Press Release
Coming soon from Hermes Press, Infected By Art Volume Three! This ground-breaking collector’s edition features over 300 pieces of art from the world’s best fantasy, science fiction, and horror artists in a range of various mediums. Each page of this book will feature the name of the artist, the title of the art, the medium in which it was created, and the artist’s website.
The competition is being judged this year by:
Donato Giancola — Since beginning his professional career in 1993, Donato’s list of clients has grown to include major book publishers in New York to concept design firms on the West Coast: notables include The United Nations, LucasArts, National Geographic, Scientific American, CNN, DC Comics, Microsoft, The Village Voice, Playboy Magazine, the US Postal Service, Wizards of the Coast , Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Tor Books, Random House, Time/Warner, The Sci-Fi Channel, Milton-Bradley, and Hasbro.
Greg Hildebrandt — Beginning in 1975, Greg and with his brother Tim illustrated the first of a series of Lord of the Rings calendars for Ballantine Books. This series of paintings launched the two men into international fame, with over a million calendars sold, and the name the Brothers Hildebrandt® was born! In 1977, Lucas Films hired the Brothers Hildebrandt to create the movie poster for the first Star Wars film, Star Wars: A New Hope.
Rebecca Guay — During her over 20 years of painting professionally, Rebecca Leveille-Guay has built a formidable reputation in contemporary and pop culture art. The work focuses on emotionally charged themes that echo elements of the symbolists and orientalists, as well as undertones of Pre-Raphaelites, with a contemporary surreal twist.
Jon Schindehette — He is an award winning art/creative director. Schindehette has over 30 year of experience in the creative industry and has worked for a laundry list of clients including: Disney, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, Harley-Davidson, Price Waterhouse, Arco Oil & Gas, and many more. He is most well known for his work with Dungeons & Dragons and ArtOrder. Jon is currently the Creative Director for Treehouse Brand Stores, a subsidiary of Think Geek.
From fantastic scenes of science fiction to the worlds of fantasy and horror, this book has it all, and will appeal to anyone who appreciates the fantastic arts. Artwork included in IBA Volume Three ranges from traditionally drawn and painted art, to artwork done digitally, as well as sculpture. Each piece of art was hand-picked by this select group of judges.
Infected by Art (IBA) Volume Three: The Best of the World’s Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror Art; ISBN #978-1-16345-092-5; art book showcasing world-wide submissions of emerging artists who have submitted their art to IBA for a competition judged by some of the finest artists in the world who determine the pieces included in this book; hardcover; endleaves; 304 pages; all color; $49.99; mature; over 300 pieces of artwork; available July/2015.
For more information on Infected By Art, visit www.infectedbyart.com/.
For more information about Hermes Press, visit www.hermespress.com/.
