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Here at Tuts+ we regularly witness the talents of creative hobbyists and professionals from every corner of the globe. In this post, the first in a series, we want to shine light on the incredible Photoshop talent coming out of almost every continent. Today we start with Europe – next week, South America! Is your country or city represented?
Please note: This post contains some artistic nudity. This is not a ranked list. Current Psdtuts+ authors are not eligible for inclusion. 1. NIARK1Representing: Paris, France. “I make flyers, identities and logos, illustrations, web design, characters, graphic design, stickers, covers, toys, skateboards, deco, arts and many more! If you want more info about myself or my work don’t hesitate to contact me. I’m cool and I’m interested by any connections that I can make and any exciting projects.”      2. Peter JaworowskiRepresenting: Warsaw, Poland. “I am the co-owner of the Warsaw-based creative studio, Ars Thanea, where I’m also design director. Debut Art represents me worldwide and Mushroom in Spain. Offline, you can check out my work in regular print publications like /Computer Arts/, /idN/ and /Advanced Photoshop/. I also write for Reform & Revolution and Cpluv, if you happen to frequent those sites!”      3. Bechira SorenRepresenting: Timisoara, Romania. Bechira Sorin is what we would call a “veteran” in the world of graphic design. He is 30 years old and displays impeccable skills in not only Photoshop but also in multimedia techniques.      4. Sakke SoiniRepresenting: Helsinki, Finland. “Right now I am working as a freelancer and balancing my time between web design, illustrations, event management/promotion, DJing and VJing.”      5. David Fuhrer (aka Microbot)Representing: Bern, Switzerland. David Fuhrer is a self-taught digital painter with a passion for making some of the most creative and vivid art around. David is an extremely talented and creates some of his art by mixing 3D elements with painting.      6. Alberto SevesoRepresenting: Rome, Italy. Alberto’s digital illustrations have a distinct style, often featuring human forms made up of multi-layered tribal patterns with a 3D look. He has used this style to illustrate athletes Michael Phelps and Kelly Slater for prominent magazines. Hey says it doesn’t matter where he lives because the world has no borders.      7. Nik AinleyRepresenting: Oxford, United Kingdom. “Nik Ainley is a UK based illustrator who produces both personal and commissioned work. He rather bizarrely taught himself Photoshop in his spare time while gaining a degree in physics at Imperial College in London. He enjoyed it so much he ditched physics and moved full time into design and illustration.”      8. Pete HarrisonRepresenting: London, United Kingdom. If you like that soft pastel 80’s look, then you will love the stuff in Pete Harrison’s portfolio. He has truly conquered that design style. But his skills don’t stop there. He is truly gifted in mixing images with shapes, colors, text in a original and creative manner.       9. Sam GilbeyRepresenting: Bedford, United Kingdom. “Sam Gilbey is a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and art director. He has created graphics and illustrations, designed websites, and/or provided art direction for many well-known clients and brands, including Sony, Weetabix, The University of Manchester, MTV, O2, The BBC, Cadbury, Tiger Aspect Productions, Working Title and Motorola. He has worked with several respected design agencies including LBi, Preloaded, CMW Interacitve and AIS London.”     10. Goro FujitaRepresenting: Hamburg, Germany. “I was born in Japan and moved with my family to Germany when I was two and a half years old. I have been fascinated by drawing ever since I was a little child. After finishing highschool I founded a company called “Quaintix” with a friend of mine and did some graphic design and programming work. Meanwhile I got interested in 3D animation and started to play around with cubes and spheres.”      11. Mike KarolosRepresenting: Athens, Greece. Mike is a 24 year old design from Greece. While he enjoys a variety of music, he is really into hip hop music. I think that love for hip hop music really shows in his urban-style design. His designs and artwork have elements of popular design styles, but presented in a way that is very much his own.   12. Meni TzimaRepresenting: Athens, Greece. “Presented as a new up and coming artist to look out for by Computer Arts Projects magazine, her work has also been featured by the latest Pictoplasma Character Encyclopaedia. Her characters appeared in various locations around the world on exhibitions such as The Freaky People in St.Petersburg, Russia, The little bird project in Hannover/Germany and lately at the Unreal event at Bios, Athens.”      |
100 Artworks from the Top 20 Digital Artists in Latin America
