The rich layers of gouache, acrylic and cut paper on artist and animation designer Nate Wragg's canvases tell a unique story... Heavily influenced by 1950's animation design and modern/abstract art, Nate loves the stories and characters inherent in animation, and at the same time, loves the questions that modern and abstract art ask.

Nate studied art and character animation at CAL ARTS in Los Angeles, California before accepting internships with the James Baxter Animation Studio in Pasadena, and in the in the art department at Pixar.  After his internships Nate joined Pixar as a full time production artist to work on Ratatouille.  He worked on all aspects of the film, including background props and small set designs as well as artwork for the marketing team, but Nate's most recognizable work on the film was the end title sequence. This outstanding work led to his illustrating the children's book for the film, and leading the production design for the short film on the DVD titled 'Your Friend the Rat.' 

Nate worked on Toy Story 3 as a character designer and is now working as a designer for Dreamworks Animation. Nate is also making his way into the art gallery and publishing scene.  He collaborated on the 'The Ancient Book of Myth and War' in 2007 and 'The Ancient Book of Sex and Science' in 2009, releasing both books with gallery shows in LA. Subsequently he's been working on more book projects and has shown his work in a few other galleries, most notably, the New York Society of Illustrators gallery show in 2008.

You can see more of Nate's work here.