Nauticalia

Commemorating the end of Summer '09 with some nautically themed doodles.

Out and about.

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Sweet catch.

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Vessel.

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Bunch of stuff.

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Required footwear.

Rod Carew

New Zine!

What is Campari? by Nathan Gelgud

16 pages of drawings

4" x 5.5"

Diary Sample June 17-26

Diary Sample from April

Drawing of a Camera

Who's watching who? What?

Whoa! How Big is That?

This wouldn't even fit on the scanner. I had to take a picture of it. What is this, 2004?
10" x 14" brush pens on 80 lb. cream paper $225.
My scanner is tiny.

SOLD.

Stuff in the House

That's my TV right there. See that rectangle on the top of the TV, on the left? Digital converter, people. AKA fancy.

9" x 12" brush pens on 80 lb. cream paper, $1

What? One dollar? Take advantage of this mistake! You're like Barry Egan ovah heah!

PS don't use the Buy Now button if you live in NYC or else you'll have to pay shipping. You can just pick it up for free!

Frank O'Hara

I wonder if any of his friends ever called him Frank No Haira. Those guys loved to party.
9x12" brush pen on 80 lb. cream paper. $45

Page Six is a Jerk to Actors it Claims to Like

Boom! Stayed up last night and did this in one sitting because usually I take like two or three days to do these and I wanted to see how it would work to do it fast. Turns out they're not that hard as long as I don't mind only half of the heads having a likeness. It's from a Page Six feature called "Fifteen Actors We Wish Were Bigger Stars." The best thing about it is the advice they give these people they say they want to help, like "Be down with Judd Apatow" or "Star in a movie." (Paraphrasing.) They tell Brittany Murphy to get a life coach. Hey Brittany, we wish you the best you moron. Nice one, guys.

9x12" brush pens on 80 lb. cream paper $30

Dog Days of Summer?

Amazing. This was on the inside of an apartment door that was propped open. That's how I got to see it.

Just Hangin'

The Quiz hangs in the Unfinished Side offices. Always happy to brighten up the thankless life of a KC Royals fan.

Movie Trios--Going Places

Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou, and Gerard Depardieu starred in Bertrand Blier's 1974 romp "Les Valseuses" aka "Going Places" aka "Getting It Up." $55

People (and Things) With the Initials CB

Here we have Count Basie, Clarence Birdseye, Christie Brinkley, Corrine Brown, Christian Bale, Carrie Bradshaw, Crystal Ball, Chris Bressler, Cate Blanchett, Carrie Brownstein, Charlie Brown, Chet Baker, Chuck Berry, Charles Bronson, Cherry Blossom, Charles Barkley, Catherine Breillat, Charles Boyer, Carol Burnett, Chester Brown, Carlos Beltran, Chauncey Billups, Candice Bergen, Chicago Bears, Cecily Brown

"Yankees won, Mets lost, Rickey Henderson's Unhappy."

UPDATE: I posted this in the morning, then that night Elaine was all "Yankees won, Mets lost, Rickey Henderson's unhappy." Effin weird man.

Bigger Stuff

I want to do some bigger-scale stuff after working on this piece. A woman commissioned this to give to her husband for father's day because that right there is his grandpop.

How about a portrait of your favorite athlete, sitcom star, deceased relative, or pet? Get in touch or check this out.

Smoke Signal, a free all-comics newspaper

Desert Island put this together. It's all comics and it's FREE. And it's fantastic. Seriously, even if I didn't have a full page in it, it would still be fantastic. Okay, right now it's superfantastic. If I wasn't in it, it would still be fantastic. Wait, Elizabeth Bethea has a great page in there too. Okay, so right now it's superduperfantastic. If you took out mine or Elizabeth's comics, it would still be superfantastic. If you took both of ours out, it would still be fantastic. It's free, man. Stop complaining. Hellllllooo? DUH. You can get it at Desert Island, which is on Metropolitan near Union. It's right by the Metropolitan/Lorimer stop, so no excuses.

And if you're not in New York, they will mail you one for three crummy dollars. Whaaaat? Just go here. Desert Island is the coolest. Cool as dry ice. That's where the smoke's comin from. Smoke Signal, ya'll.

"Even if I'm smoked out I can't be scoped out" -- Cappadonna

Maitresse + Alligator and Some Oranges

The Bird, 1954-2009

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych used to crouch down on the ground and smooth out the mound. He used to talk to the ball, stuff like that. You can read more about him here.

Nathan Gelgud. Pencil and brush pens on cream 80 lb. paper. 9" x 12"

Are You Having a Baby?

I did a mural a few months ago for an expecting couple in Durham, NC. (Have you been to Durham lately? It's fun, man.) I'll do one for you if you want. For under a million bucks. We'll work it out.

I Forgot to Draw His Backpack

More Baseball

Another baseball drawing. Sorry to the millions of you who visit this site every day and hate sports. I did this one for my friend Stuart. Two Royals in a row? I need to draw some Mets.

Almost Opening Day 2009

I'm Not a Tourist

I just remembered this: I was talking to this bike messenger I used to work with and I said something about a building I liked and he goes "I'm not a tourist, I don't look up." Maybe that inspired this drawing without me knowing it.
Nathan Gelgud. Pencil, brush pens, artist pens on 70 lb. paper. 9" x 12"

SOLD

Draw Dogs Directed by Sam Barkinpah

This right here is a page of famous dogs I did for a friend to give to his wife. I will do a portrait of your pets, or whatever you want.

To get one of these, you can use the Paypal link below (base price $40, we'll work out the details based on what you want). Or Email me or go here.

Countdown to Opening Day

Union Square Platform

Clark Griffith

Comic Strips

I took these down because Daily Cross Hatch is gonna put 'em up tomorrow. So go there for it.

For Rilla

More Portraiture

come correct and go to gelgud.etsy.com

Go and Get It

Go to Desert Island to get a copy of Simon's Soup 2. It's $4. Or you can email me for a copy. But really, go get it at the store. That's more fun for everybody. Then after you get it and read it you can still email me to tell me how hard you laughed. This one's good, I'm telling you.

Megator Man Continues

For the first part of this sketchbook story go here.

Simon's Soup 2 is Almost Ready

It's done, I just need to create the copies. I could make some more of the first issue, too, if you want one. To pre-order SS #2 or get a copy of #1, just email me. The first one is two measly bucks, the second one ... I'm not sure yet. Maybe like $4?

Get You One

This weekend I finished another page of portraits of people with the same intials, which you can get here. Do like my man Fred is doing and save your allowance.

Sketchbook Preview of Megator Man