I've been working with digital illustration again. It seems spring semester is when I do digital work for some reason. Fall is for watercolor and spring is digital. Go figure. I am almost done with my stint in academic administration as Department Chair. Can't wait to get back to more creative endeavors on a consistent …
Working in the digital realm
The header image is a digital illustration. I like working with the digital, but it just isn't the same as working with my watercolor and gouache. I like the risk involved in the traditional media. One misstep and the whole thing can go sideways. Digital... you just go "undo" - boom safe and secure.
Delphos Grain: Delphos, Kansas
Digital illustration of an old granary back home. This little structure was in use when I was a kid forty years ago, but not sure if still operating today. The town has a huge concrete grain elevator just to the south of this structure.
The Delphi Chronicles
The Delphi Chronicles is a faux pulp fiction cover based on an actual close encounter incident that took place in Delphos, Kansas in the early 1970's. This was prior to the Spielberg movie being released. Good story, Google it. I even saw it featured once on a History channel show about UFO encounters. I created …
Finger story
These two digital illustrations were inspired by student speculation as to how I lost my ring finger. There were multiple stories circulating around the art department. My favorite Involved a paper cutter and another student. Also at the time, several students were attempting to develop their skills in graphic novel artwork and I thought this …
RUSTY NELSON 
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