About
I am a Brooklyn based illustrator and animator.
I am competent in Photoshop and Indesign, am a master of Procreate, and draw every day. My illustrations have been album covers, in college magazines and most recently published in a history book.
Nicholas Ward
I am a recent graduate of Hampshire College, focused mainly on pen and ink illustration and hand-drawn animation. My strongest style is black and white realism, although I am proficient in color as well. I am equally strong in digital and analog illustration.
This drawing appears in Nathan Ward's Son of the Old West, published by Grove Atlantic. Click the cowboy to check it out!
This drawing is the album cover for Matthew Nicholl's Still Life With Voices. Click the image to listen!
This illustration accompanied an article on AI published in Westword Magazine. Click the gravestone to read the full piece!
Skills
Recent Experience
Adept at analog illustration, including analog animation
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop
Proficient in Procreate
Proficient in Adobe Indesign
Teaching Artist, Bespoke Education 2024-2025
I planned and executed my own art curriculum for elementary school students. Over the course of the year students developed their technical skills, their story telling abilities, and more.
Teaching Assistant, 92nd St YMCA Spring 2023
I was a teaching assistant for two amazing classes at the Y: Drawing and Painting (5-7) and Cartooning (7-9). It was so valuable to work with these young artists and help them develop their own unique styles. It was especially interesting to see how students navigated the intersection of illustration and narrative storytelling in Cartooning.
Education
Hampshire College - BA 2016-2020
At Hampshire my focuses were history and studio art. I was especially interested in art as a medium for history education, and many of my projects, independent studies and even my thesis project reflected this interest. I explored historical storytelling in mediums spanning from graphic novels to illustrated essays and animations.
