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:

  1. Frank Frazetta
  2. Ralph McQuarrie
  3. Moebius
  4. Craig Mullins
  5. John Howe
  6. H.R. Giger
  7. Drew Struzan
  8. Syd Mead
  9. Andrew Jones
  10. Brom
  11. Boris Vallejo
  12. Linda Bergkvist
  13. Marta Dahlig
  14. Donato Giancola
  15. Dave Gibbons
  16. Rodney Matthews
  17. Dave McKean
  18. Jon Foster
  19. James Jean
  20. Bob Eggleton
  21. Todd Lockwood
  22. Yoshitaka Amano
  23. Brian Froud
  24. Frank Miller
  25. Greg Hildebrandt
  26. Bill Sienkiewicz
  27. Ryan Church
  28. Michael Whelan
  29. Simon Bisley
  30. Dan Dos Santos
  31. Melanie Delon
  32. Jason Chan
  33. Adam Hughes
  34. Jim Lee
  35. Roger Dean
  36. Stanley Lau
  37. Masamune Shirow
  38. Stephan Martiniere
  39. Justin “Coro” Kaufman
  40. Justin Sweet
  41. Mike Mignola
  42. Daniel Dociu
  43. Greg Manchess
  44. Katsuhiro Otomo
  45. Hayao Miyazuki
  46. Chris Foss
  47. Peter Andrew Jones
  48. J.S. Rossbach
  49. Tara McPherson
  50. Jason Manley

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