Nate Voss
Designer + illustrator

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NATE'S BIO.

Nate Vosis a designer, illustrator, talkshow host and design journalist. Working in Omaha since 2001, Nate served four years on the Board of Directors for AIGA Nebraska and currently teaches design for Metropolitan Community College in addition to his freelance work. Nate has interviewed design luminaries such as Kit Hinrichs, Debbie Millman, Joe Duffy, Marian Bantjes, Chip Kidd, Ann Willoughby, and many others. Currently, Nate's work can be seen here at Vossome.com and at 36Point.com, where he maintains the webcomic 1PT.Rule and hosts The Reflex Blue Show. In 2009, Nate became the only person to guest host Design Matters with Debbie Millman, a leading industry talkshow focusing on design and contemporary culture. Nate has also illustrated two children's books, The Legend of Lil' Red and Tiny and His Big Adventures.

:: Previous Work ::

 

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:: The Vossome Blog ::

 

Thursday, July 16, 2009

I'll Be On Veer, Sometime This Year?

I like Veer, quite a bit, actually. More so than other stock image sites like Getty or Corbis (well, Corbis proper, they own Veer), because Veer has personality. They have style. And above all they "get" the design community. You see it in all the promos they send out, which normally are tossed into the junk/recycle bin, but instead were always hounded in my offices — "oh, new Veer catalog! Awesome!"

So, as a working illustrator, when the time came to put together some work for stock, going with Veer was an easy choice. It's a good fit for me. It was made an even better fit a few weeks back when they announced their Contributor program and upcoming microstock section. Yes, "microstock" is a fancy word for "iStock," in the same way "tissue" really means "Kleenex." But iStock is the Wal-Mart of the image industry. Sure it may be a titan, and we've all had to stick out heads in from time to time, but nobody really enjoys shopping there, and when you leave you feel like you need to wash your hands.

So I signed up and submitted a series of illustrations, and a few days later the good news came back — approved! So, later this summer (which is as close to a release date as I've found), you'll be able to pick up some authentic Nate Voss artwork for your design project (both in color and black-and-white coloring-book style) for affordable prices — just make sure you pick up the proper license with it!

Below is a quick tease of what will be available:


from Nate Voss to you.