iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 04/08/2026

one pager about my Grandpa Ed talking to his Siamese cat Hank.

A comic about an old man talking to his cat over his morning paper. "I should get dressed and do something today even if it's wrong." "you want some gruel or what? Mighty fine pussycat." "My God cat, I almost got the paper read and you come along." "God almighty." "It's the ten year anniversary of that Indonesian tsunami." "230,000 people died." "I think the world is falling apart myself."

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 24/07/2026

Possibly my finest sketch.

riveting chickenscratch doodle of a beaked beerbellied balding man on a skateboard zipping by a car saying AIN'T TOO OLD TO SKATE! NO WAY!

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 02/04/2026

fiddleheads definitely inspired h.r. giger 😱

a gross macro shot of a glistening dark hairy baby fern spurt

another gross macro shot of a glistening dark hairy baby fern spurt

and one more gross macro shot of a glistening dark hairy baby fern spurt

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 05/10/2025

Another year, another disgusting water filter replacement.

Photo of two giant Multipure carbon water filters, the old one brown and disgusting next to the new one that's very white in comparison.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 15/07/2025

I was preparing for Trubble Club from a very early age.

A terrifying rendition of what looks like Garfield mixed with Wolverine, scribbled by a grade schooler.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 15/07/2025

Thank you good sir. May we dance again soon!

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 30/06/2025

cool cats out for a cruise #ink

ink wash drawing of two fat cats wearing aviator shades and stone-cold expressions, speeding along in a chopper motorcycle with giant exhaust pipes and an american flag gas tank

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 06/06/2025

Hazel's contribution to our laundry room remodel.

A tiny cat paw print in mortar on a floor being prepped for tile.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 24/05/2025

From a series of drawings of animals taking over public spaces during the first COVID lockdowns. I totally forgot I did these time lapse videos.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 02/05/2025

I think our 38-year-old rhododendron has graduated to tree.

An ancient rhododendron in full bloom, hanging with a fern.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 30/04/2025

This sweet reversible butt potato is so good the cashier asked to take a photo of it.

A sweet potato in a bowl that looks like a very round butt.

The same sweet potato, upside down, which also looks like a very round butt.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 26/04/2025

The tulip poplar dropped Carl a flower. Also peak Carl in 2017.

A bright green tulip poplar flower on the ground amidst woodchips in front of a small gravestone with a hand-painted smiling cat's face and the text Carl.

A handsome gray cat, looking into your soul. Or just asking for treats.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 16/03/2025

Bday card collage of Stella that Laurie and I crafted for our pal Amy.

collage of a cute dog with a giant pink tongue composed of colored scraps from magazines with george clooney's eyeball as a nose.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 06/03/2025

doodles at six mile slough, florida

sloppy ink drawing detailing a man's mind slowly melting in a florida bog. not pictured: snakes

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 17/02/2025

☁️ doodles from the cigarette-stuffy auto shop waiting room ☁️

ink drawing of a rhododendron melting into a soggy cheese sandwich

ink drawing of the convergence, a gaggle of non-profit logos imitating a children's jenga party

ink drawing of a mountain range or a cheese plate or a gerbil party

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 04/02/2025

Carl at 15. De-chonked.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 22/11/2024

Don't forget to change your water filter 🤢

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 12/11/2024

I guess pumpkin guts were a poor choice for the compost.

A forest of pumpkin sprouts emerging from a compost pile

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 12/11/2024

I've been on a muffin kick lately. Muffins seem to help the pain. Chocolate chip, blueberry rhubarb, apple bran, ginger spice.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 12/11/2024

These lasted about 2 days in an 80º North Carolina October. Remember October? 😅

three jack-o-lanterns lit up at dusk on a stoop

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 02/11/2024

Early voted in NC for Kamala: Fuck Trump! Ugh. How we are not nation-wide unanimous after so many years of seeing firsthand what a garbage human he is will never cease to baffle me.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 09/10/2024

Illustration for Willy Vlautin's novella Kill Switch. I'm such a sucker for drawings with puddles.

Black and white drawing of a smoking man leaning against a painters van in front of dingy minimart.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 08/10/2024

@tugboatcity.bsky.social happy birthday to my favorite dance partner

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 14/09/2024

Cool bug alert! North American wheel bug, a species of large assassin bug, is camouflaged and very shy, hiding whenever possible. The proboscis arises from the anterior and unfolds forward when feeding. They have two scent glands that can be ejected from the abdomen when disturbed. #hotbugs

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 26/06/2024

The light really changed in the 40 minutes it took me to excavate this ancient grill.

photo of an old crusty grill in a plant bed next to a shovel and pickaxe.

follow up photo where grill is gone and it's just plants

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 07/06/2024

Which version do you prefer?

Black and white ink drawing of a classic muscle car driving along a river with a boy leaning out the window and mountains in the background.

Alternate version of a black and white ink drawing of a classic muscle car driving along a river with a boy leaning out the window and mountains in the background.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 07/06/2024

My latest collaboration with Willy Vlautin: a novella designed by Aaron Draplin. #drawing #ink #penandink

Cover of a red book cover with text The Kill Switch by Willy Vlautin, Illustrations by Nate Beaty

Picture of book interior with black and white illustration of a grocery store at night, man smoking and leaning against a painting van.

Book interior with illustration of a car with hood raised; a boy and a man work together on the engine.

Book interior with illustration of boy with a black eye, morose, picking at his food with a Sammi Smith poster on the wall behind him.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 20/03/2024

Backyard shot from the roof. Spring is just starting to kick in. Hellebore, forsythia, redbud and euphorbia are happy. Aucuba = still meh but it was planted on what was a gravel drive when we moved in. Currently spreading a huge ChipDrop pile while huffing mold spores. #lifeonmudcreek

Wide angle shot from a roof at a half-finished DIY landscape, a garden with corrugated containers on the left, a metal-roofed sauna on the right.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 20/03/2024

Deer munched my stonecrop.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 05/03/2024

Muffler shop had some good art on the windows.

Picture of a window with a painting of an anthropomorphic radiator that is healthy and happy.

An exasperated and sweating anthropomorphic radiator painted on a window.

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Nate Beaty @natebeaty.com · 28/02/2024

Fun illustration for Willy Vlautin's new novel, who I've been doodling with for 20 years now. Reminds me of my old Portland drawings I'd do on location after biking around all day.

Ink illustration of a dingy dive bar with a large sign reading Lion's Lair.

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