A spread for a small children’s book I’m working on. Pretty excited about it!

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Oh, Pioneers

sketchbook collages that i’m hoping to do more of soon. 

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Back. 2. School.

On January 2, 2012 I ventured “back” to school to become a real-life illustrator. I’ve been drawing and painting and cutting and gluing and tracing and erasing more than I ever have in my life! I think I’m in love with it though. 

I’m always so afraid to share what I’ve been working on, thinking that “it’s not finished yet” or “I’m going to tweak that part a little more”. But, as a good friend always reminds me, it’s all about process, not perfection. With that, here are a few bits of work from the last 2 1/2 months:

First, a poster depicting my favorite song of all time**:

“Oh Marie if you would stay, then we could stick pins in the map…of all the places all the places where you thought that love could be found…”

**The Temptation of Adam (by Josh Ritter)

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I made a zodiac calendar. Twelve signs in all, but I think these few are my favorites:

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This was fun: 

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This one got printed 4 x 5 feet (that’s HUGE) and is on display at the Rollins School of Public Health on Emory’s campus, along with 6 other classmates’ posters. We were asked to create artwork that would raise awareness about obesity in America. 

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More soon! 

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January

Came and went like this…

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I got commissioned to paint these three houses for a friend as a Christmas gift to her parents. They are the three homes she and her family lived in when she was growing up. It was such an honor to be asked to do this, and a fun project too! 

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2012 Poster Calendars

Since 2010 I’ve been making poster calendars for friends and family each Christmas. Here are the 2012 editions, hot off the (digital) press!

I’m selling them for $10 each this year. If interested in purchasing, please email me: natalie.nelson718@gmail.com. 

Click on the images in the post below for a larger view of each one.

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Calendar Preview

Just a little sneak peak of the calendars I’m working on for 2012. I’ll have them finished in about a week!*

*Fingers crossed

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I found my markers!

(they were missing since June)

I decided to draw all the houses and apartments I visited last weekend….well, I only remembered to do it twice (it was a long day) so here they are.

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Been working on some posters this week for an upcoming event at the church. (Under the art direction of Weylon Smith) Pretty excited to see them printed. Here are some cropped-in details of each of the posters:

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Another outtake from my sketchbook. I guess I’ve got a thing for dripping paint these days…

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For you, Adele.

this may have started out as another experiment with painted type in my sketchbook, but now it only seems appropriate to post this on the same day that Adele cancelled her already rescheduled Nashville show. So much disappointment right now. So much. 

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This started as a study of my quilt pattern. Then it got dramatic…

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