Science fiction book cover illustrator

Mark salwowski, artist and fantasy and sciencefiction. This is captain blastoff, coming to you from the galaxy gallery in the future, talking about a great popular art form of the past. Duncan long is a magazine and book illustrator who has created cover illustrations for harpercollins, ps publishing, pocket books, ilex, fort ross, asimovs science fiction magazine, moonstone books, amazing stories magazine, isfic press, and many other publishers and selfpublishing authors. Per started out dabbling in 3d animation and music, but ultimately focused on digital painting. A multitime winner of the hugo science fiction achievement award, di fate has seen his artwork showcased in america, asia, and europe for years. Illustrations or images can pull directly from the novels pages, highlight. Through the reedsy marketplace, you can meet the industrys top professional book editors, cover designers, book marketers and ghostwriters. Take a look at my scifi covers, and contact me so that we can. Scifi book cover book artist illustrator photoshop. He also produced artwork for computer games, record album covers, magazines, postcards, trading cards, and even jigsaw puzzles. The design you decide to use for your book cover is one of the greatest decisions you have to make with regards to your book. Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. The finest quality science fiction and fantasy covers on the market.

Successful authors build talented teams around them to bring their book to life. Ellis studied art at the cleveland institute of art followed by a number of years at the boston museum school of fine art. Folks regularly remark they would buy the book just for the cover. Merritt, edgar rice burroughs and clark ashton smith. Augusta scarlett book cover design and illustration. With color schemes, fonts, and specific imagery, a book cover design can convey a. Paul youll 1965 is the twin brother of stephen youll who is also a british book cover illustrator mostly known for his science fiction and fantasy work. Tim white 1952 decided to be an artist before the age of five, and is now one of the most influential sf illustrators in britain.

Your science fiction ebook cover design will include your own title, your author name and any tagline or subtitle you wish to include. Per haagensen is a norwegianborn illustrator and concept artist currently residing in stockholm, sweden. Artists known exclusively for their work in comic books are not included. Paranormal romance book cover design for ebook and print. Paul produced cover art for many of the bestselling authors isaac asimov, robert silverberg, connie willis, ian mcdonald, charles sheffiled and others and for all the major publishers on. Scifi artists and illustrators list, freelance artist. Black and green alien illustrations science fiction book cover. Otherness ballantine f619 1962, 1962 pbo cover illustrator richard powers. I help writers by bringing their visions to life and making them money through. Peter andrew jones born 14 december 1951 is a british artist and illustrator who has produced a large number of fantasy and science fiction genre illustrations. During a professional career of over 43 years he has worked on book jacket covers, film posters, advertising, and games, as well as contributing to many bbc tv and commercial tv programs and projects. Illustration for book covers in the scififantasy generes. He received a ba in illustration from the british university. She bears a deep love of games and books, particularly of the scifi.

Thank you so much for helping me turn my vision into a lovely cover. Our premade book covers are available as ebook, audiobook and kdp full print covers. Would like an original art piece as opposed to cut and paste photoshop. See more ideas about fantasy book covers, sci fi and sci fi books. Its packed with a galactic image, fonts, artworks, and layouts which are adjustable in psd, ai, id, publisher, and. Illustration for book covers in the scififantasy generes superb. This is a list of science fiction and fantasy artists, notable and wellknown 20th and 21stcentury artists who have created book covers or interior illustrations for books, or who have had their own books or comic books of fantastic art with science fiction or fantasy themes published. Hundreds of unique premade scifi book covers created by professional designers. See more ideas about science fiction, sci fi art and illustration. Illustration on the earthsea quartet cover science. Book artist, graphic design, illustration, illustrator, photoshop see more.

Feature colorful and elaborate illustrations perfect for your fantasy novels and fairy tales by adding them onto readymade templates designed on canva. On the left is a book cover by legendary artist chris foss for asimovs stars like dust. Science fiction illustrator and artist duncan longs gallery of scifi artwork. Below are some of the covers made by bookflys designer. Each book cover is 100% exclusive and sold only once. Jeff brown graphics is one of the top artists in the indie publishing industry. His work is inspired by the masters of fantasy and science fiction writing j. Scifi and fantasy book covers are often instantly recognizablejust thinking about. Book cover illustrations, magazine artwork for selfpublishing authors and large presses alike as well as posters, paintings, tshirts, phone covers, and other art objects. Illustrations or images can pull directly from the novels pages, highlight an.

