The jury for the 14th annual Spectrum art competition has announced this year’s winners in a variety of categories. The winners (a Gold Award and Silver Award in each category) receive a sculpted award, and all the works selected by the judges will appear in Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, which will be published by Underwood Books in October.
The winners (by category) are:
Advertising:
Gold: James Jean, “Spacerace 2020” for Nike.
Silver: Donato Giancola, “Vanguard: Saga of Heroes” for Sigil Games Online.
Book:
Gold: Jon Foster, cover of 9Tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (published by Night Shade Books).
Silver: Shaun Tan, “The Giants” from The Arrival by Shaun Tan (published by Lothian Books).
Comics:
Gold: Adam Hughes, “Wanda—Lost” (published by Marvel Entertainment).
Silver: James Jean, cover of Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (published by Vertigo/DC Comics).
Concept Art:
Gold: Daniel Dociu, “Crescent City (for ArenaNet/Guildwars).
Silver: Jonny Duddle, “The Circus Freako” (for Future Publishing).
Dimensional:
Gold: Cam de Leon, “Not Tested On” (for Happy Pencil).
Silver: Rich Klink, “Cinnamon”.
Editorial:
Gold: James Jean, “Crowdsourcing” (for Wired Magazine).
Silver: Joao Ruas, “Downtown” (for Future Publishing).
Institutional:
Gold: William Basso, “October Shadows” (for Creatures Features).
Silver: Todd Lockwood, “War of Angels” (for Bullseye Tattoos).
Unpublished:
Gold: Joao Ruas, “Haunted #3”.
Silver: Johnny Yanok, “Postmort-mmmms”.
They also presented a Grand Master Award to Syd Mead, for career excellence.
The judges were Mark Chiarello (artist/editor, art director for DC Comics), Dan dos Santos (artist), Marc Ganbbana (artist), Brandon Ragnar Johnson (artist), Dawn Murin (art director for Dungeons & Dragons/Wizards of the Coast), and Adam Rex (artist). The series editors are Cathy and Arnie Fenner.
Entries for Spectrum #15 will open in October 2007. Information on entering, the contest, and the books is available at the official Spectrum website.