Art is a universal concept, and Digital Art makes it so ubiquitous for many talented artists to traverse canvas, tools, and media to get the message across that it’s become the main platform for some of the brightest ones.
In this article, we’ll take a look at 10 of the best digital artists from all around the world.
Masters of the digital medium, these artists from different countries and continents are an inspiration to upcoming and aspiring artists; covering the full spectrum of human emotions, their art is sometimes whimsical, terrifying, fantastical, or breathtakingly beautiful, yet always a work of masterful skill.
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Here’s a look at some of today’s best digital artists in the world.
Beeple (Mike Winklemann)
Michael Winklemann, known as Beeple, is one of the hottest Digital Artists in this day and age, with his work featuring funny, disturbing, shocking, and oftentimes dystopic depictions of the future. He rose to prominence in 2021 after having sold an NFT for a whopping $69M, which has opened up many other doors for collabs.
GMUNK (Bradley Munkowitz)
GMUNK is a digital artist whose work revolves around sci-fi themes along with psychedelic visual palettes. His work takes many different forms, such as short films, music videos, commercials, digital art exhibitions, installations, and a variety of other platforms and media. He has worked with top brands like Nike, Uber, HBO, and many more. His work is truly one-of-a-kind, go check it out!
Pi-Slices
Pi-Slices is a GIF artist all about creating surreal seamless loops in 3D. His work caught the attention of many news media and publications like The Guardian, Washington Post, and CBC Arts, and he has worked with brands like Nike and Nissan. You can see his work on Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter.
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Ofir Shoham
Ofir Shoham is a freelance animator who’s focused on adding frame-by-frame neon glow to videos featuring people dancing, playing sports, or other activities. Featured and reposted on many popular accounts, his work is only expected to keep growing in the future.
Kidmograph (Gustavo Torres)
KidMoGraph is an Argentinian art director, motion designer, and illustrator with a remarkable portfolio and experience across multiple media like Live visuals, music videos, GIFs, and illustrations. His work is inspired by LoFi, cyberpunk, and otherwise futuristic and retro-futuristic concepts, and some of his most noticeable clients are Justin Bieber, Gucci, Apple, and Facebook.
Randy Bishop (Idaho, USA)
Randy’s an amazing character designer and illustrator, who specializes in storytelling. His characters have truly inspiring details, showing all kinds of gestures and emotions throughout their facial expressions, telling you a different story with every illustration. Randy has worked with huge names in the industry, including Dreamworks, Axis Animation, and more. Check out his crazy characters here:
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Alex Heywood (Scotland)
Alex is a Scottish illustrator who specializes in mixing pop culture with surrealism, creating imaginative worlds where one can get lost in the intricate details. His dreamy color palettes let us travel to this vintage inspired dystopian universe filled with magical creatures. Get lost in his illustrations here:
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Minna Sundberg (Sweden)
Minna’s an artist, writer and comic creator from Sweden who specializes in storytelling through cool comics inspired by Finnish mythology. Her illustrations play with light and color in a way that takes you deep into the different universes that she creates for her characters’ stories. Take a peek into their worlds here:
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Dean MacAdam (US & Sweden)
Dean’s an incredibly versatile illustrator who creates all kinds of wacky illustrations, specializing in advertising, editorial, apps, packaging and portraits. He does it all and in a unique cartoonish style that’s completely his own. You can check out his creations on cereal boxes, mobile games, magazines, and more, having worked with Burger King, Nickelodeon, National Geographic and more. Dive into his creations here:
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James Gilleard (New York)
James is an illustrator and animator at Blue Sky Studios, who creates tranquile pastel worlds throughout his illustrations, using vintage inspired color palettes. His LA style skies and landscapes are beautiful in the sense that they remind us of a dreamy state we’d all love to be transported to. Travel to his peaceful worlds here:
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