Alan Gutierrez

{{Short description|Science fiction & fantasy artist & illustrator (born 1958)}}

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Alan Gutierrez (born 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an artist and illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Gutierrez grew up in southern California, and he received his BFA in illustration from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1982.[http://alangutierrezart.deviantart.com/journal/?offset=1 Alan Gutierrez biography] by Jack Williamson, 2002 His first professional sale was to Fantasy Book in 1983. He then began painting covers for Tor Books, Baen Books and other publishers. Gutierrez has also painted covers for Analog magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, and other SF magazines.[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gutierrez_alan Entry at SF Encyclopedia] As of mid-2014, he is credited with 156 book and magazine covers at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9439 Summary bibliograohy] at ISFDB His works have been nominated for several awards.{{Cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomArt18.html#2155 |title=Locus Index of Art Nominees |access-date=2014-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614211524/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomArt18.html#2155 |archive-date=2014-06-14 |url-status=dead }}