Drawmit!

Photo Dump!!

2011-11-17T00:59:00.000-06:00

Gearing up for MIX

2011-10-28T20:18:00.001-05:00

Photo courtesy of Cory Speets.

Can't wait for Minneapolis Indie Expo.

http://mplsindiexpo.com/

It's November 5th and 6th from 10am-5pm each day.

Stop by and say hello and buy some of our comics and merchandise.

PS: I'll be seated at table 40

http://mplsindiexpo.com/mix-2011-seating-chart/

kaiju man suit

2011-10-17T22:32:00.000-05:00

24 Hour Comic Day

2011-10-03T17:35:00.000-05:00

Click image above to "embiggen."

IFW EP:30

2011-09-28T15:19:00.000-05:00

http://infinitywallcomix.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/infntywall_episode30.jpg

2D Cloud Appreciation

2011-09-28T15:13:00.002-05:00

Go check them out: http://2dcloud.blogspot.com/ they make some fantastic independent comics. They are putting out Motherlover and King Mini's new book soon... some super looking work!

PS: If you can... toss them some money, and buy some of their books.
http://2dcloud.blogspot.com/p/shop-is-mess-im-cleaning-it.html

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2011-09-21T12:12:00.002-05:00

IFW: Tone poem

2011-08-26T00:42:00.000-05:00

I thought I'd post this IFW on my blog too. Its from a few weeks ago.

Probably my absolute favorite strip we've collaborated on... for now.

Click on it to 'embiggen'

The great move.

2011-08-25T14:04:00.002-05:00

I'm switching sides. Sorry Minneapolis you have too much hustle and bustle for me. I'm going to your twin, the nice older St. Paul. Where it is greener (for now), and much more quiet.

Bonus: I found this old illustration in the closet, its been in there for many years. I used to hate looking at it, now I see it with older eyes. A much younger artist with a lot more ambition. I need to capture that spirit again.

Hopefully with a whole new room dedicated to my art will help. I've been creating art the last two and half years in a space which is essentially the dinning room of my apartment. It kind of throws off the mojo so to speak.

The coming Fall/Winter really helps my work ethic here in Minnesota. There is really not much else to really do... then to hunker down and create.

Paper Craft Concepts

2011-08-25T13:34:00.001-05:00

Here is a few designs I did for a client.

The logo is just a cheap placeholder to fill up space.

I like the idea of a guy cutting himself out of the paper.

The character above is a riff of an old 1980's Texas Instruments style printer.

Soap Factory $99 Sale Submission

2011-08-14T23:55:00.002-05:00

I was so graciously asked to be a part of
the $99 Soap factory auction.

Here is my long necked, coral torus fellow.

Beholder for J. Shiveley

2011-08-13T16:21:00.000-05:00

Per his request on twitter.

You can "follow" me on twitter.

@NickStraight

if you want.

Moar Drawings!!

2011-08-04T15:46:00.000-05:00

Random - Dandom - Sketch - Stuff

2011-07-20T14:52:00.000-05:00

Teaser

2011-06-30T12:26:00.000-05:00

I still need to add the astronaut and his robot counterpart.

The rough drawing of the idea.

Ep23: Bilingual Edition

2011-06-30T12:17:00.001-05:00

http://infinitywallcomix.com/2011/06/29/episode-23-lorange/

My Creepy Tiled Images

2011-06-16T16:42:00.001-05:00

Everyone is welcome to download them, and use them as a tiled pattern for your desktop.

Sure they are a bit creepy... take a chance... make your computer a bit stranger today.

IFW #22

2011-06-15T13:23:00.000-05:00

I really love how this one is written, Cory really did a nice

job of interpreting my silent narrative this go around.

Go check the full comic out.

http://infinitywallcomix.com/2011/06/15/episode-22-cupcake-buddies-or-suicide-is-painless/

Tomorrow's Infinity Wall star!

2011-06-14T22:24:00.000-05:00

Sweet, huh?

Game Idea Number Two: Tether Brothers.

2011-06-13T21:19:00.000-05:00

I'd be a 3D platformer and online co-op. It would focus on communication and coordination to solve puzzles in the levels. Example: One player could anchor themselves to the ground while the other player spins around, then disconnecting the tether thus flinging themselves across a gap to push a button. You could help your teammate wrap around enemies to defeat them (pictured). Perhaps pull each other back and slingshot off of pillars like Angry Birds. The ideas are endless.