1. Pablo AlfieriRepresenting: Buenos Aires, Argentina “Pablo Alfieri is a graphic designer and illustrator born in 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2002 he started the career of Graphic design at U.B.A. (University of Buenos Aires), where he discovered his passion for design, illustration and typography. Since 2007 he has been working in local design studios like RDYA Design Group and Punga Visual Consorcio, and in January of 2008 he created “Playful”, a showcase of his personal works, a free space where he plays and has fun with colors, typography and geometric shapes, the bases of his creative work.”      2. Ezequiel MatteoRepresenting: Buenos Aires, Argentina Ezequiel is an outstanding character designer who also moonlights as a graphic designer. His characters are bizarre and strange, but cute all at the same time. Aside from designing a variety of characters, he has also written a few tutorials for some of the major electronic arts magazines.      3. Adolfo CorreaRepresenting: Santiago, Chile Adolfo Correa is a 21 year old student of Graphic Design from Santiago, Chile. Although he may be young, he is quickly picking up on the popular styles and design trends of the modern graphic design world. There is no doubt that upon his graduation he will have a long list of clients ready to work with him.      4. Guillermo Alarcón RiveraRepresenting: Santiago, Chile Guillermo Alarcón Rivera, a designer from Santiago, has a unique style that stretches across a variety of mediums. From illustration to motion design, Guillermo Alarcón Rivera has an arsenal of design skills that seem to work very well for him.      5. Genaro DeSia CoppolaRepresenting: Barcelona, Venezuela Genaro DeSia Coppola is an amazing vector and flash artist with a style that is very much his own. If you think that his vector art is cool, than you are sure to love his flash work. His flash work takes his vector art to another level by adding color and movement to it.      6. Diego DiazRepresenting: Guatemala City, Guatemala Diego Diaz is a graphic design that comes from Guatemala City. Many of his designs seem to feature a reggae roots and natural style to them. I can only wonder if this has something to do with his surroundings and lifestyle.      7. Ricardo AjcivinacRepresenting: Guatemala It seems that Ricardo’s first love is graffiti art, but his skills aren’t limited to spray paint and concrete walls. He also excels at illustration and even some forms of photo manipulation.      8. David GaldamezRepresenting: Guatemala City, Guatemala David Galdamez comes to us from Guatemala City as well. He is one of those designers who is lucky enough to also have some traditional arty skills such as drawing and sketching. He does a great job at combining his two skills together to create unique pieces.      9. MASARepresenting: Caracas, Venezuela “MASAs work has a strong emphasis in the research of Latian American pop and worldwide contemporary street culture. The result is a crossover where urban and folklore references get blended together to produce fresh ideas and strong brand identities in every work.”      10. César Evangelista BautistaRepresenting: Mexico Distrito Federal, Mexico If you ask César Evangelista Bautista what it is he loves to do, he will tell you illustration. With such an awesome portfolio, it is easy to see that hes not lying. His character designs are hands down some of the coolest ones I have seen in a while.      11. ROANRepresenting: Mexico City, Mexico ROAN’s illustration and digital manipulation work – often blended together beautifully – explores many different styles and themes.     12. Juan MolinetRepresenting: Buenos Aires, Argentina Juan’s surreal cartoon-like illustrations are highly sought after – and with good reason!       13. Fabio SassoRepresenting: Porto Alegre, Brazil “I’m a graphic, web designer and the co-founder of a design studio called 3YZ Digital Performance and I run a blog called Abduzeedo where I share my thoughts, cool sites, and tutorials.”      14. Cristiano SiqueiraRepresenting: Sao Paulo, Brazil “I started my career working with graphic design in books, magazines and CD covers. Some years later, I went to packaging design, producing for the food and toy industry.      15. Rodrigo FranciscoRepresenting: Center East Region, Brazil “I’m an 19 years old Designer & Illustrator, born and raised at the Center East Region of Brazil. Currently working as a Freelancer. Self-taught until Mid 2008, I have just finished my second semester at UCG Design School, Brazil.”      16. Juan HodgsonRepresenting: Panama City, Panama A bright, glossy style is the hallmark of Juan Hodgson’s digital artwork. He regularly switches between illustration and photo manipulation.      17. Kochi DowelRepresenting: Panama City, Panama “Hi everyone! I’m Osvaldo Restrepo best known as “Kochi Dowel” I’ve 22 years old and I’m a Graphic Designer from Panama city, Panama (Central America) I’m lead designer at McCann Erickson Panama and I do freelancing too if i got time… well that’s it I think, oh oh yep my favorite band is The Deftones”      18. Jorge Aguilar / REAKTORRepresenting: Guadalajara, Mexico “Reaktor is the human condition that empowers you to think by yourself and transcend. It’s one that raises his voice and never gives up. It’s not following trends, but having the power to create them and modifying what surrounds you. It’s having a solid argument and an unbreakable will. Reaktor is to live maximizing your own essence.”      19. Alex RiveraRepresenting: Mexico “Graphic Designer trying have fun at the work, I love the Type, Creative Messages, Art Direction, Travel, Rol in projects and illustrate”   
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100 Artworks from the Top 20 Digital Artists in South America
Last time we scoured Europe for the best Photoshop talent going around. This week we’re turning to beautiful South America to uncover 20 of the top digital artists on the continent. Is your country or city represented?
