#ArtOfTheDay: 'Neva, Stalked by Nightmares' by Tyler Jacobson

'Neva, Stalked by Nightmares' by Tyler Jacobson.

Card art from the 'Wilds Of Eldraine' expansion set, released September 2023 by Magic: The Gathering.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'D&D Player's Handbook' Cover Art by Tyler Jacobson

Art by Tyler Jacobson.

Cover art for the 'D&D Player's Handbook', published September 2024.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Battle of the Pelennor Fields' by Tyler Jacobson

'The Battle of the Pelennor Fields' by Tyler Jacobson.

Card art from the 'The Lord Of The Rings: Tales Of Middle-Earth' expansion set, released June 2023 by Magic: The Gathering.

#CoolArt: New 'The Witcher' Hardcover Edition Cover Art

Orbit Books have revealed the final batch of cover art for new hardcover editions in Andrzej Sapkowski's 'The Witcher' series; 'The Lady Of The Lake' and 'Season Of Storms'.

'The Lady Of The Lake' and 'Season Of Storms' will be available in November 2022, and released in the UK by Gollancz in 2023.

Cover art by Melanie Delon

Cover art by Tyler Jacobson

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Eradicator Valkyrie' by Tyler Jacobson

'Eradicator Valkyrie' by Tyler Jacobson.

Card art for the 'Kaldheim' expansion set, released January / February 2021 by Magic: The Gathering

Finalists for the 'Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Awards' Announced

The finalists for the 'Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Awards' have been announced.

The Award Winners in each of the categories - Advertising, Book, Comic, Concept Art, Dimensional, Editorial, Institutional and Unpublished - plus the Grand Master Honouree will be announced at the Spectrum 26 Awards Ceremony held at the Folly Theater in Kansas City, MO on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

Go here to see the nominated artwork (scroll through to bottom)

Call For Entries poster by Tyler Jacobson

Advertising

• “Lair of the Firebreather”, Justin Gerard
• “Reach”, Donato Giancola
• “After the Flood”, Valentin Kopetzki
• “Earth Species Project”, Victo Ngai
• “Annihilation variant”, Greg Ruth

Book

• “Winter Road”, Jaime Jones
• “I Am the Light”, Vanessa Lemen
• “Japanese Tales 1: The Invisible Man”, Yuko Shimizu
• “Dragon Lords: Bad Faith”, Chase Stone
• “Charlie Florida”, Francis Vallejo

Comic

• Castle in the Stars: Book 4, page 1, Alex Alice
• Cover for Joe Shuster: The Artist Behind Superman, Thomas Campi
• Blue Vortex 1, Paul Davidson
• Kang Hearts Out 1, Kang Minjung
• The Thousand Demon Tree, Jeffrey Alan Love

Concept Art

• “Golden Temple Through Time We Converge: End”, Te Hu
• “Dwarf”, Carlyn Lim
• “The Banner Saga 3: Juno in the Black Sun”, Danny Moll
• “Submerged Statue of Tyr”, Abe Taraky
• “Big Hunt”, Zhengyi Wang

Dimensional

• “Vivicus”, Matthew Corcoran
• “SwampThing”, Paul Komoda
• “Reflection”, Patrick Masson
• “Gallevarbe”, Mark Newman
• “Justice”, Dug Stanat

Editorial

• “Structure”, Chris Buzelli
• “The Remains”, Qiuxin Mao
• “Human: Opener”, Victo Ngai
• “Stormy”, Tim O’Brien
• “How to Collect Customer Feedback the Right Way”, Leonardo Santamaria

Institutional

• “Mantis”, Ed Binkley
• “Etrata”, Bastien Lecouffe Deharme
• “Slippery Bogle”, Jesper Ejsing
• “Opt”, Tyler Jacobson
• “The Nights Watch”, John Jude Palencar

Unpublished

• “The Stranger”, Julien Delval
• “The Serpent”, Annie Stegg Gerard
• “A Walk in the Woods”, Konstantin Marinov Kostadinov
• “Sent by the Gods”, Ronan Le Fur
• “Racing Season in Empire City”, Eric Pfeiffer

2016 Chesley Awards Winners Announced

The Chesley Awards were established by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA) to recognize individual artistic works and achievements in the field of science fiction and fantasy.

The winners of the 2016 Chesley Awards were announced at MidAmeriCon 2, during the 74th World Science Fiction Convention, Kansas City, MO, USA (August 17- 21).

Best Cover Illustration: Hardcover Book
Todd Lockwood, 'Voyage of the Basilisk' by Mark Brennan (Tor, March 2015)

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Elspeth Slays The Hydra' by Tyler Jacobson

'Elspeth Slays The Hydra' by Tyler Jacobson, from the 'Theros' 'Magic: The Gathering' expansion set.

#CoolArt: Spectrum 23 Award Winners

Winners of the 'Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Awards' were announced at the Society of Illustrators on Saturday, May 7.

The Gold and Silver Award Winners in each of the categories - Advertising, Book, Comic, Concept Art, Dimensional, Editorial, Institutional and Unpublished - plus Rising Star Award and the Grand Master Honouree are below.

ADVERTISING: GOLD AWARD - 'The Blessing of Athena' by Nicolas Delort

Cool Art: 'Magic the Gathering: Journey Into Nyx'

'Magic the Gathering' launches the third and final set in the 'Theros' block, 'Journey Into Nyx', this weekend. And once again, the art that features on the cards is simply stunning, and for me, the reason why I collect the cards.

I'd also recommend reading 'Theros: Godsend, Part I', the e-book by Jenna Helland, that builds up the back story to the events in the 'Theros' block. The next ebook in the 'Theros' series, also written by Jenna Helland, should be out in May to coincide with the release of 'Journey Into Nyx' as well.

Check out the trailer and some of the awesome card art from 'Journey Into Nyx' below, and head to artofmtg.com for lots more.

by Tyler Jacobson