Book Cover Illustrations

I do a wide range of illustration work from science fiction/fantasy/horror book covers to Christian and non-fiction books. I don’t turn down much except for an occasional title with dubious moral overtones.

A recent Christian illustration (shown above) created for a Gospel tract turned out well, in part I think because it taps into the subconscious yearnings of most of us, that need we feel to rise above our surroundings and culture to a higher plain. This thought is regularly reflected in our speech (“rising to the top,” “climbing the corporate ladder,” “rising above our problems,” etc.).

And the “stairway to Heaven” idea is an ongoing theme both in literature as well as music, secular and religious. So I think this picture taps into these feelings and that helps propel the idea ahead.

Sunsets of course lend themselves to beautiful lighting and convey a cyclic sense of eternal beginnings and endings, making the picture more powerful as well. And this sunset and sky scene also permitted some nice blending of blues and yellows to make the picture all the more attractive.

For those interested in seeing my Christian artwork, I have a gallery devoted to it. Some of the illustrations are of my early work (and, yes, even a little embarrassing to lay claim to), but I leave them online because they seem to fill a need among those publishing Christian artwork and/or in creating Christian PowerPoint presentations, videos, and movies. Here’s the link: Duncan’s Christian Artwork
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When not creating Christian artwork for Gospel tracts, Duncan Long labors as a freelance illustrator, with artwork published by HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, and many other publishers — and self-publishing authors. See his book cover illustrations at: http://DuncanLong.com/art.html
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