Podcast appearances and mentions of Nathan T Wright

Nathan T. Wright is an illustrator and artist based in Des Moines, Iowa, specializing in graphic recording, custom illustration projects and comics. He loves collaborating with companies, organizations and individuals on their visual storytelling needs. Nathan is the creator of Fatberg, a lovable sewer blob who stars in children's books, graphic novels and comic strips. He draws cartoons for Clay & Milk, a publication covering new companies and art in the Midwest. Nathan built his art career in between digital marketing jobs at an advertising agency, his own consulting firm and a large retail company. He speaks about creativity and innovation for organizations, universities and conferences. Nathan graduated from the Iowa State University College of Design in 1999 with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. His work is inspired by science fiction, emerging tech and mythology. Here's what we covered on the episode: How I first met Nathan back in 2011 when I first started my design business The story behind Nathan's social media agency, Lava Row, that he opened in 2007 The story behind why he decided to close the agency in 2012 The process he used to close the agency, including helping his team land on their feet The role Nathan got for a retail company when he went back to working a full-time gig How he knew illustration was the end-game for him, and started his side hustle as an illustrator The story behind his first project, and how he figured out what his illustration services are worth The two ways he charges for his illustration services How much money Nathan decided to save before he quit his full-time job The type of illustration projects that he works on in his business How Nathan gets clients from referrals, and doing art shows The story behind his popular graphic recording for events How he pitches his graphic recording services to potential clients How Nathan learned to get better at his follow up strategy when it comes to getting clients and getting payment on time How Nathan charges for his graphic recording services at events How Nathan came up with his day-rate price A few things he's currently working on for his business and why it's good to be able to hold something you work on in your hands The story behind his new book, Office Creatures: An Illustrated Field Guide How he published his book through Amazon, using Kindle Direct Publishing Some advantages of using Amazon's publishing service and tips for working through the process How Nathan got the idea for his children's book, The Adventures of Fatberg How creating that book lead to opportunities he didn't think would ever come How putting work out there can pay dividends in the future The story behind Nathan's artist-in-residence project at Ballet Des Moines How he decided to create a comic book about ballet dancers in his pitch to Ballet Des Moines Tips for pitching yourself for an artist-in-residence program Some goals Nathan has for his illustration business in 2020 and beyond The social media networks that Nathan uses to share what he's up to in his illustration business Links mentioned: Nathan's illustration websiteNathan's book, Office Creatures: An Illustrated Field GuideNathan's book, The Adventures of Fatberg  Nathan's work as an artist-in-residence at Ballet Des Moines   Like what you heard? Click here to subscribe + leave a review on iTunes. Click here to join the free community!  Let's connect on Instagram!

Nathan T. Wright was on the podcast! He's an illustrator! He's a writer! He's a bundle of creativity! He has a lot to teach the world about a lot of things. Everything from Fatberg, snack satisfaction to meat raffles, it's all here. Listen and learn!

Bri and Josh sit down with Nathan T. Wright (Digital Strategy at Hy-Vee, author of "Adventures of Fatberg") to discuss Star Wars, dogs, SXSW, and what it's like to illustrate and publish a book on Amazon.

Show notes   We had a full house this week on PrairieCast with Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright and Startup City Des Moines' Tej Dhawan in studio and our own Danny Schreiber on Skype.   We took a look back at both the top posts of 2011 as well as the most popular ones and gave our predictions on what will come to be in 2012.   While you're watching the show, take a quick trip over to the PrairieCast facebook page and give us a "like" at facebook.com/prairiecast.   Next week of PrairieCast: Emma Peterson of Tikly and Dhawan (back for week two!).   PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly, where a group of entrepreneurs gather to discuss current issues in technology and business that relate to the startup community on the Silicon Prairie and is hosted by Andy Brudtkuhl of 48Web and Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News.

PC63 Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright and Startup City's Tej Dhawan are back for this week's PrairieCast where we talk about Des Moines' Startup Job Crawl, Bo Fishback on the Cover of Entrepreneur magazine, tech blogger turnover, Ben Milne's national TV debut and the unfortunate state of health insurance for startup companies.