INFECTED BY ART Volume 12 Variant IX Cover by Larry Elmore

"Volume 12 once again contains one of our most diverse groups of artists selected by our jury panel." 264 Artists are represented. Grand Prize Winners: Dug Stanat, Arantza Sestayo, Vanessa Lemen, Ryan Pancoast (also featured in 'Body of Work'), Quintin Gleim. Traditional Painting Winners: Pancoast again, Annie Stegg, Sestayo again. Digital Painting Award Winners: Kaitlund Zupanic, Craig Elliott, Justin Gerard, Gleim again. Honorable Mention: Rob Rey, Gal Or, Ven Locklear, Aurore Folny. Sculpture Winners: Forest Rogers, Dug Stanat, Ornelie Art, and Honorable Mention: Sculptureto Patrick Masson, Thomas Kuebler, Colin Poole. This edition features most of the 337 artworks on a full page to present the artwork in its best light. With the loss of the annual Spectrum Fantastic Art, this is the go-to collection for the best in science fiction, comic book and fantasy art with the past year's finest works for book covers, comic book covers, editorial pieces, advertising pieces, and just fine art. Jurors this time: Victor Adams, Tatiana Dykes, Omar Rayyan, Mariah Tekulve, and Oliver Villoingt -- all fellow artists, whose work is on display here. Contributors also include Larry Elmore, Petar Meseldzija (Spectrum award winner and cover artist), Ed Binkley (Spectrum Quarterly cover artist), Jeff Echvarria, Donato Giancola (Spectrum Award Winner), Scott Gustafson (Spectrum winner and judge), Richard Hescox (we have his current sketchbook, ERB artist), Greg Hildebrandt, Stephan Martiniere, John Picacio, Mathew Stawicki, David Wenzel...and those are only the names we are most familiar with! Works ranging from traditionally painted to digitally painted, illustrations in pencil, pen and ink or gold leaf, to sculpted works.