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10 Fresh Digital Artists & Designers to Follow on Twitter

Submitted by Karen Mc Dade49,961 Views | 33 Comments

thumbIf you’re anything like me, you may be getting tired of seeing the same people on those “designers to follow” lists we often see crop up here on design blogs. I scouted around the underworld of Twitter to see if I could dig up any incredibly awesome, yet under-followed creatives. And in the spirit of anti-establishment counter-culture I hereby announce the 10 of the most underexposed and fresh creatives on Twitter. Ok, so there are probably tons of you out there, and that’s the point of this article. Whether your field is web, design, digital painting, branding, logo design or any creative field – we want to hear from you. So if you know of any designers that need some love, or if you are that designer (I’m down with shameless self-promotion) – leave your Twitter name below so we can all share in your stealthy awesomeness.

DavidCousens@DavidCousens – Bio One half of Cool Surface illustration. We draw stuff for money!
As an illustrator and occasional tutorial author for Advanced Photoshop magazine & Digital Arts magazine, David makes the list by virtue of his propensity to share his knowledge with anyone willing to learn. You can view his blog and tuts here.DavidCousins

robertoblake @robertoblake – Ever since I was young I always knew I wanted to become a visual artist. Learning about Photoshop put me on the path to achieving that dream.
Roberto is the unfailing voice of encouragement in multiple graphics communities for up-and-coming designers. You may know him from the Advanced Photoshop website, Photoshop Creative website and DeviantART. He also has a blog where he regularly showcases new talent. You can check it out here.Robert_SoVeryBroken

PANDA_DESIGN@PANDA_DESIGN – The design is inside of @pandaziri. Here tweet & RT about design, webdesign and technology for designers.
RT’s are awesome but fresh meat is what we need, and PANDA_DESIGN delivers. The image below was designed in collaboration with @cifero.panda_design

designthatrocks@designthatrocks – Creative Director for Design That Rocks, offering design for web & print, project management, consulting & branded line of limited edition DTR products.
Craig Bower tweets about some of the most interesting design related articles around. If you’re interesting in web, print and even iPhone topics, this is the guy to follow.designthatrocks

An1ken@An1ken - Bio Freelance Digital Artist and Active Blogger
Creator of CreativeOverlow.net Jacques van Heerden is the voice behind An1ken. Not only is An1ken the bringer of premier daily design fodder as well as a perpetual flow of design-related tweets, he also has a smoking hot portfolio (check it here).An1Ken_Krumpit

eyedesignstudio@eyedesignstudio – Proprietor Eye Design Studio. Artisan handcrafted web & print design for lifestyle brands. I love design + vintage finds + PDX + foodie fun + social media
Along with her consistent stream of interesting design-related tweets, Eye Design Studio is a member of the sisterhood known as Branding Salon. They are a group of enterprising women from around the world, banding together to make their mark in the online branding industry. Because we’re worth it. Because the web needs more chicks.Eye-Design-Studio

brand_nu@brand-nu – Creative thinking expressed in colour and shapes. Or something like that.
Radim Malinic is a rock star in the design community, worthy of every panty-throwers attention. As one of the most established graphic artists around today, he has published two design books and clocked up an impressive portfolio of clients. Check out his website here for some of the most awesome graphics on the net.the dancer

Fantasiox@Fantasiox – Fantasio is a digital artist, collaborator, illustrator, steampunk aestetic, storyteller for the eye, loves coffee, pin-ups and art that speaks for itself.
There are some truly awesome artists mulling around the underworld of Twitter – Fantasiox is one of them. His Twitter background will give you a good idea of his style – to see more of his incredible work visit his website here. This piece is a rendition of Stanley Lau´s “Pepper” character in a retro-cyber-style that was also included in his book “pepper-project“, which was released this year.Fantasio

henning_art@henning_art – Norwegian digital artist, working as Art Director in the computer game industry in Athens, Greece.
Follow Henning as he tweets about his latest artworks. Best of all he has a pretty nifty collection of digital painting tutorials on his website. To best appreciate his work, check out his amazing portfolio here.henning

FeryKloucek@FeryKloucek – I’m a PRO cyclist at first, but I’m also a graphic designer & photograph! 100% addicted to graphic design and all the things around!
Purveyor of premium A-grade RT’s, FeryKloucek filters out the noise and gives us only the crème de la crème of  design links buzzing around twitter.ferykloucek

Honorable mentions:

@vpstudios – I am a Graphic Designer from the cowboy state. I do both in-house work and client work.
@FriendsofDesign – Training by professionals for professionals… for all you budding DTP or Web Designers.
@giographix – Bio Small Graphic and Web Design Studio interested in SEO, CSS, PHP jQuery, Flash, AIR, Motion Graphics, Illustration and of course- Social Media
@graphixdesign – A treat for Graphic Designers
@RIVETstudios – We are RIVET studios design // art direction
@designussion – Designussion, a blog focusing on inspiration and showcases
@phototownship – Photo Idea, Photo Art, Photography, PhotoShop, Lets have fun with photos…
@devongovett – Web developer/designer and standards advocate
@Doubleolee – Graphic & web designer who loves his PS3 and football a little too much and doesn’t want to grow up just yet. half geek/half sports legend
@Andy92 – A web entrepreneur / freelancer who is setting up a few web startups, and working for a web design magazine.
@indigomay – Curious, dreamy, love to create things..often want something blue but red.
@JThompsondesign – Working hard on http://blogpost.dj23.net/. Student designer in Product and Graphic Design.
@dsaportfolio – Eu sou um webdesigner legal e feliz. I’m a cool and happy webdesigner.
@dave_woods – Web Designer from East Midland UK, specialising in user interface design, HTML, CSS and SEO

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33 Comments »

  • Shona Lepis said:

    Thanks so much for including me on the list!

