Book Cover Illustrations

In print: The Brightworking (first of the Brightstone Saga) by Paul B. Thompson.

Normally the summer is a slow time for publishing. But with many authors now going the self-publishing route, this summer is proving to be an exception – busy, busy, busy. Which is just how I like it because I love my work — and there’s always a need for a little more money, right?

This blog is going to be a sort of catch all, displaying various projects in various stages of done. Above is the hard-back version of Brightworking, the first of the books in the Brightstone series by Paul B. Thompson. It’s always a thrill to hold the print version of a book and see how the cover illustration turned out. Hopefully that explains the crazed look on the artist’s face.

Below is another print version that came in: Dr. Max D. Younce’s I Know Who Holds Tomorrow. You can also see where I got the reference model for the hand on the cover.

Dr. Max D. Younce's I know Who Holds Tomorrow

It looks like Werewolves of New Idria is (finally) about to get into print. A two years wait on this one, and at times I had serious doubts whether it was going to get into print. But Moonstone Books sent word this week that this graphic novel should be out in a couple of weeks.

Werewolves of New Idria book cover artwork by illustrator Duncan Long

Finally, several of the book covers I’m working on now that are nearly complete (at least in their layout):

Wrong Side In -- and, yes, I've written as well as illustrated this one.

Book cover for David Gelber's upcoming novel.

Mockup of Tom Risser's new action-adventure novel.

People have been hounding me to prove the flying monkeys that work in the Duncan Long Art Studio actually exist. So I captured the likeness of Ralph, the head monkey to prove they are here, hard at work helping to create my book illustrations and graphic designs:

Ralph, the head flying monkey at the Duncan Long Art Studio.