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Saturday Market. India Ink and Digital. 23″ x 29″, 2018.

#Pen and Ink #digital color #anthropocene era #farmers market #journey to the isle of the dead #canoe #kayak

Helices of the Preterite (Blue Line No. 3). Noodler’s Luxury Blue on Bristol. 23″ x 29″. 2018.

#lamysafari #noodlersink #stream of conscience #ipcc report #Illustration #artists of tumblr #penandink #bristolboard #nopencil

I got a kitty cat, and all he wants is to be a journalist. (Comic from May’s Dune)

#dune #seattle #head tax #jenny durkan #jeff bezos #bezos balls #cats #comics #divestment #buyouts #seattle times #cat leash #homelessness #low income housing

Books, prints, and original art by Carl F. Nelson

For fans of my work, I now have an online store! You can purchase a copy of my new book Codex, or limited edition screen prints. Check it out!

#store #screen printing #sketchbook

The Brighter Torch. Pen & Ink and Digital. 11x14″. 2017.

#bartholdi #emma lazarus #charlottesville #the new colossus #mother of exiles #antifa #blm

Maritime Climates (Blood & Biogenic). Noodler’s Luxury Blue Ink on Bristol. 29″ x 23″. 2017.

#seattle #New work #marc barreca #RVNG Intl #Music Works For Industry #elevator seattle #freedom to spend #Pen and Ink #international waters #global warming

Engineering (The Work/Life Balance). Noodler’s Luxury Blue Ink on Bristol. 29″ x 23″. 2017.

#Seattle #New Work #marc barreca #Music Works For Industry #elevator seattle #freedom to spend #Pen and Ink #moebius #public transit

Seattleites! I’ll be giving a talk at the June 15th After Effects Seattle meet up about my process for creating cel animation. Topics covered will include converting storyboards into rough animatics, creating backgrounds, characters, and effects animation using Photoshop, and finally assembling everything and adding the finishing touches in After Effects. The meeting is on the Adobe campus in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, and is sponsored by TekSystems and Puget Systems. Stop by if you can make it!

#seatte #after effects #photohshop #adobe #cel animation #traditional animation #education

Another exciting piece of news: Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey premiers at the SIFF this coming Sunday, and it features the sophomore collaboration between my friend Joe Garber and me in the documentary’s animated segments. (It looks like tickets to the premiere are sold out, but futures screenings should be announced soon.) Dirtbag (directed by David O’Leske) tells the story of notorious mountaineer Fred Beckey, and his nearly eight decades of renegade Alpine adventurism. As someone with a limited amount of outdoor hobbies, I thought Dirtbag was an excellent window into the world of mountaineering, as well as a captivating portrait of American iconoclasm. The film also acts as a thoughtful meditation on themes like ambition, aging, and the rewards of truly abiding to one’s passions, as well as the cost. If you like the outdoors, Pacific Northwest history, or tales of eccentric pioneers, this one’s not to be missed! Very proud to be part of the project!

#Fred Beckey #seattle international film festival #joe garber #David O'Leske #alpine climbing #mountaineering #Dirtbag #pacific northwest #cel animation #cascades #documentary #siff

On Saturday, June 3rd, I’ll be part of a show at Machine House Brewery celebrating the reissue of Marc Barreca’s 1983 electronic album Music Works for Industry. RVNG Intl. is creating new pressings of obscure electronic albums, while curating visual artists to create work inspired by the music, and Seattle interdisciplinary artist Satpreet Kahlon and I were each selected to create work in response to Music Works for Industry. I’ll be debuting two large-scale original drawings along with some animation, and the show will feature live performances by Marc Barreca, Rosen, and Jed Bindeman. Swing by if you can! (The event is a production of Elevator Music and Freedom to Spend.) Photos by Adriana Guiman.

#seattle #new work #Marc Barreca #Satpreet Kahlon #Rosen #rvng intl #Music Works for Industry #Machine House Brewery #Elevator Seattle #jed bindeman #freedom to spend

My pal James Webber just finished this short as part of the 30 Seconds of Sound Visualised project, and I got to help out with some of the character animation. 30 Seconds of Sound is the brainchild of sound designer/composer Simon Pyke (Freefarm) where he challenges video artists and animators to create a thirty second film based on an audio sample with no further guidance. You can check out the other 30 second entries at http://30s.ec/, and you can see Jame’s work at www.headsquared.com

#James Webber #Simon Pyke #30 seconds of sound #30 seconds of sound visualised #cel animation #traditional animation #character animation #Freefarm

L’Enigme (after Gustave Doré). Digital. 2017.

#the enigma #gustave dore #apocalypse #sphynx #riddle #homage #museedorsay

Sunday’s animation improv.

#animation #animated gif #nunchucks #retro #1980s #ninjas

Reclaimer (The Tree). Digital. 2016.

#tree of life #digital painting #digital color #knight of infinite resignation #save point #totems #rain

Strangers. Digital. 2016.

#cats #antlers #alsace #fascio #pyramid #drawing #digital color

Daily animation improv.

#animaiton #cel animation #blood #donate #reincarnation

Cafe Racer is doing a folk music night the first Tuesday of every month starting in April, and I did the poster logo! Racer’s a great destination for live music in Seattle, and you should swing by if you can.

#first foke tuesday #cafe racer #caferacerlove #music #folkmusic

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