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?
1. NIARK1
Representing: 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 Jaworowski
Representing: 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 Soren
Representing: 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 Soini
Representing: 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 Seveso
Representing: 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 Ainley
Representing: 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 Harrison
Representing: 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 Gilbey
Representing: 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 Fujita
Representing: 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 Karolos
Representing: 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 Tzima
Representing: 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."
13. Igor Šćekić
Representing: Zagreb, Croatia.
Igor Šćekić is a rare breed of graphic designer who is heavily influenced by traditional surreal artists like Salvador Dali, Rembrandt, and others. This influence translates onto his canvas into a stunning blend of traditional and new age digital art.
14. Marek Okon
Representing: Lublin, Poland.
Marek is a very talented digital painter who looks at his paintings as scenes from movies. He tries to capture the most pivotal moment that will make his art look explosive and amazing.
15. Evgeny Kiselev
Representing: St. Petersburg, Russia.
Evgeny's works are highly unique, using the basic tools of symmetry, tiling, geometry and color to create a complex and kaleidoscopic end result. He has been featured in Computer Arts magazine and has completed work for big brands like Snickers, SanDisk and Unicef.
16. Jerico Santander
Representing: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Jerico is a master at creating surrealistic photo manipulations that are so well composed they look like a snapshot of an alternate dimension. He has done work for Desktopography and MTV and is a member of the depthCORE collective.
17. Erik Johansson
Representing: Gothenburg, Sweden.
Erik is a young designer from Sweden with an exceptional talent for photo manipulation and retouching. His skills turn everyday scenes on their heads and are often humorous and clever, depicting impossible situations with extreme realism. Erik is also a talented photographer and shoots much of his own source material.
18. Stefan Lacut
Representing: Ploiesti/Timisoara, Romania.
"Stefan Lucut is 21 years old. He is from Ploiesti/ Romania, now based in Timisoara/Romania. In 2000 he won a painting contest and 8 computers for his gymnasium school. Rita Badulescu was the first teacher that guided and supported him and his graphic design abilities. He successfully finished Architecture High School. In his third year at Art University in Timisoara, Stefan is now working as a freelancer."
19. Bram Vanhaeren
Representing: Kapelien, Belgium.
"Bram is a 18 year old designer from Belgium who works with his 20 year old brother. They are both currently in school studying design professionally. Although they are still in school, they have an impressive looking mix of work in their portfolio."
20. Aziz Melibayev
Representing: Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Aziz has a unique look to his work. It is a bit of illustration work combined with Photoshop to create a classic collage look. This style of his has landed him some big name clients, including Esquire magaizne for which he has done a number of pieces for.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )EAMejia July 16th
Muy buen post!
( )Diligent designs July 17th
what do you mean?
( )wow, uber cool designs.. hope i can
me July 22nd
means, really good post…
Irving July 16th
brilliant works
( )Dave July 16th
I hope I can be as incredible as these guys some day
( )jossy July 16th
no you wount)
( )Corey July 16th
lold.
Margaret July 16th
Wow, some stellar stuff here! My notable faves would have to be Meni Tzima & Aleksi Briclot.
( )DanteV July 16th
I really liked this post, It is great for us to learn more about other designers around the world…. I’m willing to see the South American post, I want to see what comes from Colombia.
( )Touky July 16th
hum .. Am I the only one noticing that the artworks presented for aleksi Briclot are actually not from him ?
http://www.sam-gilbey.com/illustration/
( )Fredrik July 16th
true :S
( )Skellie July 16th
Hey Touky, thanks for pointing this out! I’ve fixed this now.
( )chillyweed July 16th
omg very nice
( )koen buysse July 16th
many nice and different techniques used (even by same artists) and they all result in pure beauty …
( )nice and fun to watch
Chris Robinson July 16th
some inspiring work
( )BRICLOT ALEKSI July 16th
Hello,
( )I’m Aleksi Briclot.
A friend of mine just sent me the link to this post. It seems that there is a mistake. My name is appearing in the prestigious list above (number 9) but the artworks featured are not mine at all. I don’t know if this a mistake with my name or with the works, I’m just noticing it for the people concerned. The real author of the artworks could be disappointed. Nice images by the way !
Skellie July 16th
Thanks Aleksi, that’s fixed now! Sorry about that – not sure how it happened.
( )Dullface July 16th
The style the english guys have are by far the coolest I think. Go Britain.
( )dp July 16th
Sweetness
( )montrey July 16th
Its Peter Jaworowski not Jarowoski
( )Skellie July 16th
Good catch. Fixed!
( )Simon Vansintjan July 16th
All of this stuff is great. The stuff by David Fuhrer is absolutely breathtaking.
