This past weekend was LonCon 3, the host of this year’s World Con, and with it, the Hugo and Chesley Awards.

Muddy Colors would like to take a moment to congratulate all who were nominated, and an extra special congratulations to this year’s winners.

First, the 2014 Chesley Award Winners…

Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book
Todd Lockwood 
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan; Tor, Feb. 2013

Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book
Kerem Beyit 
The Scroll of Years by Chris Willrich; Pyr, Sept. 2013

Best Cover Illustration: Magazine
Dan Dos Santos
 Fables #136 Vertigo, Dec. 2013

Best Interior Illustration
Brian Kesinger 
Walking Your Octopus, July 2013; Baby Tattoo Books

Best Three-Dimensional Art
Devon Dorrity
Cecaelia, Queen of the Ocean, clay

Best Unpublished: Color Work
Donato Giancola
 Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin, oil on linen

Best Unpublished: Monochrome Work
Ruth Sanderson
 The Descent or Persephone, scratchboard

Best Product Illustration
Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo
 Jeannie’s Kitten, IlluXCon 6 promotional art

Best Gaming-Related Illustration
Lucas Graciano
The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield for The Battle of Five Armies Board Game; Ares Games

Best Art Director
Irene Gallo
Tor & Tor.com

Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award
Jim Burns

And the Hugo Awards went to…
Best Professional Artist:
Julie Dillon

Best Fan Artist:
Sarah Webb