Fred Gambino<p>2024 was the year that I went back to working traditionally in a big way after decades of digital. Some of it was personal, some of it for my Dark Shepherd project and debut novel. I have been lucky in that I sold every piece of art I created. So here are my nine picks of the year, both digital and traditional, none are AI.</p><p>Happy New Year to you all and all the best for 2025.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DarkShepherd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkShepherd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/concept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/spaceships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/visdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visdev</span></a></p>