Art has always been a part of human history from the beginning, with people using different tools and mediums to express their creativity. Paints, pencils, and brushes have always been the popular tools used by artists for bringing their imagination to life. The term “digital art” started gaining traction in the 1980s, and it was associated with applications that enabled artists to paint on computers.
Over the years, artists started incorporating computers and other digital technological tools in their creative processes. The introduction of digital technology brought about a significant change in the way art was rendered. Artists began to see endless possibilities and innovative ways to create art in ways that had not been possible in the past.
Digital art is defined as any form of art created using any digital technology. Digital art brought about a significant change in art’s creation, distribution, and viewing by bridging the gap between art and technology. Nowadays, many artists have fully embraced the use of digital technology to create and showcase their works. Here are some of the famous digital artists to follow today.
- Mandy Jurgens
Mandy Jurgens is a freelance digital artist who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. She was born on October 23, 1985, in Germany, and she didn’t take her craft seriously until she was 29 years old. She first gained popularity on the internet when she shared a piece of art that featured the portrait of Jason Momoa on one of the largest online art communities known as DeviantArt. Mandy enjoys expressing herself through painting portraits of people and making illustrated art using tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Procreate.
Link to website https://mandyjurgens.com/
Link to Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/saonserey/
- Lulu Chen
Lulu Chen is a San Francisco-based digital illustrator skilled in creating digital illustrations with in-depth attention to detail and the use of colour. Lulu Chen’s passion lies in creating imaginative backgrounds and animated digital illustrations for children’s books, which has earned her numerous awards and recognition from notable organizations. Most of her digital arts are created using tools like Corel Painter and Photoshop. When she’s not busy creating digital art, you can find Lulu Chen creating art using acrylic paints, colour pencils, and watercolour.
Link to website https://www.salustudio.com/
Link to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salululuart
- Alexis Franklin
Alexis Franklin is a 25-year-old videographer and self-taught digital artist from Houston, Texas. Alexis started painting traditionally at a very young age, and it wasn’t until she was a teen that she discovered digital art. She has her unique style, which is noticeable through her use of colours, rough brushstrokes that make her art appear like traditional oil paintings. Alexis has worked on some notable projects like designing a cover for Time’s magazine 100 Women of the Year project and creating a portrait of Breonna Taylor (a black woman that police officers wrongfully killed in Louisville) for Oprah’s magazine. Alexis mainly uses Photoshop to create her digital art.
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexis_art
- Irina French
Irina French is an award-winning UK-based digital artist specializing in designing fantasy-themed art and character illustrations for books, magazines, and articles. With over five years of professional experience in creating digital art, she has some notable art features in ImagineFX magazine articles. She has, therefore, established herself as one of the successful and famous digital artists in the modern world.
Link to website: http://irinafrench.com/
Link to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/irinafrenchart/
- Rachel Walpole
Rachel is a concept artist and digital illustrator from Nottingham in the United Kingdom. With a Bachelor’s degree in Games Concept Design from Staffordshire University, Rachel has developed a passion for creating fantasy-themed illustrations in the forms of powerful gods, and magical creatures, etc. Like other famous digital artists, She uses digital tools like Adobe Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint to bring her ideas to life.
Link to website: https://www.storyartistrachelwalpole.com/
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nesokaiyoh/
- Lynn Chen
Lynn Chen is an award-winning visual development artist who currently works at Warner Bros as part of the animation team. With over six years of experience in creating digital art for television shows and games, she has been privileged to work with a lot of prestigious companies, including Nickelodeon, DreamWorks T.V., Spin Master, among others. Her digital toolset features Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator Draw, InDesign.
Link to website: http://lynnchenart.com/
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnchen66/
- Kyle Lambert
Kyle Lambert has to be the most famous digital artist in the last three years because of his Netflix’s Stranger Things tv-series poster design. Kyle is an illustrator and movie poster artist based in L. A and he produces artworks for primarily commercial purposes. Kyle has also worked on other popular movie posters, including The Blacklist, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Timeless. He has also worked with Apple, Paramount Studios, Universal Studios. He uses Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Link to website: http://www.kylelambert.com/
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylelambertartist/
- Jeszika Le Vye
Many digital artists have incorporated some other fields of study into their works to create digital art pieces that go beyond human imagination. In the case of Jeszika, she uses philosophy and psychology to give more meaning and depth to her work. Jeszika is passionate about bringing sci-fi, fairy tales and fantasy to the art she designs using Adobe Photoshop.
Link to website: http://www.jeszika.com/
Link to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jeszika_levye
- David McLeod
David McLeod is a 3D digital artist, illustrator, and designer specializing in using computer-generated imagery (CGI) to create visually appealing art. David continues to extensively and experimentally explore the use of 3D in some of his work, which is characterized by vibrant colours and organic motion. He has worked with top companies like Canon, Toyota, Variety Magazine, etc. Born in a small town in Australia, David now lives and works in New York City. For his work, David uses Photoshop, Illustrator and After effects.
Link to website: https://davidmcleod.com/
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/david_mcleod/
- Jason Naylor
Jason is a Brooklyn-based award-winning artist, designer, and creative director. He firmly believes that kindness is the key to success and tries to portray this belief in his works through bright colours and messages of positivity and kindness. Jason’s work speaks for itself, and it has earned him a seat at the table with companies liken Adobe, A.S.U.S., X.B.O.X., Fanta, etc. Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Procreate are some of the popular tools used by Jason to create his art.
Link to website: https://jasonnaylor.nyc
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonnaylor/
Conclusion
Your interest or taste in digital art will determine the kind of artist to look for, and the names listed here consist of different digital artists with varying work styles. There are also a lot of other digital artists not mentioned on this list, but with an easy internet search, you can be sure to find them and their works.