Making a Comic Book Page

Nuttall Art posters available

 Prints and posters are available from Fine Arts America. Click HERE 

Nuttall Art Prints Available

 I'm on a site called "Fine Art America" to provide prints, posters and numerous prints!

Click HERE to check out the site! 

Current work in progress

 I haven't really been wanting to draw or paint lately. I have a lot of stacked up artwork that's going nowhere, and no commission work or sales. But I did feel like just doing some watercolor portraits of comic book characters. This one's a work in progress I just started today, about half an hour in. Still working on it and not using any reference material:

After seeing the photograph of it, I see that I've got quite a bit of work to do.

Inking Sweet Pea and Popeye

February 8th, comic show AND Exhibit Reception

 February 8th, 2025 is going to be a busy day for me.

From 10am-3 I'll be set up at the Warren Elks Comic Show in Warren, Michigan, drawing comic book and cartoon characters as well as caricatures, and selling original artwork. HERE is the link to the event page 

At 4pm is the opening reception of my solo art exhibit in Detroit at The Gallery at Brewery Park on Gratiot Ave. A link to the event page is HERE 

All are invited and welcome to both! It's about 25 minutes between venues. I MIGHT be draw free sketches at the exhibit reception!

New exhibit

 I've just been asked to display my "Heroes" series at The Gallery at Brewery Park in Detroit. It will be up the month of February 2025, and the opening reception is Saturday, February 8th at 4pm EST. 

This graphite drawing is one of the pieces in the exhibit, as well as more portraits of Jack Nicholson, and Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker) , Van Halen, Sergio Aragonés , Popeye and more. 

More info as we get closer to the show.

Public Popeye

 I'm taking a break from working on the Popeye comic, and right now I'm working on a watercolor sketch of...Popeye! With the original version of popeye (which was created in 1929 by E.C. Segar in his comic strip "Thimble Theater") having joined the ranks of public domain, I've been fixated on doing something about that somehow. This is a picture that I am dabbling with of a kind of comic book style/ semi-realistic style of Popeye from 1929. 

I'm still at it.

 I haven't posted much at all on this site, because honestly I haven't been doing a whole lot. But I have been working on a comic book. It's not an official thing at all, just something for me to get some ideas out of my head. It's a Popeye story (Big shock). It looks to be a three or four issue long story line. Just fanfiction. I've been posting on Facebook and Instagram every so often some of the updates. I've got one issue drawn lettered inked and colored. I'm working on issue too with the drawing lettering and inking. Here's a quick shot:

This is just a portion of a panel (I don't want to give too much away). 

I'm not a good writer, and my technical skills as a "comic book artist" is lacking, but hopefully this project will improve my weaknesses.

I'm taking a long break from doing any realism. I haven't really done any since probably August (it's the end of December now), I think due to lack of interest in my work and a little bit of defeatism. I get that a lot. I'm not done with realism, I'm just taking a break. I'll keep updating about this book and if I have any events or anything going on. If you don't see any updates on here, check out my Facebook page or my Instagram, which you can find in the links on this site.

Small Business Saturday

 So, yeah. Small Business Saturday. Here's my Etsy store with original artwork: https://jasontheartist.etsy.com

Saginaw is the last stop

 This Saturday is the Saginaw Comic Convention at the Saginaw Marketplace. This is the last convention for me this year. I'll have some fine arts and illustrations, as well as drawing cartoon, comic book characters and Caricatures. The link to the event is HERE .

No monkeys will be there (that I know of).

Last Con for the year

 I've just signed up for the Saginaw Comic Convention at the SVRC Marketplace in Saginaw, Michigan. It takes place September 28th, 2024 from 11-6. Here's a link to their Facebook event page. I'll be displaying and (hopefully) selling original artwork, and drawing caricatures, comic book and cartoon characters. This is one of the drawings I'll have available. It's an 18x24 graphite drawing. 

This is the LAST comic convention of 2024.