My Imaginary Friends illustration

2011-06-11T03:48:00.000-05:00

The Lonely Child

Mr. Lily: Video Game Concept!

2011-06-10T16:19:00.002-05:00

I think i'd make a cute side-scrolling game. Mr. Lily has to save his seedling from the Beezies every level. He has the Nectarlings on his head, they can stick to walls and climb... they also fight off the Beezies with goo. Mr. Lily can "root down" and grab objects under the dirt like rocks, and toss them at the Beezies.

From the mouth.

2011-06-10T00:47:00.000-05:00

Boredom while waiting in a tea shoppe.

2011-05-31T23:10:00.000-05:00

IW EP: 19

2011-05-16T23:22:00.000-05:00

Imaginary Friends Art Show

2011-05-16T19:01:00.001-05:00

Friday, June 3^rd

7pm-11pm

Featuring the art of:

Todd Balthazor, Pat Callahan, Will Dinski, Katy Ellis, Sarah Hedstrand, Danno Klonowski, Pete Lochner, Lisa Luck, Chrysa Otto, Cory Speets and Nicholas Straight.

A limited edition Imaginary Friends mini-comic, drawn by members of the Minnesota Cartoonists Conspiracy, will be for sale the night of the show.

Infinitea Tea House

2827 Hennepin Ave. S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
(612) 871-3900

Open caption.

2011-05-05T15:25:00.002-05:00

EP 18 - Manfred Grimsrüüd!

2011-05-02T13:30:00.000-05:00

Germ Warfare Anthology

2011-04-30T10:51:00.000-05:00

Something I submitted to Lupi's anthology http://lupiloops.wordpress.com/ plus it was a good excuse to draw dust mites... I hate those creepy bastards.

Kicking doors open!

2011-04-26T00:53:00.002-05:00

Shameless self portrait

2011-04-13T20:01:00.000-05:00

Every artist has to do one every so often...

you know to keep yourself in check.

Hive Number 5!

2011-04-13T18:04:00.001-05:00

One of the sexiest comic anthologies in the northern hemisphere!

You can even undress it.

Take that slick slip cover off... and read 192 pages of
hand illuminated goodness.

You can preorder it here:

http://grimalkinpress.bigcartel.com/

It's Wednesday again... time for another Infinity Wall Comic!

2011-04-06T16:59:00.000-05:00

The musical edition!

http://infinitywallcomix.com

EP 15: Hawks of America part 2 of 3

2011-04-03T11:28:00.000-05:00

To find out more go to: http://infinitywallcomix.com/

But be forewarned, It is not for the kindhearted.

Monster Pillow

2011-04-03T11:15:00.000-05:00

What a rad couch!

The lovely and talented Jenna stitched this up based off one of my dumb monster drawings, she even made the pillow too. Her website: http://sweetgingerbee.com/

Rutabaga Boy

2011-04-02T18:20:00.000-05:00

I tried to colorize it, but I wasn't feeling it. I'll have to come back to it later.

IF: Toy/Duet

2011-04-01T14:59:00.001-05:00

I know todays word is Duet. But that is not what it said early this morning... I saw "toy" posted.

And I'm not going to let the last two hours go to waste, so I posted this under Duet.

EP: 14 NIMBY!

2011-03-23T18:57:00.000-05:00

To find out what happens next... go to:

http://infinitywallcomix.com/2011/03/23/episode-14-saucer-troubles/

Bomb that Carrot!

2011-03-23T00:45:00.000-05:00

Cover page: In the nude.

2011-03-19T10:46:00.000-05:00

I haven't done anything fancy to it yet, I still need to clean it up in Photoshop still.

Once I put the halftones in, and throw on the header it should look spiffy.

EP 13: North American Hawks

2011-03-16T01:36:00.001-05:00

http://infinitywallcomix.com/

Page two - without dialogue.

2011-03-14T09:38:00.000-05:00

An existential dilemma - page 2.

Something I started late into night during the great earthquake last week.

Slurp!

