2008 Hugo Awards Countdown: Best Professional Artist

Science fiction and fantasy: where would they be without visuals? Humans are visual creatures, and while we can visualize the images behind the words of stories and novels, it’s the artists who bring those images to life.

Nominations for Best Professional Artist

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Sample Art from 2007

bob-eggleton-tau-zero-cover To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories
Poul Anderson
bob-eggleton-ivory Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
Mike Resnick
bob-eggleton-dagon-cover
The Taint and Other Novellas: Best Mythos Tales
Brian Lumley
Website
bob-eggleton-site
http://bobeggletonart2007.blogspot.com/

Sample Art from 2007

phil-foglio-myth-adventures Myth Adventures, Vol. 2
Robert Asprin
phil-foglio-girl-genius Girl Genius Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite
Kaja & Phil Foglio
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Websites
airship-entertainment-site
http://airshipentertainment.com/
girl-genius-online-site
http://girlgeniusonline.com/

Sample Art from 2007

john-harris-spindrift Spindrift
Allen Steele
old-mans-war Old Man’s War
John Scalzi
last-colony1
The Last Colony
John Scalzi
Website
john-harris-site
http://www.alisoneldred.com/artistJohnHarris.html

Sample Art from 2007

brasyl2 Brasyl
Ian McDonald
mainspring Mainspring
Jay Lake
dragons-of-babel The Dragons of Babel
Michael Swanwick
Website
stephan-martiniere-site
http://www.martiniere.com/

Sample Art from 2007

fastforwardwrap
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge
Ed. Lou Anders
timeschild Time’s Child
Rebecca Ore
thousanddeaths
A Thousand Deaths
George Alec Effinger
Website
john-picacio-site
http://www.johnpicacio.com/

Also nominated for Best Related Book.
For more information, see the Best Related Book entry.