Heard the terrific news this morning via social media (thank you, Kimm Antell and Charles Tan). Wow — grateful and honored to be a World Fantasy Award nominee for Artist, along with Galen Dara, Julie Dillon, Charles Vess, and Zelda Devon!! I’m grateful to the WF jury and voters for selecting my past year’s labors as being amongst some…
Belated post here. It’s been a crazy week after returning home from Norwescon 37 in Seattle. Thanks to all who were there and made it happen! So much good to say and so few minutes, but highlights included: • LOTERIA!! That was the biggest game of Loteria I’ve ever experienced! So much fun. Thanks to…
Earlier this year, I invited all sf/f pro and fan artists to submit links to their 2014 Hugo Award-eligible works. Many responded, and you’ll find the links they submitted, within the comments of this post. This year’s Hugo Awards nomination deadline is only two weeks away. Here’s a visual glance at the Hugo-eligible artists that…
This note is for you, Mr. Ross, your wife, daughters, and family members that have been hurt by recent events involving the Hugo Awards Emcee reaction. I suspect you folks have never heard of me, and that’s quite alright. My name’s John Picacio and I watched from the sidelines this weekend as the Hugo Awards…
Here’s the final color version of my latest Loteria card, ‘El Mundo’. In English, ‘El Mundo’ means ‘The World’. Those who scored the 2014 John Picacio Calendar will notice that they possess a progress version of this artwork that won’t be available elsewhere. I retained the concept of that version, but completely re-did the art from…
The EMP Museum in Seattle is currently featuring a terrific exhibition called Fantasy: Worlds of Myth & Magic. If you love fantasy art, literature or film, it’s a must-see. One of my Elric of Melnibone preliminary drawings is on exhibit next to Michael Moorcock’s prototype for Elric’s legendary sword Stormbringer. A couple of my artworks…
Here’s a one-stop visual list of highlights from my 2013 published works. The awards nomination season is upon us again (Hugos, Chesleys, World Fantasy Awards, etc.), and it helps to know which works from a creator are eligible for 2014 consideration. If you wish to reference this list for future deliberation and sharing, I hope…
This is an open thread to all artists, professional or fan, who would like to post links or summaries of their awards-eligible art from 2013. Bear in mind that for the Hugo Awards and the Chesley Awards, this means that your work must have been published in 2013 (except for Chesley categories such as ‘Unpublished’,…
You were a year I will not soon forget. Grateful. Here’s to a bigger, better year for all friends and family — and for our fragile blue marble — in 2014. Happy New Year, everyone. (Pictured above: ‘The Good Life’. Art © John Picacio / first published in the June 2013 issue of POPULAR SCIENCE.)
Of all the results of the 2014 Calendar’s Kickstarter campaign, the most gratifying for me is seeing the Grande Loteria prototype cards take shape. To the left of the color front and pencil back of my Grande Loteria cards pictured above, you see the traditional Loteria cards from the classic set by Don Clemente Inc.…