Artists are welcome to send a postcard sample with the address of their website portfolio following the. Vincent di fate has been creating scifi themed masterpieces for well over 30 years, and has earned himself an international reputation as one of the most talented illustrators in the world. Hickman, stephen illustrator of fantasy and science fiction. List of science fiction and fantasy artists wikipedia. Ed emsh legendary science fiction illustrator youtube. Ive owned the our universe book with johns great cover ever since it came out in 1980, its been one of my favorites vincent difate sent me a scan of berkeys deer me, me deer prelim that he owns. Science fiction novels are often characterized by their imaginative and expressive cover art. What i have pictured is a monk, from the back, wearing long robes holding a staff i. Mooney graphics does web design and advertising along with book cover designs. Give your science fiction book a stellar makeover with customizable templates you can edit in a. Illustration for science fictionfantasy book covers. Links to book cover illustrators, book artists, and book.

The history and cover art of science fiction published by penguin books from 1935 to the present day. Indie book publishing with euan mitchell 25,458 views. There are many ways a scifi or fantasy book cover design can communicate with a new reader, and one strategy is to capture a certain mood that signals a feeling about the text within. Virgil finlay, american, 19141971, is probably one of the best known of science fiction cover artists. Science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal book cover. Every year, the art world chooses the best science fiction and fantasy illustrations providing a visual feast for the rest of us. I m a book cover artist, designer, and illustrator. Book cover illustration custom designed scifi and fantasy art. Titles and author names shown are for illustration purposes only.

Fantasy book covers, book cover art, book art, science fiction kunst, pulp fiction art, sci fi bucher, classic sci fi books, sci fi novels, horror books. Ive been an artist and illustrator specialising in airbrush work for nearly thirty years now and although i do all kinds of work the bulk of my output has been fantasy and sciencefiction bookcovers. The winning authors and judges of writers of the future have written thousands of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels and short stories all genres and subgenres of speculative fiction and beyond. Jim burns is a science fiction illustrator and fantasy artist specialising in book cover art and specially commissioned paintings for collectors of sf and fantasy art. Its for a book being selfpublished by the author, titled alfred. Custom book and ebook covers, cover illustration, and premade covers.

Reedsy professionals know the publishing landscape better than a writer knows the taste of hot coffee, come meet them. High quality book covers for selfpublished writers. I am an illustrator and designer specializing in scifi and fantasy book covers. You might recognize the work of the dean of science fiction artists frank kelly freas from the cover of queens 1977 album news of the world. His work with bookfly and his experience as an audiobook cover designer have given him the opportunity to create hundreds of covers across a wide range of genres and authors.

The boy who would be king where a modernday boy is transported into magical, medieval times. When using illustration or an image on a book cover, its helpful for scifi and fantasy writers to show original images to help set themselves apart from the other scifi and fantasy books on the shelves, which often feature hooded figures, tentacles, swords, etc. Book cover illustration by brad fraunfelter for 18 wheels of science fiction. We have limited this list of books to their most recent releases since 2018. Dean ellis was an illustrator and painter who was born in the usa in 1920 and passed away in 2009. The 3in1 book cover trick with adobe indesign cc 2018 duration. Since 1974 he has illustrated the covers of hundreds of books on themes of science fiction and fantasy by many well known authors. Bestselling fantasy author faced intense backlash after saying shroud of eternity was a great book with a very bad cover, prompting its illustrator to react terry goodkinds shroud of. Amazing book cover illustrations and designs by brad fraunfelter. Storm owl art is a selftaught artist offering affordable book covers. Edmund emshwiller, better known as ed emsh or just emsh was a. Im a freelance book cover artist, illustrator and concept artist from the uk.