Jim Burns with a Hugo Award at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow

Jim Burns is an artist born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1948. In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force seemingly on a quest to become a pilot. Due to standards he was unable to meet he was, however, forced to leave the Air Force in search of another direction in life. He signed up at the Newport School of Art for a year's foundation course. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 338 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Jim Burns ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 338 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Jim Burns ... Worldcon, or more formally The World Science Fiction Convention, is the longest running science fiction convention having been held from 1939 to 1941 and, after the interruption of World War II, every year since 1946. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... Cardiff (Welsh: Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales. ... South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the East and South, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the North and West. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ...

He was accepted and went on to complete a 3 year Diploma in Art and Design course at St. Martin's School of Art in London. When he left St Martins he had already been signed up by the recently established illustration agency, Young Artists (1972). He has been with this agency, later re-named 'Arena' ever since. The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

He is today a contemporary British Science Fiction illustrator. His works mostly deals with science fiction with erotic overtones. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Apart from book and game covers, Burns worked with Ridley Scott on Blade Runner. He has also had books of his own works published: Lightship, Planet Story (written by Harry Harrison), Mechanismo, Transluminal and many others. Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer. ... Blade Runner is a science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and released in 1982; it depicts a dark, dystopic vision of Los Angeles in November 2019. ...

Jim Burns has won the Hugo award for Best Professional Artist three times - the only non-American ever to have won it - and has also picked up 12 BSFA awards (The British Science Fiction Award). The Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. ...