The award winners for the 19th edition of the Spectrum Fantastic Art Annual were announced this evening at an awards ceremony at Spectrum Live, a weekend-long celebration of fantastic art, in Kansas City. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
The award finalists are…
Advertising:
Gold Winner: Tyler Jacobson: Talon of Umberlee (above)
Silver Winner: Android Jones: Boom Festival
Runner-ups:
Justin Coro Kaufman: Mothead
Tyler Jacobson: Daask Crime Lord
Lucas Graciano: Temple Guardian
Book:
Gold Winner: Edward Kinsella: Wooden Bones
Silver Winner: Jean-Babtiste Monge: Ragnarok (above)
Runner-ups:
John Jude Palencar: Bared Blade
Petar Meseldzija: Eowyn and the Lord of the Nazgul
Dragan Bibin: Vid the Vampire
Comics:
Gold Winner: Alex Alice: Sigfried III
Slver Winner: Jim Murray: DOTA 2: Tales from the Secret Shop (above)
Runner-ups:
Sonny Liew: Malinky Robot
Andy Brase: DarkSun II
Phroilan Gardner: The Destroyer
Concept Art:
Gold Winner: Justin Sweet: Jack the Giant Killer (above)
Silver Winner: Daniel Dociu: Hangar
Runner-ups:
Brian Matyas: Spartan Victory
Robh Ruppel: Yemen (above)
Allen Williams: Unknown One
Dimensional:
Gold Winner: Virginie Ropars: Jack
Silver Winner: Thomas S. Kuebler: I am Providence (above)
Runner-ups:
Jonathan L. Matthews: Batman, Black and White
Allan Carrasco: Rhinatuar
Michael Defeo: Octopus
Editorial:
Gold Winner: Jean-Baptiste Monge: Mic Mac Cormac
Silver Winner: James Gurney: Kosmocertatops
Runner-ups:
Bobby Chiu: Early Bloom
Ture Ekroos: Beneath
Chris Buzelli: Strength in Numbers
Institutional:
Gold Winner: Raoul Vitale: Turin and the Glaurung
Silver Winner: Android Jones: Water Dragon 2012 (top of post)
Runner-ups:
Petar Meseldzija: The Rescuer (above)
Bill Carman: Three Wishes
Omar Rayyan: Crow and the Pitcher
Unpublished:
Gold Winner: Michael Whelan: CK Unmasked
Silver Winner: Justin Gerard: Portrait of a Monster #3 (above)
Runner-ups:
Eric Fortune: Last Embrace
Andrew Theophilopoulos: Princess of the Pleia Dians
Kei Acedera: Morning Chill
The Spectrum 19 annual will be out in the fall—it always excels at bringing us the broadest array of fantasy inspired art the field has to offer. I’m looking forward to seeing them and many of these artist at Spectrum Live in May.
Irene Gallo is the Art Director of Tor Books.
