ELI NICOLOSI
Illustrator. Comic Creator. Designer. Creative Director.
A career built around one idea: strong visual storytelling. From independent comics and illustration to brand identities and digital experiences, Eli Nicolosi has spent 25 years turning ideas into things people can see, use and remember.
25 YEARS
Professional creative work since 2001.
One creative throughline.
Eli Nicolosi is a Rockford, Illinois-based illustrator, comic creator, graphic designer and creative director. He founded Astute Web Group in 2001 and has worked across illustration, branding, web design, advertising and digital strategy while continuing to develop original creative projects.
This site is a focused look at the creative side of that career: the art, the ideas, the stories and the projects that connect them.
ORIGINAL COMICS
Overdrive
Overdrive is Eli's independent science-fiction comic series: a 1990s-set adventure about an escaped super-soldier and an eight-year-old child hunted by an empire far larger than either of them.
The project brings together writing, character design, world-building, sequential storytelling and collaboration with a growing creative team.
ILLUSTRATION + DESIGN
Built to communicate.
For more than two decades, Eli has helped businesses, nonprofits, municipalities and entrepreneurs translate ideas into visual identities, campaigns, websites and illustrations.
The work ranges from logos and custom artwork to full creative direction, always with an emphasis on clarity, personality and practical results.
Creative work is better when it has something to say.
Explore the story behind the work, the evolution of Overdrive and 25 years of professional creative experience.