Who Am I?

So who is Wiestika? Well that is me. My name is Nathan Wiest and I am currently a Computer Technician for the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. I graduated from SCC with an Associates degree in Microcomputer Technology in December of 2006. I sort of made WiestikArts a few years ago after converting a gaming name, Wiestika, to a graphic design related element in WiestikArts. I have been working with Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and a few other cool programs awhile now (since about July 2005). My brother and I have always been into Star Wars so making a lightsaber fight has always been a cool idea, we just never new how to go about it until I got ahold of Adobe After Effects 5.5 a few years back. I started dabbling around and all at once, I had a rotoscoped saber. Of course my first ones looked awful, but they improved each time. My work continues to improve and expand as I go.

Of course, WiestikArts isn't all about lightsaber fights. I love making title sequences and logos for anything. My favorite part about my site is all of the WiestikArts title sequences. If you haven't seen them check them out here. I hope to continue to improve these little sequences, maybe even get them to a professional level someday. I would also like to go back to school somewhere in the near future for Graphic Design, so I actually have the degree. For some reason people seem to trust you more with that little piece of paper :-D

What else is there to know about me, the man behind the website? Not too much really, I met Terrence Nunn once, but that's a whole other story that you can read about here. Other than that, there isn't really anything else you need to know. Right now I don't do projects for other people, so no requests for a logo now. I would rather wait until I am more established and have a website setup for that sort of thing. I am always open to some constructive criticism, just not everyone at once! So, enjoy this site, and send me suggestions or any questions you have.

One more thing, I kind of random so don't forget to check my site every couple of days. At any particular time during a week I could be in pre-production on a lightsaber fight, or post-production on a title sequence, so keep up-to-date.