it to a friend. I recently decided to make a blog specifically for these pizza drawings. Check it out.

Meat Men

Up until a few weeks ago I had done a really great job avoiding any form of televised "mixed martial arts." But then I found myself stuck at a bar during a match. It was like watching a meat train plow through a Red Cross blood drive.

I just wish I could unsee it...

The Amazing Tuggboat (issue #1)

Dear Marvel Comics,
If you ever want to wrap up the Spider-man franchise, but you don't know how... I think I may have some pretty good ideas.


Love,
Nick

Tuggboat (The Comic)

So, I recently discovered that I love making comics. This year, I'm gonna try to make a couple comics a month and post them here. Here's the first one! It's based on a real thing that happened to me in the matter of 5 min. It was a terrible day...

Can't Sleep...

4am sketchbook.

goodnight.

Sketchbook

I had a page of disembodied heads in my sketchbook. So last night I tied them all together into one drawing.

This is not art.

If a video game can't be art, can this comic about video games be art?

You Know The Drill...

So, once again, one of my extremely talented friends (Jonas of Klifton Filente) just put the finishing touches on a new album. And, once again, I was lucky enough to contribute by making the album cover.

Album Cover

I've been listening to this album for the past month, and I just can't get sick of it. Jonas has really out done himself. Below I included the original illustration as well as the album itself. 

Original Illustration

Selling Out

Last week I posted a painting from the art show that Owen Evans and I had back in May. I sold a few pieces at that show, but ever since the show's end, I've had a stack of framed artwork just sitting in my house. So instead of letting all my paintings collect dust, I thought I'd put them up here to sell. I made a little pull down paypal store over on the right side of the blog. Check it out!

"Ghost City" $100 - 8x10

"Business Monsters" $40 - two 5x7 SOLD

"Dinoghosts" $35 - three 4x6 SOLD

"Knife Fight" $40 - 8x10

"Cultist B-Ballers" $60 - 8x10

"Pumpkin Smoke" $25 - 4x6

"Halloween Bat" $30 - 8x10 SOLD

If you see a piece that you like, but it's too pricey, I can make a print of it for you for $10. Just let me know.

Birth of the Cosmos

Today is famed astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author, Carl Sagan's birthday. So, I figured now would be the perfect opportunity for me to share a Sagan themed painting I did for my art show back in May.

"Starr-man and the Cosmos" $120 - 9x12

Happy 25th Birthday Link

"The Legend of Zelda" is 25 years old this year. And just like I did for Mario's birthday last year, I made a stupid drawing to commemorate the occasion.

Adding Watercolor

I've been adding some watercolor to my sketchbook lately. Here's a little drawing/painting from said sketchbook.

Spirit Pokemon

Last week I set out on a life affirming journey through the world in search of my spirit pokemon. This comic explains exactly what happened. Sort of.

Sock Monkey

Here's a commissioned piece I did for my friend Steph.

"Sock Monkey"