The Trial of Tom Robinson, for To Kill a Mockingbird. “The foreman handed a piece of paper to Mr Tate who handed it to the clerk who handed it to the judge.... I shut my eyes.” Published by @foliosociety . Graphite on mylar with digital painting in Photoshop. Swipe for full crop, detail, and a snippet of the original drawing. Special thanks to @hsbessiake for modeling!
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Ayo! Graphite on toned board, acrylic, and colored pencils. Had a great time drawing @thebearfx and talking shop on Drawing Hive with @johnenglishart@timmytrabon@cassandralkim . Check out Visual Arts Passage on youtube to catch the full episode! I took another hour after the pose on this one to work out some details while our past two presidents debated their golf games. Busy night.
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Nosferatu! Swipe for full crop & type treatment. Got excited about Eggers’s use of shadow motifs throughout the film, so I’ve been warming up with piece for the past few days. Wanted combine some victorian oil painting flavor with hard-edged shape language. Digitally painted in photoshop. Enjoy!
Prints for sale for a limited time through the store link in my bio!
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Excited to share my cover for One Global Game - 48 Countries, 48 Covers! @sportsillustrated commissioned artists from every country represented in the 2026 World Cup, and I was honored to be chosen to represent the USA. Swipe for process and a look at all 48 covers!
With this piece, I chose to highlight Christian Pulisic, the USMNT’s star forward, shouldering the weight of a nation’s expectations on the world’s biggest stage. I aimed to capture the excitement of hosting matches on American soil as a potential source of unity and hope in an increasingly divided nation. The sky is illuminated with fireworks, referencing the United States’ semiquincentennial celebration this summer. Layered over Pulisic are a diverse cohort of flag-waving fans, inspired by the team’s red-and-white-striped kits, to show our country’s shared excitement in joining together to support the team.
Digitally painted in photoshop. Special thanks to AD @skalocky for making this incredible project happen!
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Neil Diamond for the @latimes ! Cover for the entertainment section, a ranking of his greatest hits. Digitally painted in photoshop with some collaged traditional textures. Special thanks to AD @jimcookeiii for the great project and direction. Swipe for the full layout, a great shot of the cover with the Jacaranda flowers that are in full bloom this week, and process sketches!
Portrait of Daniyal Mueenuddin, the Pakistani-American author of “This is Where the Serpent Lives,” inspired by his upbringing in rural Pakistan, outside the dazzling city of Lahore. Published by Dartmouth Alumni Magazine for their review of his award-winning novel. Ink and colored pencil on mylar, gouache on stonehenge paper, collaged and painted digitally. Swipe for full mixed media process and initial ideation sketches! Special thanks to AD Wendy McMillan for the great project and direction.
Excited to share my artwork for ProPublica’s brand new investigative podcast, “Paper Trail,” hosted by @jessicalussenhop ! Designed in Illustrator, with textures and lighting effects added in Photoshop. Special thanks to AD @l_l_w for bringing me on for this. Swipe for full cover and sketches!
📖SPECIAL FEATURE!📖
What a better way of Celebrating 100 years of Harper Lee than with this stunning Folio Society edition of To Kill a Mockingbird? ✨ Illustrated by our own Nate Sweitzer (@natesweitzer ), who beautifully brings Maycomb to life, embodying the novel’s enduring themes of empathy, justice, and moral courage. @foliosociety
Lee’s work remains a cornerstone of modern literature, shaping generations of readers with its powerful exploration of humanity through a child’s eyes.📖
Excited to announce that “Miraculously on pitch, a hundred voices sang out Zeebo’s words,” from To Kill a Mockingbird, will be exhibited at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art from May through July as a part of the Character In Context show.
Mixed Media (graphite, acrylic, prismacolor pencils) on mylar, mounted on board. Swipe for the color study (graphite, ink, prismacolor on chipboard). This piece is easentially my “director’s cut,” as an early version was published by the Folio Society in 2024. Pictured are Scout, Calpurnia and Jem.
Special thanks to @ellistrator for the invitation, and for organizing this show! Beyond humbled to have my work on display next so many artists that I greatly admire.
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Excited to share that my Lucinda Williams portrait for @rollingstone got into American Illustration! Special thanks to the jury, including @twodogfox for the brilliant art direction on this project. Also thank you to @lucinda_williams for the powerful album, not to mention being pretty fun to draw. See you all at the party this fall!
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Soccer is so much fun to play and watch. But it’s also THE sport that unites cultures, transcends borders, and connects the world.
During World War I, amid the brutal fighting on the Western Front, soldiers from both sides observed a spontaneous ceasefire on Christmas day.
They emerged from their trenches, battered and war-weary, set aside their weapons, and played soccer together. It’s called the World Cup because it’s truly the world’s sport.
p. 28-29 from Lionel Messi’s World Cup Triumph, illustrated by @natesweitzer and published by @abramskids
Pickpocket! Gouache and colored pencil on mixed media paper. Had a blast drawing Victorian mugshots with @visualartspassage last night. There's still time to sign up for my Ideation & Visual Storytelling Course through the link in my bio. Class starts April 25th!
