Bob Eggleton ( born September 13 , 1960 ) is an American science fiction , fantasy , and horror artist . Eggleton has been honored with the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist eight times , first winning in 1994 . He also won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book " Greetings From Earth " . He has also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000 . Eggleton 's drawing and paintings cover a wide range of science fiction , fantasy , and horror topics , depicting space ships , alien worlds and inhabitants , dragons , vampires , and other fantasy creatures . His view on space ships were that they should look organic , and claimed that as a child , he was disappointed with the space shuttles and rockets NASA produced ; they were nothing like fantasy artists of the twenties and thirties had promised . His fascination with dragons originated with his childhood interest of dinosaurs , which can be seen in the book '' Greetings From Earth '' . His paintings are commissioned and bought at science fiction conventions , and used as book covers
Chicon 2000
58th World Science Fiction Convention
Bob Eggleton