2011-03-10T23:50:00.000-06:00

Mr. Aardvark takes a break from tennis to imbibe a jar of peanut butter.

EPISODE 12!!

2011-03-08T23:45:00.002-06:00

Infinity Wall Comics: Two for the price of none.

2011-02-23T13:00:00.001-06:00

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2011-02-16T22:19:00.000-06:00

Duel Twin

2011-02-12T13:50:00.001-06:00

Hey look at that, I used her in a poster for my friend's band.

Creating my art by collage

2011-02-10T11:31:00.003-06:00

I love living in the age of digital editing/collage, no x-acto knife and rubber cement needed theses days.

This sad sot of a girl will be placed into that repeating pattern I posted a few weeks ago.

I had this vision of the composition when started drawing each of the individual images.

Personally I find this way far less stressful for me, especially if had to illustrate it all in one go.

E.O.C. Edgerton On Call

2011-02-09T21:45:00.000-06:00

Greetings,

I'm writing the first rough draft of the amazing Edgerton and his bizarre world. I have a very short attention span, as some of you know. I'm going to try to stick with this character and flesh him out. I want to hone my totally average writing chops. It will be a great time before the 'inter-webs' sees this guy in action, but I want to make a fully realized world that Edgerton can play in. It should be absolutely ridiculous.

Episode 9: Lost in Translation

2011-02-09T14:26:00.001-06:00

I had so much fun drawing this one. I love breaking the subjects out of the panels, it's hard to show restraint... I could use this technique all the time. But if I use it too much that would cheapen it... I guess. Once again Mr. Speets delivers with the humorous banter.

Episode 8: Gordian Bra.

2011-02-02T12:43:00.001-06:00

Normally I start with a visual narrative, and Cory comes up with the witty dialogue after its been drawn. But this time he had this hilarious notion about how difficult it would be if you had to wear astronaut gloves. The impossible nature of how bulky they are, and have to work on complex things. In this case... undoing an alien lady's bra.

Vinyl Concept Codename: Slop!

2011-02-02T01:52:00.003-06:00

This guy broke in my brand new scanner! I think this weirdo would make a great vinyl figure sculpture type thingy. I just wish I had one of "those" type of connections to get him made by a professional company.

Last weeks Episode 7

2011-01-24T21:10:00.000-06:00

I forgot to publish it! Silly me.

Patterns: Rinse and repeat.

2011-01-24T21:06:00.001-06:00

Maybe wrapping paper?

I like making these... it helps me relax.

I'll probably draw more of these type of images.

A Baby elephant's dream - Poster For the Rod man.

2011-01-14T13:33:00.000-06:00

New Masthead!

2011-01-12T21:53:00.000-06:00

Take that Drawmit, I'll punch you right in the R&A!

Episode 6: On the Hunt!

2011-01-12T09:48:00.000-06:00

http://infinitywallcomix.com/

Episode 5: Floss leader!

2011-01-07T01:07:00.002-06:00

Episode Four: Quack it up fuzzball!

2010-12-29T17:42:00.000-06:00

The Fiction Project Oddessy Starts...

2010-12-28T23:03:00.000-06:00

I just got it in the mail a few scant days before the heart of the holiday season. My subject is Nightmare. So I'll be digging up old dream memories of the past... that stuck-out as totally disturbing to me.

This will be the most honest account of the strangeness of my unconsciousness. I'm nervous on how people will react. I mean all of it is intangible (not real) in a sense, right? But these are... and were... fading glimpses deep inside of me at one point. Entities that invaded my dreams, and objects telling me how to do things, etc.

It could all be my brain de-fragmenting like a computer, so I can remember the next day, and keep my mind less cluttered. Maybe it is my true self communicating ideas...

All I can do now is document them as best I can, I've got till May first.

Infinity Wall Comic 3: Let's make a wish!

2010-12-22T20:08:00.000-06:00

Episode Duce! Infinity Wall

2010-12-15T00:22:00.000-06:00

http://infinitywallcomix.com/

Once Again! Another July Fighter Poster!

2010-12-09T18:35:00.000-06:00

Infinity Wall

2010-12-08T01:42:00.000-06:00

Here is the first episode (every Wednesday). I'll publish it here too to make life less complicated for my fellow blog watchers, but if you want to follow it via Wordpress we have the actual site there: http://infinitywallcomix.com/
Look it up on Facebook, and "like" it if you want. I hope everyone enjoys it... even if it has swears. Cheers!