    Shona

    @eyedesignstudio

    [Reply]

    - 19 November 2009 at 2:45 pm
  • Jacques van Heerden said:

    Thanks a lot for including me Karen. It’s much appreciated.

    Regards,
    Jacques van Heerden
    Creativeoverflow.net

    @An1ken

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 12:51 am
  • Brian DeKoning said:

    This is a great list. Thanks for sharing it.

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 2:46 am
  • Rafi said:

    Thanks for the list.

    @pixelactic

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 2:50 am
  • Radim Mlinic said:

    Karen rocks!

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 5:02 am
  • Jake Bartholomew said:

    Great list, thanks for including me.

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 5:45 am
  • Panda (design) said:

    Thanks so much for including, i’m honored!

    @KarenMcDade: You ROCKs !!

    ciao!

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 5:51 am
  • Ankit Bathija said:

    Include me too…

    @ankitbathija

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 6:17 am
  • jared thompson said:

    amazing to be even featured at the bottom of this list. thanks!
    one day i hope to have even 50% of the skill that the digital artisits in this list show.
    Radim Malinic and Eye Design Studio are my favourites on this list.
    @jthompsondesign

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 6:32 am
  • Craig Bower - Design That Rocks said:

    Thanks so much for including me on your list Karen…I’m honored to be in such amazingly talented company…and that includes you!

    Craig

    @designthatrocks

    [Reply]

    - 20 November 2009 at 12:41 pm
  • FeryKloucek said:

    Thanks for including me in the list Karen!

    Fery
    @ferykloucek

    [Reply]

    - 22 November 2009 at 2:14 am
  • Lauren said:

    Hey nice list, so cool to include @JThompsondesign, he’s my droog and a way col design info/inspiration source. I also follow PandaDesign, maybe I will check out a few others.

    Lauren
    @nymphont – freelance web & digital type designer

    [Reply]

    - 23 November 2009 at 3:28 am
  • Karen said:

    You’re all very welcome. :) There is some serious talent out there in Twitterland, so I’m looking forward to discovering some new designers.

    @KarenMcDade

    [Reply]

    - 23 November 2009 at 3:30 pm
  • Eva - FriendsofDesign said:

    Hey Karen, thanks so much for including me on the list.
    I’m really flattered. People like you are my motivation to continue tweeting every day.

    Have a nice day and cu on Twitter!

    Eva

    [Reply]

    - 1 December 2009 at 1:32 am
  • graphic design online degree said:

    Great artists! Always looking for new and interesting people to follow on twitter.

    [Reply]

    - 27 December 2009 at 9:18 pm
  • Shane Hudson said:

    Oh wow, a designer and artist list on which I have never heard of any but are still absoloutly amazing. That is a good list!

    [Reply]

    - 21 January 2010 at 12:05 pm
  • Manz said:

    Very cool list.
    Just spent a decent amount of time clicking through to each profile and taking in their latest tweets! Couple of familiar faces. And a great introduction to others unknown to me.

    Thanks for sharing!!

    [Reply]

    - 22 February 2010 at 2:45 pm
  • Offset Printing said:

    Thanks for turning me onto some of these designers. I’ll have to dig into each of them a bit further, but I’ll probably pass at least some of these names on to colleagues.

    [Reply]

    - 22 February 2010 at 7:31 pm
  • Shelly said:

    I am brand new to this genre… and all of your artists are amazing! Good list… very inspirational…
    Shelly

    [Reply]

    - 23 February 2010 at 7:14 am
  • Freelance Graphic Designer said:

    Cool list, really top quality designs. Photoshop and Illustrator forever:)

    [Reply]

    - 26 March 2010 at 1:44 am
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  • Jonathan Stevens said:

    nice list! there are a few people here i will definitely be following

    [Reply]

    - 28 April 2010 at 12:48 am
  • krike said:

    Nice list :D thanks for sharing :)

    If you have a chance check @cmstutorial :)

    [Reply]

    - 2 May 2010 at 5:39 am
  • Becca Feldman said:

    Very awesome stuff. Sometimes I feel that our technical generation forgets about paint, and some of the more old fashioned mediums get tossed aside. Which,being part of this technical age, I can understand. I myself will take schooling for digital arts, because that could really be put into my actual paint jobs, and many other areas of artistry expertise. Mixed media is so awesome! This is a great way to share artistry! But please don’t forget the painters.:) Myself being one of them.
    There is a lost art among us younger generations in appreciating fine arts. But paint is so magical, I wish everyone could feel it under the brush, spreading to the canvas, it is a beautiful and free feeling:) Love this list, please do more:)

    [Reply]

    - 6 May 2010 at 12:01 pm
  • Fernando Ibarra said:

    I want in!! heheh…

    @anipet

    [Reply]

    - 18 May 2010 at 8:01 pm
  • Andreas Mueller said:

    Thank you Karen for sharing the designerlist

    @sefid_info

    [Reply]

    - 29 May 2010 at 7:12 am
  • Peter Nagy said:

    Thanks for sharing it. Good Stuff! :D

    [Reply]

    - 4 June 2010 at 4:54 am
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    @dm2studios

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