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Skateboard Deck Illustrations

Nathan Olsen — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:01:08 +0000

I spent the last few days having some fun with some skateboard deck designs. I’m pretty happy with the results and can’t wait to see each of them printed on a board. I only plan to get a couple made, but that could change if there is interest.

So, is anybody interested?

I’ve found a company that will print small batches of skate decks for a pretty reasonable price. They use good wood too — their decks get favorable reviews. 100% Canadian Maple. If you’re interested in purchasing a deck, let me know in the comments. If there’s enough interest, I’ll work on putting it together.

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Post tags: art, design, Illustration, skateboard

Rotten Apple

Nathan Olsen — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:14:56 +0000

There’s really not much to say in the way of explaining this piece. Do you remember playing cops and robbers as a kid? So do I.

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Post tags: art, bumper cars, cops, cowboys, Illustration, playground, robbers

Sour Grape

Nathan Olsen — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:54:12 +0000

Keeping with the theme I established a couple of posts back, here’s a new pattern I just completed — this time featuring scared screaming spooks. Pop culture is filled with stories of aliens and ghosts haunting our bedrooms — I thought it might be fun to turn the tables and have them scare each other for a change.

With these patterned illustrations, I’m really interested in deconstructing the surface and exploring ways to abstract my use of shape and color as I describe form and space. There’s an aesthetic developing here that I’m really happy with — time to go start the next one!

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Dullsville

Nathan Olsen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:53:27 +0000

Orange Mummylade

Nathan Olsen — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:31:52 +0000

Something new! I got to thinking recently about the similarities between the outfits worn by mummies and ninja and it amused me that these two historical costumes — which have absolutely nothing in common — visually pair pretty well together.

This piece is, in a way, not yet finished. I don’t want to reveal my plans just yet, but the more astute viewer might note that this illustration can actually be tiled.

Sort of interesting, right?

Hi-Ho-A-Go-Go!

Nathan Olsen — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:06:56 +0000

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Post tags: art, Illustration, Lone Ranger, Power Rangers

Jack, The Giant Robot Killer

Nathan Olsen — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:14:56 +0000

Come See Me At APE Last Weekend!

Nathan Olsen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:31:35 +0000

Okay, I am horrible at self-promotion. In all the chaos of preparing for APE 2009 in San Francisco this past weekend, I forgot to post to the notebook that I would attending.

Or that I would be selling prints of some of my illustrations.

Or that I would be doing personalized sketches for anyone who bought a copy of the new Haiku Comics book.

Or that I would be selling coffee mugs of Zombie Baby.

So, if you were in the San Francisco area and would have paid my table a visit if you had only known I was going to be there, my apologies. Mea culpa. Or, as we say in english, “My bad.”

For those of you who did stop by the table, it was a pleasure to meet you. I know there were a few people interested in purchasing prints that were not able to do so at the show – I promise to get a store up as soon as I can. In the mean time, please contact me if you’d like me to keep in touch and I’ll notify you when the store goes online.

Thank you!

Haiku Comics

Nathan Olsen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:02:16 +0000

I recently began work on a new project with my brother, Robert Olsen. We’ve developed a web comic called Haiku Comics. Bob writes the poems and I draw and letter the strip. It’s been a lot of fun to work on so far.

Neither of us really knows where this thing is going, so our goal is to publish a new strip every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and just see where it takes us. If you’re interested in watching the strip develop, you might want to bookmark the site or add it to your RSS feed. I’m pretty proud of the strips we’ve put out so far and I only think they are going to get better.

New Book

Nathan Olsen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:24:14 +0000

I have printed and assembled the first copy of my new storybook, Will Someone Open This [CENSORED] Jar? The “first printing” is a signed & numbered edition of twenty copies made using archival inks and acid-free paper.

One down, only nineteen more to go!