We were really thrilled to have six wonderfully different art entries for our Adventures in Scifi Publishing coverart contest. It wasn’t an easy choice, and we want to showcase everyone who took the time to design an entry. Without further ado, here are your contestants:
Contest Winner
Name: Greg Gunther
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Gregory Gunther has been involved in freelance graphic and website design for over 11 years and has great passion for the digital arts. In 2007, he completed his Masters’ degree in Communications & Digital Media Design from Saginaw Valley State University. (Now he’s teaching in the same graduate program.)
Skilled in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photography, Flash: Animation and ActionScripting, XHMTL/CSS coding and Design for print and web. Every day he strives to turn his interests and creativity into a successful career as a Designer / Illustrator / Teacher and Creative Entrepreneur though constant creative focus and work.
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Name: David S. Rogers
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I work as a graphic designer and web developer for a research laboratory at the University of Tennessee. I occasionally work on freelance projects and would be interested in more opportunities.
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Name: Ryan Laukat
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I live in Salt Lake City, Utah with my wife and son. I’m a freelance illustrator, mostly working on strategy board games for companies like Rio Grande Games, and Z-man Games. I also hand-engrave musical instruments. I’ve always wanted to tell stories, and I recently finished a YA novel (The Mechanism) and am now editing and illustrating it.
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Name: Philip Tillsley
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I’m a first-quarter student at a WA community college entering the visual communications program. I used to work as a web designer a decade ago back in Australia (where I hail from), and after a long stint in IT I’m returning to study to boost my art and design skills and develop my portfolio, to lead to design-oriented work. I’m also an aspiring genre fiction writer, graphic novel author, not to mention husband and dad.
They are all good, but AISFP has indeed chosen the best one.
It was amazing, Ayman, how many quality entries we received, and how differently each artist approached it!
Congrats, Greg! And thanks for the other submissions, too: David, Ryan, and Philip. It wasn’t easy for us to decide.
Congrats Greg!