As beautiful as it all is though, what’s with the mega posts without much information recently? I’d much prefer an interview or something like it.
( )Diego SA July 16th
Yeah! 110 addicting inspiration!
( )No doubt they are the top 20 in Europe. One is better than other. Impressing. But I have to say Erik Johansson impressed me more. His works shows a so excellent photo manipulation that makes mind think it difficult to distinguish the real from the unreal. It gives a lot of points to a lot of aspects of the work. That’s quite a good stuff to bookmark! Thanks a lot!
Xand July 16th
Well, nice works…
( )However Kazahstan is not in Europe…
ft July 16th
Great works!
( )Melody July 16th
#16 reminds me of the kind of artwork that I do…
( )Some really awesome pieces here..definitely a fan!
m. gartsman: July 16th
uber dope.
( )imsraaia July 16th
Awesome Artwork…
( )nfxdesign July 16th
Damn Niark1’s work makes me feel all tingley inside!
( )Eugen July 16th
Guys,
it’s Bechira SORIN not Soren.
Anyway, great stuff from everybody. I’m sure there’s more out there.
( )rendyo July 16th
I think they are not all Europeans, Is Goro Fujita also European?
( )Simona July 17th
Born in Japan, moved to Germany
( )Concerned parent... July 17th
Ugh/Agh!!!!!!!!!!!! Me iz Hating the Nakedness!!!!!!!!!!! This site used to be good for all people, INCLUDING MY KIDS!!! But now it’s not. I’m thinking about blocking this site all together, and not promoting this site to anyone else. And telling my friends I have already told about this site, to not come here anymore and BOYCOT this site!!!!! I loved the older FX tut’s, not this new photo manipulation stuff. I mean, it’s fine and all, but I want a little more graphics and a little less photo. If that’s ok…
Please Make it a actual tut’s site again, that doesn’t have erotic pictures on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( )Rezo July 17th
If you really can’t tell the difference between art and pornography, then yea, block this site – for yourself. Why do you think that art, even nude art (which is one of the most beautiful kinds) would hurt your children!?
( )claire July 20th
well i mean its so cliche to use naked women. they’re seemingly everywhere on this page. im not doubting the extreme talent, it’s just they need to find something other than their own fantasies to feed their art. there is tons of art on this page with clothed women/people.
Roberto Blake July 17th
Some amazing work here. Look, censorship doesn’t preserve the purity of anyone’s conscience, it only limits artist, hamstrings their ability to work, and perpetuates the narrow and unimaginative nature of society. There is a world of difference between tasteful artwork as done on this site and what appears on cable television on a regular basis.
What children or people in general see doesn’t effect them so much as their “perception of it”. Its the job of parents and adults to influence and steer a child’s perception of what they experience, not limit, shelter or closet them from anything and everything in the world, even something they find distasteful.
I child won’t be “offended” by a piece of art until and adult convinces them they should be. Just my humble opinion.
Again some really amazing digital artwork here.
( )Jon Cleghorn July 20th
Your not the most knowledgeable person in the world it seems, it’s art. And i’ve seen nuder shots in art galleries.
( )Drew July 22nd
Where was the porn and erotic imagery…i must have missed something. Ridiculous comments like these are the types of comments that make this world overly censored – because you’re uneducated enough to understand the difference. If you can’t appreciate art then you shouldn’t be looking at tutorials to even figure out how to do it. Why don’t you learn the very very basics first… – or just take a note from every great artist that has ever lived.
I like Medusa and the originality of 17 – first one in particular – ‘Whhaaa?’. Great stuff!!!
( )Skellie July 22nd
Hi Concerned parent,
Please see the note at the very top of this post:
Please note: This post contains some artistic nudity.
I would argue that what you see here is no different to what you would find in any art gallery.
( )Wrams August 12th
Fantastic works of art is what this is and there was 1 image of a tiny section of nipple and no other nude images. Come on get a life and stop running the site down.
At the artists that have there work listed here, 2 words sum it up.
Inspiring and Amazing
( )Ryan July 17th
Hey i signed up for tuts+ yesterday and i’m locked out. could someone help me with this?
( )Skellie July 22nd
Ryan, please make a support ticket and we’ll help you as soon as possible: http://envato.helpserve.com/
( )massafakka July 17th
wtf this is some hot shit over here!!! im jealous! so great work!!!
there is still alot to learn lol…
thx 4 the hot list!!!!
lu all
( )DaveK July 17th
Pure unadulterated talent, truly inspiring stuff.
Good to see Nik Ainley on there I have been a big fan of his work for a while now.
( )Victoria Web July 17th
A massive collection, the variations between the designers styles and techniques is clear, but the unique style each individual has adopted in their own pieces is evident.
