Book Cover Illustrations

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks creating new cover illustrations for some of John Bowers’ science fiction “Starport” series. Above is the final illustration and layout of the updated cover for Occupy Eroak. As is often the case, I created several several versions of the illustration before we finally got to something that worked well. Perhaps […]

We finished up the book cover illustration for the second installment in John Bowers’ science fiction “Starport” series, Guerrilla Girl last week. Amazingly enough, the novel is already available for sale today at Amazon. The final version of my cover artwork (and layout) is shown above. For the project we started with a 3D model (which […]

The cover (above) of Martin Wilsey’s new science fiction novel Still Falling. This cover layout is a beautiful example of how cropping can make a dramatic change in the impact of an illustration. While I created the artwork for this cover, I didn’t do the layout — and am quite jealous of the work (ha). Here’s […]

I got word from April Rane that her novel Magnolia Murders is now available. Yes, that’s my artwork and layout on the cover. The tricky part to this book cover project was getting the flower positioned and sized properly. Due to the black background, it’s easy for the eye to perceive the flower as being […]

I had the pleasure of recently finishing the book cover illustration and layout for book one in the new science fiction series Ming by R. L. Gray. The design work was pretty straight forward with this project. I studied the “butterfly nebula” (via the Hubble telescope), then painted my own version with a few nebula […]

Over the last couple of years, I’ve found myself creating more characters for screenplays as well as the inner pages of novels and non-fiction books. For writers by artwork for their documents, illustrations can be an important “hook” for attracting t little more attention from potential buyers. With today’s highly competitive markets, such an edge […]

The Kindle version of Anthony Pacheco’s science fiction novel The Wælcyrie Murders is now available for pre-order from Amazon. The ebook will be available on January 30, 2015. The Wælcyrie Murders is book two in the Lexus Toulouse science fiction/mystery series. Here’s a bit about the plot: Out of the Gifford-Pinchot Forest stumbles a wælcyrie, […]

To celebrate Halloween, I’ve offering a free copy of my illustrated version of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eleonora” again this year. The story is one of Poe’s lesser-known works, and it somewhat autobiographical in nature, though with the same dark mystery the author is best known for. The illustration above is one of a number appearing […]

Robots are always fascinating to view — and to paint. And they can be key to setting the stage for a science fiction novel or magazine story. Over the last year, I’ve been perfecting my skills at creating these creatures and have had the pleasure of seeing some of my efforts appear in print. One […]

Gregory Eaves’ Curious Stories is now available from Amazon.com. It contains a diverse collection of mystery stories, ranging from the noir detective to supernatural suspense. Yes, that’s my cover illustration. I did this artwork some time back, and was a bit surprised that there were no “takers” for it as I felt it would be […]