Book Cover Illustrations

As I am often want to do on the weekend, I take time off from doing illustration work to do (drum roll please) — more illustration work. However, if my time permits, these weekend illustrations are for my own enjoyment initially, with an eye toward their eventually being sold to publishers or at the very […]

I got word today that Douglas E. Richards’ techno-thriller Wired has been getting “crazy-positive reviews.” To build up even more interest, the price on the Kindle version is being temporarily lowered to 99 cents — but only for a limited time. So if you want to pick up a real bargain and have a lot […]

I’ve been busy updating my book cover illustration portfolio (or perhaps “art galleries” is a better term for the maze of pictures I’ve created). “Under the Triple Suns” is an illustration aimed at rounding out my portfolio just a bit. As such it’s also a speculative “book cover” that as yet doesn’t have a client […]

Here’s the going-to-print version of Book I: The Adventures of Dod by Thomas R. Williams. As readers may notice, the typefaces have undergone another transformation from those shown in my previous post about this book cover. The front cover illustration has remained pretty much the same with a “cut out” of the character’s head going […]

Just thought I’d quickly post the finalized version of Joan of Arc (for Marcia Quinn Noren’s Joan of Arc: The Mystic Legacy). The key change from previous versions is in her hair. The razor-cut look I’d originally given her looked a bit too much like a punk (or to some goth) hairdo. After a whole […]

I just completed the artwork on book two in the The Adventures of Dod series of YA fantasy novels written by Thomas R. Williams. Like the first book, one of the key features in this illustration was the glowing sword; this time the weapon is held in the hands of a mysterious, hooded figure. The […]

For a very limited time, author R.S. Guthrie is giving away free ebook copies novel Black Beast as a way of promoting his title. (And, yes, I painted the cover illustration for the book — shown above.) You can receive a copy by sending him an email request for Black Beast. Here’s his email: rsguthrie@gmail.com. […]

I recently landed a contract to do the book cover illustrations for a YA trilogy from Enslow Publishers, Inc. Written by Paul B. Thompson, the series is “The Brightstone Saga,” with the first book titled The Brightworking. The final cover is shown above. But it took three stabs before we arrived at it. The basic […]

Over the last week one of my book cover projects has been creating the cover for Joan of Arc: The Mystic Legacy by Marcia Quinn Noren. This carefully documented non-fiction book takes a new look at some of the history and experiences behind Joan of Arc. As such, it was important to take pains in […]

Here’s the book cover for Carol Jackson’s Angel Unawares, A Novel. Carol works in a TV studio, and part of her story takes place in a studio, giving the reader some behind-the-scenes insights into the workings and politics of a station. The story is based in 1983, so with Carol’s guidance and excellent suggestions, I […]