Spectrum Art Competition Winners
Winners and runners-up of the 14th annual Spectrum competition for fantastic art were determined in Kansas City, MO on the weekend of February 23, 2007, from over 5000 works of science fiction and fantastic-themed art, by jurists Mark Chiarello [artist/editor & art director for DC Comics], Dan dos Santos [artist], Marc Gabbana [artist/concept artist Ice Blink Studio], Brandon Ragnar Johnson [artist/concept artist], Dawn Murin [art director for Dungeons & Dragons/Wizards of the Coast], and Adam Rex [artist].
A new category, Concept Art, was added this year. The artists will receive a Spectrum Award sculpted by Joseph DeVito, which rests on a base sculpted by Tom Banwell with either a gold or silver engraved plate bearing the recipient's name. Art selected by the judges will be included in Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner, to be published by Underwood Books in October, 2007.
- GRANDMASTER
WINNER: Syd Mead
- ADVERTISING
GOLD AWARD: "Spacerace 2020", James Jean (client: Nike / art director: Mark Thede)
SILVER AWARD: "Vanguard: Saga of Heroes", Donato Giancola (client: Sigil Games Online / art director: David Glibertson)
- BOOK
GOLD AWARD: Jon Foster, Cover of 9Tail Fox (by Jon Courtenay Grimwood) (client: Night Shade Books / art director: Jeremy Lassen)
SILVER AWARD: "The Giants", Shaun Tan (The Arrival) (client: Lothian Books, Melbourne/ art director: Shaun Tan)
- COMICS
GOLD AWARD: "Wanda--Lost", Adam Hughes (client: Marvel Entertainment-Upper Deck / art director: Mark Irwin)
SILVER AWARD: Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, James Jean (client: Vertigo/DC Comics / art director: Shelly Bond)
- CONCEPT ART
GOLD AWARD: "Crescent City", Daniel Dociu (client: ArenaNet/Guildwars / art director: Daniel Dociu)
SILVER AWARD: "The Circus Freako", Jonny Duddle (client: Future Publishing Ltd.)
- DIMENSIONAL
GOLD AWARD: "Not Tested On", Cam de Leon (client: Happy Pencil / art director: Cam de Leon)
SILVER AWARD: "Cinnamon", Rich Klink
- EDITORIAL
GOLD AWARD: "Crowdsourcing", James Jean (client: Wired Magazine / art director: Jeremy Lacroix)
SILVER AWARD: "Downtown", Joao Ruas (client: Future Publishing Ltd. / art director: Rob Carney)
- INSTITUTIONAL
GOLD AWARD: "October Shadows", William Basso (client: Creatures Features / art director: William Basso)
SILVER AWARD: "War of Angels", Todd Lockwood (client: Bullseye Tattoos / art director: Rhyan Scorpio-Rhys)
- UNPUBLISHED
GOLD AWARD: "Haunted #3", Joao Ruas
SILVER AWARD: "Postmort-mmmms", Johnny Yanok
Links
Links on artists' names in the listing above are to their entries in the Index of Art Nominees section of the Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards.
Locus Index to SF Awards —
Spectrum Awards
Past winners by Year
Past finalists and winners
