Nathaniel Kurtzberg

Nathanaël, also called Nathan, is a student at Collège Françoise Dupont. In "The Evillustrator", after he drops his book revealing his art of Marinette, his crush, and gets made fun of by Chloé, he is infected with an akuma by Hawk Moth and becomes the Evillustrator, an artist supervillain whose drawings come to life.

Appearance
Nathanaël is shortish with turquoise eyes and messy red orange hair, his long bangs brushed to the left side of his face. He wears a red t-shirt with a black design on the front. On top of his shirt, he wears a gray dress jacket with folded sleeves and side pockets. He also wears purple jeans that are rolled up at the bottom and gray shoes with white lace and a white section where his toes would be.

As the Evillustrator, his skin is light purple, and his hair is brushed back while colored orange with purple tips. On his head he has a black beret, and on his face, he has a black butterfly-shaped mask. He wears a white suit with black stripes and solid black legs that become red halfway down his lower legs. On his chest, there is a black circle with smaller red, yellow, and blue circles inside. His neck collar is swan-necked, with a red collar underneath. His black drawing tablet is attached to his back of his right forearm. His pen is silver towards the tip, with the end being black with a red stripe in the middle.

Personality
Nathanaël is imaginative and artistic. He is quiet and shy in class, and seems to be quite easily lost in his fantasies, like when he is daydreaming about his crush, Marinette. Afraid of being judged, he prefers to be secretive about his art, and if he is accused of something, he is nervous, and, if the accusations are true, deeply embarrassed. As the Evillustrator, he becomes more confident and direct, literally walking into Marinette's bedroom to ask her out and celebrate his birthday with him. Even akumatized, he still genuinely cares for her, promising her that he'll stop attacking Chloé and even defying Hawk Moth for a while for the sake of his date. However, he is furious at being humiliated or tricked, and he can be short-tempered and reckless. His response to Marinette betraying him is to yell that she is just like Chloé, and he tries to trap her and Cat Noir on a boat with a huge leak before taking off to continue attacking Chloé.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng
Nathanaël has a secret crush on Marinette, drawing comics in his sketchbook of him saving her from villains. When he becomes the Evillustrator, he has the confidence to act on his feelings, asking Marinette if she would go out on a date with him for his birthday. Her betrayal of leading Cat Noir to him hurts him deeply, and he angrily announces she is just like Chloé. It is unknown if Nathanaël still has romantic feelings for her. With Ladybug, Nathanaël is relieved to know she is around to save the day. After his time as the Evillustrator, in his sketchbook, he draws a comic book cover that features Ladybug, indicating that he has romantic feelings for her.

Chloé Bourgeois
Like most people, Nathanaël dislikes Chloé for being a self absorbed person. He is horrified when she grabs his sketchbook from the floor, seeing his drawing of him and Marinette, and making fun of him for it. He also doesn't like it how Chloé bothers Marinette, so as Evillustrator, he draws a giant hairdryer to blow her away. At first promising Marinette that he wouldn't attack Chloé again, he changes his mind after Marinette breaks his heart and goes to destroy her.

Abilities
Nathanaël is an artist, skilled in drawing pictures with pencil, pen, and marker.

As a villain
As the Evillustrator, he gets supernatural agility and the power to sketch whatever he wants onto his drawing tablet to make it exist in real life (this also includes playing music by drawing notes). The objects created can levitate and move to attack people. He can also erase things from real life. However, in order to draw, the Evillustrator needs light, so if it is too dark for him to see, he is unable to use his powers.

Sightings

 * Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Theme Song

Season 1

 * The Bubbler (background)
 * Mr. Pigeon (background)
 * Timebreaker
 * Copycat (background)
 * Lady Wifi (background)
 * The Evillustrator
 * Rogercop
 * Horrificator
 * Darkblade
 * The Gamer (background)
 * Antibug (background)
 * The Puppeteer
 * Reflekta

Trivia

 * Nathanaël's name is a homage to Nathanaël Bronn, chief art director of the show.
 * In the French dubbed version of the show, the Evillustrator's name is Le Dessinateur, meaning "the illustrator", "the cartoonist", or "the designer."
 * The Evillustrator is one of the first supervillains that doesn't follow Hawk Moth's orders to get the Miraculous soon enough. As punishment, Hawk Moth briefly controls his body and almost prevents him from preparing for his date with Marinette.
 * He is left handed, as when he's the Evillustrator, his drawing pad is on his right arm and he draws with his left hand.
 * His shirt symbol is based on the french rock band Magma.
 * He is the second person to be akumatized on their birthday, the first being Alix.
 * Nathanaël sits behind Ivan in class to draw without being noticed.