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Shortly after graduating in 1993, I started working as a freelance Artist for newspapers, magazines, recording companies, background art for the gaming industry and gallery.
 
Shortly after graduating in 1993, I started working as a freelance Artist for newspapers, magazines, recording companies, background art for the gaming industry and gallery.
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*[http://www.nathanota.com Nathan Ota.com]
  
 
== Designed Toy Releases ==
 
== Designed Toy Releases ==
These are toys designed by Nathan.
 
 
*[[Midnight Crooner]]
 
*[[Midnight Crooner]]
 
*[[Suited Birdies]]
 
*[[Suited Birdies]]
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== Toy Series Participation ==
 
== Toy Series Participation ==
These are toys that Nathan has lent his design skills to.
 
  
== Customs ==
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== Customs & Show Pieces ==
These are one-off, or very limited, toys.
 
 
*Piece(s) for [[GR2 15 Years]], 2018
 
*Piece(s) for [[GR2 15 Years]], 2018
 
*"Quber Bear" Bear head for [[Bear in Mind]], 2016
 
*"Quber Bear" Bear head for [[Bear in Mind]], 2016
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Image:Bearinmind-nathanota.jpg|for Bear in Mind
 
Image:Bearinmind-nathanota.jpg|for Bear in Mind
 
</gallery>
 
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== External Links ==
 
*[http://www.nathanota.com Nathan Ota.com]
 
  
 
[[Category:Artists]]
 
[[Category:Artists]]

Latest revision as of 16:01, 10 August 2021

Biography[edit]

Ever since I can remember, I have always found myself drawing over doing my homework. My early influences came from cartoons on television, comic books, photographs and Punk-rock flyers. I can still remember sneaking into my older brothers room and raiding his ,"Vamperella" comics and trying to copy or trace all the covers I could get my hands on. Classical art never really interested me at that time so I turned to what really spoke to me with artists such as, Robert Williams, Olivia, Puss Head and Raymond Pettibon. Traditional art never came into the picture till I started high school but it still didn't speak to me. I always found myself gravitating toward popular culture and at that time it was graffiti. I was completely hooked! I loved everything about it, the clicking of the ball in the can when shook, the sound of the constant flow of the paint, the scraping of the can against the wall when drawing, the colors, the scale, the friendships and the complete feeling of freedom. Till this day, whenever I smell spray paint in the air, it brings back good times. I still dabbled a little in graffiti once I entered the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California but a whole new world of art was opening my eyes with Illustration. I never knew what I wanted to do when I entered college and kind of left it in the hands of the instructors to lead me in whatever direction I was going. It was a bit frustrating at first but soon after, I started to get it and knew that I was going to be an Illustrator.

Shortly after graduating in 1993, I started working as a freelance Artist for newspapers, magazines, recording companies, background art for the gaming industry and gallery.

Designed Toy Releases[edit]

Toy Series Participation[edit]

Customs & Show Pieces[edit]

Images[edit]