Character Art for Books and Screenplays
filed in Book Cover Illustrations and Artwork, screenplay art on Nov.24, 2014
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 can help sell a book or screenplay.
Above is a little fairy that eventually will become a black and white (actually “grayscale”) picture for an upcoming book about little creatures. I generally create artwork in color (in case a client decides to use it on a cover or in color ads) and then desaturate it to create a B&W picture.
Below is an assortment of aliens, little creatures, demons, and other monsters that are each slated to appear in either a book or screenplay.
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You can see more of my artwork for books, games, and screenplays at Duncan Long’s Gallery.
December 6th, 2014 on 6:54 am
Very interesting. I can see how character artwork like this would help a screen writer get the attention of a director and is a good tool for writers to put into their bag of tricks.
December 11th, 2014 on 9:53 pm
Excellent pictures and art you got here! These are just the srot of things that sell books, and make the difference between a professional looking book and one that people won’t buy. You do fantastic work.