1. Pablo Alfieri
Representing: Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Pablo Alfieri is a graphic designer and illustrator born in 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2002 he started the career of Graphic design at U.B.A. (University of Buenos Aires), where he discovered his passion for design, illustration and typography. Since 2007 he has been working in local design studios like RDYA Design Group and Punga Visual Consorcio, and in January of 2008 he created “Playful”, a showcase of his personal works, a free space where he plays and has fun with colors, typography and geometric shapes, the bases of his creative work.”
2. Ezequiel Matteo
Representing: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ezequiel is an outstanding character designer who also moonlights as a graphic designer. His characters are bizarre and strange, but cute all at the same time. Aside from designing a variety of characters, he has also written a few tutorials for some of the major electronic arts magazines.
3. Adolfo Correa
Representing: Santiago, Chile
Adolfo Correa is a 21 year old student of Graphic Design from Santiago, Chile. Although he may be young, he is quickly picking up on the popular styles and design trends of the modern graphic design world. There is no doubt that upon his graduation he will have a long list of clients ready to work with him.
4. Guillermo Alarcón Rivera
Representing: Santiago, Chile
Guillermo Alarcón Rivera, a designer from Santiago, has a unique style that stretches across a variety of mediums. From illustration to motion design, Guillermo Alarcón Rivera has an arsenal of design skills that seem to work very well for him.
5. Genaro DeSia Coppola
Representing: Barcelona, Venezuela
Genaro DeSia Coppola is an amazing vector and flash artist with a style that is very much his own. If you think that his vector art is cool, than you are sure to love his flash work. His flash work takes his vector art to another level by adding color and movement to it.
6. Diego Diaz
Representing: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Diego Diaz is a graphic design that comes from Guatemala City. Many of his designs seem to feature a reggae roots and natural style to them. I can only wonder if this has something to do with his surroundings and lifestyle.
7. Ricardo Ajcivinac
Representing: Guatemala
It seems that Ricardo’s first love is graffiti art, but his skills aren’t limited to spray paint and concrete walls. He also excels at illustration and even some forms of photo manipulation.
8. David Galdamez
Representing: Guatemala City, Guatemala
David Galdamez comes to us from Guatemala City as well. He is one of those designers who is lucky enough to also have some traditional arty skills such as drawing and sketching. He does a great job at combining his two skills together to create unique pieces.
9. MASA
Representing: Caracas, Venezuela
“MASAs work has a strong emphasis in the research of Latian American pop and worldwide contemporary street culture. The result is a crossover where urban and folklore references get blended together to produce fresh ideas and strong brand identities in every work.”
10. César Evangelista Bautista
Representing: Mexico Distrito Federal, Mexico
If you ask César Evangelista Bautista what it is he loves to do, he will tell you illustration. With such an awesome portfolio, it is easy to see that hes not lying. His character designs are hands down some of the coolest ones I have seen in a while.
11. ROAN
Representing: Mexico City, Mexico
ROAN’s illustration and digital manipulation work – often blended together beautifully – explores many different styles and themes.
12. Juan Molinet
Representing: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan’s surreal cartoon-like illustrations are highly sought after – and with good reason!
13. Fabio Sasso
Representing: Porto Alegre, Brazil
“I’m a graphic, web designer and the co-founder of a design studio called 3YZ Digital Performance and I run a blog called Abduzeedo where I share my thoughts, cool sites, and tutorials.”
14. Cristiano Siqueira
Representing: Sao Paulo, Brazil
“I started my career working with graphic design in books, magazines and CD covers. Some years later, I went to packaging design, producing for the food and toy industry.
After 7 years of experience, I finally felt confortable to start as a freelance illustrator. So, since 2005 I am an illustrator full time, working from my own “home” office, doing illustrations for packaging and graphic design, publishing, advertising and everything that needs to be illustrated. “
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