100 Artworks from the Top 20 Digital Artists in Latin 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. “
15. Rodrigo Francisco
Representing: 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 Hodgson
Representing: 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 Dowel
Representing: 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 / REAKTOR
Representing: 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 Rivera
Representing: Mexico
“Graphic Designer trying have fun at the work, I love the Type, Creative Messages, Art Direction, Travel, Rol in projects and illustrate”
20. Benjamin Jimenez
Representing: Santiago, Chile
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Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!
can you include asia??? and make a compilation in that continent thx
Moc hezký, krásná a inspirativní grafika.
Nice and inspirative graphics.
Pavel from czech
Isn’t Mexico Northamerican? At least that the maps say.
He says LATINAMERICA, no Southamerica, or Northamerica; only laintamerica, the people or countries who talk SPANISH in the American Continent
You made a mistake, Brazilians speak Portuguese and are latinamericans too.
I liked few of the pieces here, maybe because I am biased towards, not liking too much abstract (which was too much of a prevalent theme here). I really think the Craftsmanship and design idea, as well as impact was much better in the previous post from Europe.
that was the best art work i ever saw and i never got bored not like the ones in the museums
Just Amazing. I would like to see some of them in museums in bigger sizes someday
Congrats from São Paulo, Brazil
Come on, you call ALL of these guys top artists?
I mean, most of them are pretty skilled but I believe other people deserve being in this list instead.
Why isn’t MASA on the top spot then? They’ve been around for a long while and have an impressive skillset and portfolio.
Where’s César Moreno? (1978.com.mx), Chiara Bautista (www.myspace.com/logyu) and Alberto Cerriteño (www.albertocerriteno.com)? I easily consider them Mexico’s best illustrators today.
Where’s Nelson Balaban (xtrabold.net) and Guilherme Marconi (marconi.nu)? They’re all far better than most listed on here.
Someone needs to review their selection carefully.
Greetings from Mexico City.
P.S. Mexico is in North America and not all of Latin America is in South America. Check your geography
That’s been said like a hundred times.
Buenisimo!!
I’m surprised Doma (Doma.tv) from Buenos Aires Argentina was left out?
thanks for this!!! a breath of fresh air. so much awesome artwork
Very nice work, excellent post!
Two more talented designers for the list, from Argentina:
Gianluca Fallone:
http://www.gianlucafallone.com/
Alex Dukal:
http://www.circografico.com.ar/
Come on seriously….latin american countries have so many artists 1000 times better than these …. Such cliche and unimaginative ideas, following a cliche isn’t making art, its bringing filth into it’s name: things that have no meaning, over contrasted, leter art…. come on. Squiggly lines that have a cheap outer glow on them. Excluding 3 or 4 people from the list, the rest aren’t good at all, not artists, not artists. Maybe next time you guys should do a bit more research before you post something that’s extremely inaccurate and cliche. People that follow others like cliches and all that junk, not artists, not people that can think for themselves… Just being sincere.
I agree with Lucas.
It seems to me that blog’s owner needs to refine his eyes.
mind blowing…..
C’mon guys, I really don’t know why I still read comments about… who should or shouldn’t be here, is that you are simply jellous ? just apreciate te job that it implyes. Just go and check out so many portfolios, it’s kinda hard to tell who’s next in appear, go and make your own list, get publish it if you’re disagree, but just queep in mind that tuts+ is fine and strongly recommended on inet, and their post was created by professionals and objetive people.
BTW I’m sick and tired about to read if México, Guatemala, Panama aren’t in south américa, c’mon guys, it has been corrected by author, please stop mentioned, or is it because you don’t have any creative words to share?
I’m a nearly known of ROAN (since I move to LA from Ontario and start to work in a local firm) because the Inet and I only can say that the kid rocks.
Keep it Tuts+
Super great collection, it inspired me a lot. Great artists.
Excellent work we go latinamerica.
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Shocked stuff.
Thanks such a big creative!! good job !! ^O^
There’s definitely some talent in Latin America
Those artworks are really creative. My nostalgic side loved the one with the gameboy … boy do I feel old now 
Also loved the one with Timbaland, very creative with the cards of Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado in this pocket, very nice. Thanks for sharing those.
Coooooooooooooooooooooooool stuffs
This is a wonderful list. Thank you!