Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website: N8W

Nate Williams is one of those artists whose work is all around you and you might not even know it! Some of his recent projects include the Denver bookmobile, some laptop skins, and a great bag for those purveyors of great stuff, Blue Q. He’s also done fabulous work for Urban Outfitters, his chalk drawings and wall art gussied up a Montreal design shop, and he decorated the streets of Val de Marne, France, for their Festival d’Oh!

I’ve been aware of Nate’s work for years now. Early on when I was trying to figure out what the heck I was doing, Nate stood out as a shining example of both a great illustrator, as well as a savvy entrepreneur. He is one of the most generous working artists I know of, with articles and blog posts that give other illustrators a leg up, either by passing on his hard-earned knowledge, or by posting a few great links to the next great thing you’ve done. Oh, and that’s the other big one: his fantastic Illustration Mundo site is one of the best illustrator inventories and free promotional sites out there for working artists.

And he does it all from the southern hemisphere! ¡Que bueno!