David Libert is a tattoo artist based in Evanston, Illinois, and the owner of Sweetheart Ink Tattoo. He specializes in color realism, with a focus on video game and pop-culture pieces: vivid, high-detail work that brings favorite characters off the screen and the page and onto skin.

His portfolio spans character portraits, heroes and villains, and nostalgic pop-culture imagery, rendered with the depth and saturation of a painted comic cover. Pokémon sleeves, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toothless and Gengar are regulars in his chair, and at Anime Magic Inked in Chicago he took home Best Pokémon Tattoo and Tattoo of the Day.

David brings that eye to NiFe WARS with the High Rise Comics retailer exclusive variant cover for NiFe WARS Issue #4, a homage to a classic Batman #251 cover.