Fan art I guess...

2010-12-06T22:00:00.000-06:00

I started doing some fan art of my favorite local comic artists in Minnesota, and on the web. Its my tribute of appreciation for them making comics and creating sequential art (because its fucking hard). This one is of Ryan Dow http://ryandow.com/ic/ he has got a great eye for pacing, and I like his general honest view of life. So I drew this for him.

The Fiction Project.

2010-12-06T21:45:00.000-06:00

The Fiction Project is an opportunity to tell stories in a different way by fusing text and visual art. The moleskin is dinky (5.5 x 8.5 inches) I dunno if I can draw that small. I chose the subject "nightmare", and I have some good ones. Like the bad dream I had recently... I was petting a tiny kitten, and it had a giant eye in its back. Yep, I got plenty of creepy shit write and draw out.

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/fiction

Anybody else that reads this site, I'd recommend going for it also. Why not?

Infinity Wall Comic!

2010-12-03T13:14:00.001-06:00

My fellow friend and co-worker... the insanely talented Cory Speets
See here: http://www.gigposters.com/designer/57842_Cory_Speets.html
We have an unconventional way of producing them... in reverse order.
I draw them first, then Cory writes them. Simple as that. Strangeness will ensue, I assure you. The first will posted here and other websites next Wednesday... every Wednesday until we tire of it.

Hopefully not though.

Voldemort Art night!

2010-11-17T22:19:00.000-06:00

On Tuesday nights I head over to my friends house and we have an art night. So we all drew our version of that guy who shall not be named. Plus I hammered out a quick sketch of a random Goddess and a multi-tailed fox.

San Francisco!

2010-10-26T20:42:00.002-05:00

My crummy Picture of Lombard Street.

I loved it... seriously... I just wish I could have seen more of it. I was there on business, and only really had two hours of my own time to look around. I am most certainly going back... on my own time... someday. I am jealous of that city and its sheer variety character.

Ghosts - Images

2010-10-18T11:08:00.000-05:00

Yet another art show update!

2010-10-07T12:05:00.001-05:00

Here is another cropped section (detail I guess) of one of my illustrations for the show. It will be in full color also, but I want that to be a surprise for the folks that show up to the opening.

Ghosts art show posters are finished!

2010-10-04T08:23:00.001-05:00

Thanks to Pat Callahan for producing them, he did a stellar job.

http://prettypictureprints.com/

Also thanks to Will Dinski for posting the photos (an extremely wonderful cartoonist in his own right).

http://www.willdinski.com/

You can take a look here at the posters.

http://picasaweb.google.com/willdinski/GhostsPrint#

I'm starting to reach fever pitch here...

"Spirit kiss" teaser 2 of 3 process

2010-09-30T22:41:00.000-05:00

Sometimes we lose our heads, when in the moment.

Ghosts art show progress... process.

2010-09-24T13:04:00.000-05:00

The first mysterious illustration/painting (1 of 3). For the upcoming Ghosts art show.

Its been awhile since I've used tracing paper. But this was the way it panned out to compose it for Photoshop, especially when I scan it in the computer. To make life easier to edit this monster of a drawing. I joke because its basically the "real world" version of layers. It seems to look visually cluttered right now, but once I included color in the ghost "streams"... I hope it will all come together. I'll post the next step soon.

Matic

2010-09-23T14:16:00.000-05:00

More to it then meets the glaze.

Raining heavily in Minnesota today. Steady oppressive rain, good stuff.

The Halloween Kids Show Begins Again.

2010-09-21T12:32:00.002-05:00

Art show coming up October 15th

2010-09-16T13:53:00.006-05:00

It will be ghost themed art. With art by myself, Chrysa Otto, Sarah Hedstrand and Katy Ellis. Limited edition silk screen prints (50) designed by Cory Speets http://www.gigposters.com/designer/57842_Cory_Speets.html and printed by Pretty Picture Prints. http://prettypictureprints.com/ Button packets designed by all of the artists will be for sale at the show also. I'm stoked!

