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10 Illustrators You Should Know

July 15, 2009

We all know how the net goes and how hard is to get recognized for your work, specially nower days that is so easy to put up some work on a network like behance and deviantart. So here is a list of 10 illustrators you should definitely know but you provably don't, check it out!

1 - Genaro DeSia Coppola

http://www.behance.net/surround

2 - Mike Friedrich

http://www.mike-friedrich.com/
http://www.behance.net/siXsiXsiX

3 - Jared Nickerson

http://www.jthreeconcepts.com/
http://www.behance.net/j3concepts

4 - Thomas Pereira

http://akutoulovesyou.com
http://www.behance.net/AKUTOU

5 - Niark1

http://www.niark1.com/
http://www.behance.net/Niark1

6 - SaltyShadow

http://www.saltyshadow.com/
http://saltyshadow.deviantart.com/

7 - Jason Levesque

http://blog.stuntkid.com/
http://stuntkid.deviantart.com/

8 - Michal Bialogrzywy

http://www.behance.net/koralgol

9 -Pacman23

http://www.behance.net/pacman23

10 - Rubens Cantuni

http://www.tokyocandies.com
http://www.behance.net/TokyoCandies

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30 Comments

Coleman81107/15/2009

Jason Levesque is my hero.

Melody07/15/2009

Wow, such vibrant colors, definitely adding these to my list!

Anonymous07/15/2009

First piece by Rubens Cantuni looks like a pretty obvious Shawnimals/Friends With You ripoff.

Both pieces by Niark1 seems to be treading really heavily on Jeff Soto's work, color scheme and all.

Honestly not terribly impressed with this list. There's much, much better work out there...

MateToth07/15/2009

My fault, but I never heared about them
The art Mike Friedrich and Niark1 is mind blowing

Douglas Mendes07/15/2009

Muito bom! Mas faltou o Cristiano Siqueira (crisvector)

eliaskoch07/15/2009

Wow, that's pretty cool. I love 9 -Pacman23's stuff. Thanks abduzeedo!

tatiana dutra e mello07/15/2009

Thanks for listing these great artists--you might want check this one out for your list's next version: http://www.tiburcio.locaweb.com.br/ he is very versatile and talented.

Hasanah07/15/2009

Awesome! Thanks for sharing these. I especially love saltyshadow's style, as well as jason levesque. :)

nOeL07/15/2009

Jason Levesque used to work for the company I'm in. He's such a nice guy!

joseph manata07/15/2009

how about the stunning works of mcbess?

grim sequence07/15/2009

This is a really nice list of illustrators but I think Audrey Kawasaki should be on here. But since that is a matter of opinion I guess i'll just throw her name on the unofficial comment list. check out her stuff here:
http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com

solemone07/15/2009

I think Rockin Jelly Bean has to be in the list

Waldobaby07/15/2009

@MateToth: There's a great deal of originality (except for Saltyshadow/Shadow Chen whose stuff is a dirty confused mess) here.

zinoi07/15/2009

why is Mc Bess not in this list : <

Cechas07/15/2009

some are really nice

shaun porter07/15/2009

Not very impressed with any list without www.crackpixels.com

Anonymous07/16/2009

Fala sério... Cheio de neguinho querendo se promover sugerindo nos comentários que o próprio portfolio entre na próxima lista. Tsc tsc tsc...

paul0v207/16/2009

Guys, if you know a good artist and his not on the list that's because the whole point of the list is to bring you new illustrators that you don't know about.

But everyone seem to always want the guys they know to be on the list which is pretty useless if you see something you already seem.

It's just common sense lol

Anonymous07/16/2009

Some majors missing on this list. Names like Joshua M. Smith of HydroSevetyFour comes to mind.

plasticz07/16/2009

>>>>>>>>> www.plasticz.pl <<<<<<<<<<

jean-marc07/16/2009

they're all so similar in their style!

MikeFriedrich07/16/2009

thanks for featuring me in your article. it's a honour to be in a round with N1ark, Thomas Pereira and the other creative artist! thanks a lot and chEErs from berlin, mike

Anepic07/16/2009

truly amazing artists. some of these guys have been insanely inspiring for me over the last year. I hope i can be an amazing illustrator someday

palafotz07/16/2009

GENARO DESIA COPPOLA
think its the best!!!!!

Anonymous07/16/2009

the last guy copied McBess

Rubens07/17/2009

Hei, thanks for featuring me. Not so sotisfied by the first piece of mine you linked, one of the ones I'm not so proud of :D I think I got much better works, I hope.

By the way, I'm really glad to be on that list.

PS: @ Anonymoys I can swear I didn't even know the people you mentioned, maybe it could remind you something, it happens, but I don't steal anything, for sure.

Bianca Bolton07/17/2009

...and what a interesting story! :-)
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Maloix07/21/2009

Great list! I liked it and I love the work of these artists. I´ve mentioned in my blog, greetings!

jim w07/24/2009

properly awesome list, thanks very much. Really into Pacman23, and you've got a load of people i've never heard of, great stuff.

kbllodude09/02/2009

muito bom topico valeu brother!

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