Book Cover Illustrations

Another book illustration that does not yet have a home: “To Kill the King: Assassin.” All rights available including book cover rights. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance book illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See his cover illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html =====================

The cover illustration should tell a story, but it can never tell THE story. That’s the job of the author through the text of the book.

Here’s a sneak peek a the new book cover illustration I did a few days ago for Steven Barnes’ novel Assassin. The book comes out in November (2010) from ISFiC Press. I won’t give the plot away, but the story basically deals with the class of cultures during the Middle Ages. With that in mind, […]

Got word today from Lawrence P. White that the web page for his novel Spirit of Empire is now online. In addition to being able to order the book, visitors can also read a sample chapter. I still have trouble getting used to the notion that I can finish a book cover illustration (and layout, […]

Paul M. Strickler has purchased the book cover rights to “The Magical Contact” for the cover of his new novel The Spiritar. This illustration has become a favorite for many viewers (and is a favorite of mine as well). It’s nice it has found a home on Strickler’s novel. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance […]

Just got work from R. P. Tedlie’s that Isabel’s Tears is now available for sale online at Amazon.com. An amazing world we live in when a book cover can be completed one week, and the book available for purchase the next. I can remember a time when getting a book prepared and placed on sale […]

“Spiritual Matters” is a for-fun digital painting that hopefully will one day find a home on a book as a cover illustration. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance book cover illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See his cover illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html =====================

Cover for science fiction novel Spirit of Empire. The author Lawrence P. White came to this project with an excellent cover concept, and it was a lot of fun bringing it to life for him. Here’s the final version. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance book cover illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon […]

I completed the book cover illustration and lettering/layout for R. P. Tedlie’s Isabel’s Tears a few days ago. While the initial publication will be in the Kindle format (which is grayscale), we went ahead and created a hi-resolution color version so the author would be ready for traditional printing should he decide to go that […]

The picture above was created for the cover of Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel’s book, The Spiritual Journey of Psalm 23. This is the second cover I’ve done for Samuel. Recently he found one of my illustrations at my web site that he liked, and we built on that concept using his choice of colors and […]