( )Emil Lyngbo July 17th
Also liked the stuff from Erik Johansson. It was not so predictable, and was funny, while still being artistic. Love it..
( )teklib July 17th
where are the french designers?? T___T
( )Skellie July 22nd
They’re there…
( )Wrams August 12th
There isn’t any…Lol
Benjamin Reid July 17th
Awesome collection guys. I love Nik Ainley’s work.
( )jake July 17th
there are some greath works there, but not all of them . i don’t think that some of them are “the best artists in eu” . i’ve seen better on deviantart.
( )Hunson July 17th
I wish you count in world wide digital artist, would’ve like to see someone like adhemas batista on the list.
And maybe, I know it’s a long shot, but ME.
( )Spell IT July 17th
btw. it’s Peter Jaworowski not Jarowoski
( )Simona July 17th
Sam Gilbey & Marek Okon & Goro Fujita are my personal favs. Truly original.
( )snnaqvi July 17th
Awesome collection
( )Crazyhunk July 17th
wow i thought these were for inspiration…. but now i feel depressed…. as i can never be like one of em…. lol
( )subform July 17th
its stefan lucut not lacut
( )Ultra July 17th
A lot of european artists are missing and some on this list shouldnt be there.
( )Matt July 17th
Lovely post. So nice too see but yes I agree with Crazyhunk…….it makes me sad because they are so completely out of my league.
( )Joseph S. July 17th
Ugh… Depresses me how much catching up I have to do.
( )Luis July 17th
Isn’t it fantastic?? Great!!! Thank you, keep it up!
( )Roberto Blake July 17th
There is a reason these are some of the top artist in Europe, thanks for a great post. Cheers!
( )Tebe July 17th
Gotta love #17, the swedish guy
awesome manipulations. My personal fav.
( )Arnold July 17th
European people are really talented.. these guys are inspiring..
( )kuba July 18th
Genius every single one
( )Romi Dumitrescu July 18th
bechira sorIn, stefan lUcut
and btw, where is James White?
( )Jockwyler@celticminded.com July 18th
Incredible,stunning,mind blowing even!!
( )Landscape Photography July 19th
Wow…. stunning, stunning work….really loved the photo manipulations of
( )Erik Johansson… brilliance!
Phaoloo July 20th
Awesome artworks, it must take you bunch of hours to create this.
( )Kristal Blanco July 20th
mmmmhhh, you are forgetting the fabolous HERRY YE from Idea Prisoner….
( )http://www.behance.net/ideaprisoner
Oana Cambrea July 20th
i think Matei Apostolescu from Romania should have been there also http://013a.com . all the respect for these artists though.
( )kyle July 20th
really sweet stuff here ya’lll have given me some really great ideas for my art work….
( )thanks for the insperation…
JChristian July 20th
Magnificent!
( )Eric Shafer July 20th
Really inspirational, gives everyone here something to strive for.
Featured here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/best-of-the-web-29/
( )Jentai July 20th
one word to describe all of that magnificent artworks & designs…
( )its all “WOW”….
Elien July 21st
Wow!Amazing grapic work!
( )Manoj July 21st
Kazakhstan belongs to Asia not to Europe
( )but else real great Designs…
fashion police. July 21st
all very tacky and over-done. gross.
( )Robert July 22nd
I guess, U.K. and Switzerland guy’s really know their work.
( )Andrzej July 23rd
If you picked up _top 20_ designers from Europe then where is studiokxx & hellocolor? or Si Scott? or Perrtu Murto? or Matei Apostolescu? or maybe they are worse than those artists? (I don’t think so, in fact I didn’t even heard about half of those artists you presented. And I know a lot of people.)
( )Personally I don’t like such titles.
Naeem July 24th
waow nice stuff
( )Amanda July 24th
Also missing Linda Bergkvist from Sweden – btw does anyone know what she’s been doing recently after doing concept work on The Golden Compass?
( )skimo July 25th
Erik Johansson the best i think ^_^
( )Robyn-Ann July 27th
Loved the works of Erik Johansson….. will the future artisits be added to this same article… or where do I find the other links that make up the 110+?
( )website design calgary July 28th
Oh them crazy Europeans…thanks for sharing:)
( )Endless art July 29th
incredible design all r nice some more effective
m really impressed with them
( )Max July 29th
wow! its so cool
( )thank you!
Estelle August 1st
Dunno when Rembrandt became a traditional surrealist, but otherwise wonderful article.
( )Amatatomba August 13th
Nice list. There are so many talented European designers out there. Simone Legno should have been on the list though.
( )a September 8th
any reason only one female on the entire list?? jesus. it is 2009, right? girls can use computers, i swear.
( )