Best of all worlds

 So, Sammy Hagar has embarked on a new tour to celebrate and honor the music of Van Halen, as well as his career, and the careers of his band members, which right now consists of Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Jason Bonham, and Joe Satriani of Chickenfoot with Sammy and Michael Anthony. This friday, August 2nd, the "Best of All Worlds" tour is going to be hitting Pine Knob music theater in Clarkston michigan, where I and my brother will be going and taking artwork to hopefully give to Sammy and the band. I have not done this and a long time, because I didn't want to put my brother through that again. Since 1997, I've been taking artwork to concerts to try to give to musicians that I admire, and feel as though my brother and my wife have had to suffer through me trying to finagle a way to get backstage over get to the front of the crowd or get to security to try to get the artwork to the bands. So for the last almost 10 years I've given up on bringing artwork to musicians, and that includes Sammy Hagar. But my brother just kind of hinted the other week that the reason he gets tickets so close is so I could try to get artwork to the band on stage, which means that he's always intended for me to do that without actually saying anything! So this concert I'm going to try it again, which works because Van Halen is one of the biggest reasons I got in to music and Middle School, particularly the Sammy Hagar era because that's when I got into music was around the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge album, which is my favorite album of all time, and not just favorite Van Halen album. We were lucky enough to see Van Halen in 1993 and twice in 1995, that's the last time we saw Van Halen. The 2004 tour was too expensive for us to go to, but we've seen all but maybe three Sammy solo tours if you include the Chickenfoot shows. Here are some of the pictures that I created for the band members. Wish me luck on giving these to them face to face!

Con Job

 

This weekend, August 3rd and 4th, I will be in the artist alley at the really cool comic convention in Flint Michigan at the Dort Financial Center. I will be displaying and attempting to sell my original artwork that I've created, as well as drawing cartoon and comic book characters by commission, and caricatures. 

I have found that I don't sell a lot of original artwork, so I have a plethora of artwork to display. The only money I really make at the conventions is for drawing caricatures, which is fine and good because that is something that people enjoy and I thought it would be a nice addition to events.   I have reasonable prices for my artwork and for caricatures and commissions because I know what it's like to go to a show and not have any money to buy anything. I'm also not a celebrity or a published artist, so I don't charge published artist prices. I also feel as though I'm in my element at Comic conventions, because I am fully immersed in comic books and pop culture and can find conversations and interests with other people easily at these conventions, which not many people realize when they think of a comic convention. It's not just about superhero comics. It's sci-fi, it's television, it's movies, it's fiction, anime, cartoons, video games, wrestling, music, all wrapped up in one building for one or two days. There's comic books of course, and a lot of the comic book culture, but it's more than that. That's one of the reasons why I advertised caricatures at the events is for people who aren't into these kind of subjects like people who are being dragged to the show, like as a sister or wife or a brother or a cousin who isn't into any of this kind of stuff, but they can sit down and get some original artwork that's more personal that they can have hanging in their house. It's a personal experience from an event that you may or might not have enjoyed, but you found something out of the ordinary that you enjoyed.

You can find the information about this convention at http://www.reallycoolcomiccon.com 

Art for cons

 I've been working on some artwork for the comic conversations I'm participating in.  My next show is in Flint at the Dort Financial Center in the Really Cool Comic Con . I'm also at the Bay City Comic Convention at the Bangor Township Hall in Bay City, Michigan.

Here are a few of my newer pieces:

Price change for events

 As of June 1st, 2024 my rates for caricatures, cartoon and comic book character sketches at events will increase. I actually did the math and I've been under selling my services. Any agreements made before June 2024 will remain the same.

Heroes and influences

 June 5-June 28, 2024 I will have an exhibit of my HEROES art series at Art Reach of Mid-Michigan in Mt Pleasant, Michigan. The opening reception is June 13th from 5pm-6:30pm. 

This show will have parts of my series of artwork of the people who have inspired me and are heroes of mine. Portraits of Sammy Hagar, Sergio Aragones, Jack Nicholson and more will be on display and some for sale. Please come check it out. 

Drawing Sammy Hagar, pt 3

This is the progress I've made. I'm 13 hours into the drawing (most of that time on the friggin' background!). I need to get this done before the end of May so I can add it to my solo art exhibit in June at Art Reach in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. 

 

What I've been doodling

 I've had some free time lately, so I've been drawing some smaller sketches.

DrawIng Sammy Hagar, part 2