Issue #50 of the awesome fantasy and digital art magazine ImagineFX contains a list of the 50 Best Living Artists, citing them as "the most innovative, influential and altogether mega fantasy and sci-fi artists alive today." They offer brief writeups of each artist named above as well as showcasing some of their awesome artwork. It's worth checking out.
Here's their list:
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Posted by John DeNardo at Monday November 23, 2009 at 11:27 AM
© 2009 SF Signal
Some huge omissions: John Jude Palencar, James Gurney, Chris Van Allsburg, Leo & Diane Dillon, Don Maitz, Kinuko Y. Craft, Jeffrey Jones, Harry O. Morris, Thomas Canty, Jim Burns...
Posted by Paul Connelly on Monday November 23, 2009 at 9:12 PM
And don't forget John Picacio, and probably many others. I'm not plugged into the art scene enough, but I suspect the list (which, as all lists, are ripe for disagreement) by listmaker choice covers more than those in the sf/f community, thus the glaring omissions.
Posted by John D. on Tuesday November 24, 2009 at 1:29 PM