My apologies Mr. Morrison

2010-09-08T17:00:00.002-05:00

If Jim was a grunge rocker from the 1990's.

Hot Rod with a Radiohead flavor.

2010-09-01T23:37:00.004-05:00

Old illustration revisited.

2010-08-30T20:55:00.005-05:00

I made it more... fancy... I guess.

Finished Poster/ Process

2010-08-30T20:47:00.006-05:00

Rough thumbnail idea.

Pencil minimal inking.

Almost there.

BAM! Color and layout!

More posters soon.

Trying out a "REAL" brush pen for the first time.

2010-08-27T00:57:00.004-05:00

I don't know if I like it, a little too loose. I'll keep at it... everyone needs to bust out of their comfort zone once and while. I felt like a Japanese calligrapher... I was one with the Hulk.

ROCK MONSTER!

2010-08-27T00:28:00.002-05:00

July Fighter Album Cover

2010-08-25T21:12:00.008-05:00

I had a lot of fun at the photo shoot (even with the mosquitoes). Thanks to Jimmy for giving me the opportunity to design this album. Its not to often I get to illustrate a lighting bug.

If you are in the Minneapolis area go check out their CD release show on Saturday the 28th.

http://www.finelinemusic.com/

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2010-08-23T12:29:00.003-05:00

Rain, rain go away.

2010-08-11T14:38:00.002-05:00

Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam!

2010-08-05T23:59:00.006-05:00

Ridiculous Concept: Take two dozen cartoonists and 20 blank pages in random order. One person starts a panel, the next artist draws the next one, etc... craziness! I had gotten a speeding ticket on the way to the jam (40 mph in a 30 and 145 bucks poorer) and was in a funk afterward. But the crew at the Jam turned my dark cloud into a double rainbow! Some seriously talented people, makes me want to up my game. I may be hooked.

http://www.cartoonistconspiracy.com/conspire/

Hot off the presses!

2010-06-23T22:04:00.002-05:00

For the Lutefisk Sushi Volume D show in August.

http://cartoonistconspiracy.com/sushi/index.html

Two page finished inking

2010-06-10T23:18:00.001-05:00

FYI & WIP

2010-06-08T23:05:00.004-05:00

New blog started with my long time friend Josh, we hope to start a comic collective of some sort... who knows. But for now it will showcase our first comic.

http://slugwheel.blogspot.com/

Its still rough... but eventually I will make it all fancy and stuff.

Front and Back covers

2010-06-08T22:56:00.003-05:00

I bet you've never seen ghosts play paper-rock-scissors. Poor Josh seems to have lost, best two out of three... right? Also I'm thinking I will stop using the blue pencil, its too waxy the ink seems to roll right off it. So conflicted because I like how it looks when I'm sketching.

Its a start. Josh and I in dreamland.

2010-06-01T23:28:00.003-05:00

Two page spread, I still need to insert Josh being pulled by a thought bubble across the panels.

working out some ideas

2010-04-20T09:58:00.002-05:00

A loose idea I think I'll recompose into a larger image.

Working on some similar themed artwork

2010-04-19T10:46:00.002-05:00

I'm trying to do a series of illustrations based off a similar theme. I've never attempted something like this, so we'll see.

Marathon Poster making

2010-04-07T23:52:00.003-05:00

6 hours nonstop... my eyeballs want to fall out right now...

Rejected Design

2010-03-31T10:51:00.002-05:00

win some, lose some.

Another Poster

2010-03-25T14:22:00.002-05:00

A night time Teddy Bear

2010-03-18T11:42:00.003-05:00

Progress report:
Still working on the comic book. I think its has to be the trickiest project I've worked on in a long time, so many restarts. I'll post the first page in a few days. Also I'm doing another band poster, I'm having a lot of fun with this one (monsters and rainclouds). I'll post that soon.

Cheers!

Haitian relief benefit concert illustration

2010-03-11T10:54:00.003-06:00

A poster I'm designing for a benefit concert that my friend Jimmy is setting up. I wanted to symbolize the regrowth that will happen through the tragedy that was the earthquake.

IF: Perspective

2010-02-26T13:55:00.002-06:00

Now he knows what the basketball feels like.
Just a quick vector cartoon done on my lunch break.