Jason Seiler was commissioned by Creative Director D.W. Pine to illustrate the cover for TIME’s Person of the Year: The Architects of AI. Jason’s digital painting depicts tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Sam Altman sitting on a steel beam above NYC, an homage to the famous 1932 photograph. Read about the making of the 2025 Person of the Year covers in this article by D.W. Pine. In the AI age, we’re thankful that TIME covers remain a showcase of human creativity.
Jason Seiler has painted two previous Person of the Year covers (Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in 2020 and Pope Francis in 2013) as well as other covers for TIME.
