Here’s a map showing where you can find me at this year’s Dragon*Con. I’ll be featured in the Art Show at the Hyatt Regency, with a full art display plus art books, prints and limited edition sets for sale. You can find me at a table in front of my display for at least a…
Apologies. It’s been a while since I stopped by to update here. Good news: on August 6th, I was awarded a Chesley Award for Best Magazine Cover Illustration for my cover art for the September 2009 issue of ASIMOV’S (pictured here). The awards were announced by ASFA in Raleigh, NC at the North American Science…
(clockwise from top left: Michael Sheen & me; the art of Dave Seeley; my booth at #4600 of SDCC) This was my first time ever as a booth exhibitor at a San Diego Comic-Con. I expected it to be grueling. I hoped it would be a learning experience, as well as successful. It was all…
I’ve got a brand-new art item debuting at Booth #4600 at San Diego Comic-Con this week. It’s called JOHN PICACIO / 2010 LIMITED EDITION and it’s a 5″x7″ set of archival prints featuring some of my recent works, printed on thick Hahnemuhle archival paper. Each set contains a unique 5″x7″ original drawing on heavy Strathmore…
Samantha Kate Picacio was born July 5, 2010 at 2:57pm to her proud parents, John and Traci Picacio. Mother and child are both doing well. This is the first child for Traci and me. Samantha drove the express train into this rough-and-tumble world and arrived earlier than expected. We couldn’t be prouder of her and…
Been a while since I logged in here. Sorry ’bout that. However, there’s plenty of good stuff to share over the course of this month. First bit of good news: I’ll be exhibiting at this year’s San Diego Comic Con International. My booth is #4600 and artist extraordinaire Dave Seeley and I will be sharing…
Today the good folks at Tor.com posted a free wallpaper of my cover art for Mark Chadbourn’s AGE OF MISRULE: WORLD’S END. They’ve got lots of formats to choose from, so go get it while it’s there. They’re doing a series of free wallpapers all week along from all five of the 2010 Hugo Award…
Yikes! Did not realize it’s been so long since I’ve updated here. Sorry ’bout that, folks. As usual, it’s nuts here. Been working on several deadlines as well as continuing my work on the 2012 George R. R. Martin Calendar for A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. Good news to share: 1. This blog and…
SPECTRUM 17: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART last month announced its list of artists selected for inclusion in the forthcoming annual. SPECTRUM is a much-anticipated, juried volume compiling the finest works from the worlds of books, comics, advertising, editorial, 3D and concept art in the previous year. This weekend, I was notified that two…
Here’s my final cover illustration for the forthcoming Pyr edition of Mark Chadbourn’s THE DARK AGE: BOOK 2 / THE QUEEN OF SINISTER. It’s the second book of the trilogy that follows Chadbourn’s AGE OF MISRULE. Folks with long memories will likely notice that this cover is radically improved and modified from the catalog version.…