Wow! I’m a 2011 Chesley Awards finalist! Just landed home from BayCon 2011. Thanks to Dani Kollin, I just discovered that I’m a finalist in three Chesley categories this year. Wow, wow, wow. Thanks to all ASFA voters for these noms. I’m very grateful to be amongst this year’s stellar list of works. Here are my three nominated works, followed by this year’s complete list of nominees.
Finalist for Best Paperback Cover Illustration:
John Picacio
Elric: Swords and Roses
by Michael Moorcock
Del Rey
December 2010
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Finalist for Best Hardcover Illustration:
John Picacio
The Waters Rising
by Sheri S. Tepper
Harper Voyager
August 2010
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Finalist for Best Interior Illustration:
John Picacio
Elric: Swords and Roses
by Michael Moorcock
Del Rey, December 2010
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Big thanks to my art directors on the above works — David Stevenson (Del Rey), Richard Aquan (HarperCollins), and Betsy Mitchell (Ballantine/Del Rey).
Here’s the complete list of 2011 Chesley Awards nominees. Congrats to all! Very honored and grateful to be in your company!
***Paperback
Volkan Baga, for The Zombies of Oz by Christian Endres; Atlantis, November 2010
Jason Chan, for Geist by Phillipa Ballantine; Ace, November 2010
Jon Foster, for Dreadnought by Cherie Priest; Tor, September 2010
Todd Lockwood, for The Ragged Man by Tom Lloyd; Pyr, August 2010
Stephan Martiniere, for Ares Express by Ian McDonald; Pyr, August 2010
Anthony Palumbo, for Yarn by Jon Armstrong; Night Shade Books, 12/2010
John Picacio, for Elric: Swords and Roses by Michael Moorcock; Del Rey, December 2010
Dan Dos Santos, for Alien Tango by Gini Koch; DAW, December 2010
***Hardcover
Kinuko Y. Craft, for Midsummer Night by Freda Warrington; Tor, November 2010
Don Maitz, for Blasphemy by Mike Resnick Golden Gryphon Press, 08/2010
Gregory Manchess, for Spectrum 17 edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner;Underwood Books, Nov. 2010
John Picacio, for The Waters Risingby Sheri S. Tepper; Harper Voyager, August 2010
Michael Whelan, for The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson; Tor, August 2010
***Magazine
Julie Dillon, for Clarkesworld #48; September 2010
Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #17; June 2010
David A. Hardy, forAnalog; April 2010
Audrey Lazarev, forClarkesworld #50; November 2010
Sergio Rebolledo, forClarkesworld #40; January 2010
James Ryman, for Heavy Metal; January 2010
***Three-Dimensional
Thomas S. Kuebler, Scream Queen; mixed media
David Meng, Amphibiana; mixed media
Mark Newman, Eel Walker; bronze
Michael Parkes, The Letter; bronze
Jordu Schell, Ixana; mixed media
Vincent Villafranca, The Dogs of War; bronze
***Interior Illustration
Jason Chan, Vilcabamba by Harry Turtledove; Tor.com, 2010
Jon Foster, Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure by Richard Parks; Tor.com, April 2010
Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth by Donato Giancola; Underwood Books, 10/2010
John Picacio, Elric: Swords and Roses by Michael Moorcock; Del Rey, December 2010
Keith Thompson, Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld; Simon Pulse, October 2010
***Unpublished Color
Daren Bader, Isis; oil
Julie Dillon, Planetary Alignment; digital
David A. Hardy, Portals to Infinity; acrylic
Omar Rayyan, The Favorite; oil
Matthew Stewart, Waterfall Dragons; oil
Raoul Vitale, Torin’s Quest; oil
***Unpublished Monochrome
Eric Braddock, Highborne; graphite & white charcoal on toned paper
Anthony Francisco, Tikbalang; digital
Ed Ko, Drawing for Beautiful Grim; pencil
Petar Meseldžija, UNK!; pencil
Ian Miller, Triptych; ink
David Palumbo, Zombie Girl; acrylic
***Product
Bob Eggleton, Dragon’s Domain: The Ultimate Dragon Painting Workshop; Impact, September 2010
Donato Giancola, St. George and the Dragon, promo art for Dragon*Con 2010
Lars Grant-West, Pact of the Blind, promo art for IlluXCon 3
David Palumbo, Transcend (aka Judgment), Heavy Metal tarot card; 2010
Sam Weber, Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook; January 2010
***Gaming
Daarken, Harbor Serpent (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set); WotC, July 2010
Lucas Graciano, Amorphous Drake (Legends of Norrath); Sony Online Entertainment, 2010
Kekai Kotaki, Gaea’s Revenge (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set); WotC, July 2010
Howard Lyon, Eel Umbra (Magic card, “Rise of the Eldrazi” set); WotC, April 2010
Matthew Stewart, Bloodshot Trainee (Magic card, “Scars of Mirrodin” set); WotC, October 2010
L. A. Williams, Maritime Guard (Magic card, Magic 2011 core set); WotC, July 2010
***Art Director
Lou Anders — Pyr Books
Irene Gallo — Tor
William Schafer — Subterranean Press
Jon Schindehette — Wizards of the Coast
David Stevenson — Ballantine / Del Rey
***Lifetime Artistic Acheivement
Brom
Jeffrey / Catherine Jones
Ian Miller
Moebius/Jean Giraud
Darrell K. Sweet
Boris Vallejo
ASFA has full galleries of all of the nominated works! Check ’em out!