quick greaser

worked on this one afternoon while debating over another project.

contest entry: wolverine and the x-men comic cover

a little something for a contest on facebook. there are rumors that the short lived cartoon series might continue as a comic, so the contest is to draw a comic cover based on the previously mentioned plans for season two ... which look a lot like age of apocalypse.

i tried to incorporate a lot of the show's character design in to this image because that's probably what the comic version of a cartoon show would do.

- nate  x

firefly- poster

the image all of these character drawings have been leading to. i tried to capture as much as i could from the show... the way the characters look, the lighting, the colors, the western feel and a little chinese thrown in there. i love this show. thanks for sitting through all of my character posts. i hope you dig the big group image.

aim to misbehave

- nate  x

firefly- the doctor and the prodigy

while mal, zoe and jayne may handle most of the plot and action, simon and river tam are the other real heartbeat for the show. simon gave up a promising career as a doctor to save his sister, river, from some creepy alliance experiment. the two are fugitives and while that complicates the lives of everyone else on serenity, it also gives them all purpose. what was the alliance doing to river? what secrets are in her head? watch the show and then watch the movie. seriously. you'll love it.

group image is next!

- nate  x

firefly- the shepherd and the companion

i paired these two together for this post because they both hold more hopeful and spiritual presence, guiding the others and providing some conscience. book is a shepherd, a preacher, and has a very western faith... as well as a mysterious past he keeps hidden. inara is a companion... a high class prostitute... and has more of an eastern spirituality ...as well as a huge crush on mal that she keeps hidden.

two more!

- nate  x

commission: axel

finishing up my work for tim maclaren with his friend's original x-men character 'axel'.

have a character you'd like to see in my style?

email me at nate00x@gmail.com and we can talk specifics. prices vary depending on what you want (original character, established character, self portrait) and how you want it (sketch, finished colored illustration, background, et cetera)

- nate  x

firefly- the pilot and the engineer

rounding out serenity's crew are the pilot, wash, and engineer, kaylee. wash is a leaf on the wind when he's flying, and he's also kind of the chandler of the group. yeah, i dropped a 'friends' reference. while wash provides the humor, kaylee is the heart of the group. and she also knows way too much about ships and machines.

still more coming!

firefly- first mate and enforcer

next up are loyal first mate zoe and i'm not exactly sure what he does (not public relations) jayne cobb. these two are the ones who always accompany mal on missions. zoe the warrior woman and the hero of canton, the man they call jayne. i mentioned with mal that i tried to get the intended look for the character as well as resemblence of the actors, but i forgot to mention i was also trying to get some of the color and lighting the show had.

firefly - malcom reynolds

i recently watched firefly on dvd for the first time. if you haven't seen it, you should. the show is amazing. it's funny, it's dramatic, it's dark, it's light and it has action. oh and it's a space western. anyway, i loved the show so much that i started working on a picture of the crew of serenity, starting of course with their captain. i tried to capture the look of both what mal would ideally look like and what the actor who played him (nathan fillion) looked like.

watch for more of the crew

- nate  x

4 new paintings

SOLD

one thing i've been trying to work on is working harder. i'm trying to not waste so much time. it's easy to sit there and do nothing while blank canvases just sit next to your empty sketchbook... but i'm getting better about it. here are my four newest paintings! (all currently up for sale)

retro birdcage

retro high wheel bicycle

SOLD

little bird

SOLD

and i'm happy to say that as i was writing this, the top image of the boy and girl actually sold!
i guess it actually is good to not be so lazy

- nate  x

portraits ... open for business!

 after such positive feedback on this illustration of me, the wife and the pug, i thought that maybe i could start doing custom portraits of people for our shop.

have you ever wanted to see yourself as one of my cartoons? how about you and your significant other, brother, sister or best friend?

if you're interested, check out the details 

HERE

commission: pellet v2

continuing my work for tim maclaren and his original x-men character 'pellet'. this time he is featured in his movie-style costume.

want to see me draw something?

email me at nate00x@gmail.com and we can talk specifics. prices vary depending on what you want (original character, established character, self portrait) and how you want it (sketch, finished colored illustration, background, et cetera)

- nate  x

commission: pellet

doing some work for tim maclaren on his original x-men character, 'pellet'. this version is him in his comic style costume.

interested in getting your slice of the nate x pie?

email me at nate00x@gmail.com and we can talk specifics. prices vary depending on what you want (original character, established character, self portrait) and how you want it (sketch, finished colored illustration, background, et cetera)

- nate  x

guest blog on twig+bone

 hey everyone, to prove i'm not dead i posted a guest blog on twig+bone about the movie groundhog day. because that movie's awesome. you know you love it.

maybe someday i'll soon i'll be posting on here again ...?

yes i will. i'm not dead, i'm just busy