Book Cover Illustrations

This is the preliminary cover illustration I did with red lettering for the title (which, tentatively, is the final version of the cover — all things subject to change in publishing) for Dale Allan’s upcoming mystery novel Lead Me Not Into Temptation. For a closer look at what sort of symbolism/thought went into the layout […]

This is the preliminary cover illustration I’ve created for Dale Allan’s upcoming mystery novel Lead Me Not Into Temptation. We tried to capture the conflict in one of the key scenes in the book, in which a priest is faced with the moral dilemma of whether to take matters into his own hands, and perhaps […]

The “Woman Clothed With the Sun” is one of the few book illustrations I’ve been hired to do that didn’t go to print. The idea for the picture comes from Revelation 12:1 “A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown […]

Got my artist’s copy of Science Fiction Art Now yesterday and have spent some time with it. It’s one beautiful “coffee table book,” and covers the wide open territory of great science fiction. It’s a joy to have my illustrations included be in it. About the only downside is that with all the fantastic artists […]

Normally I don’t feel too sorry for any woes heaped upon critics, short of seeing them step off the curb to be hit by a bus. However art critic Brian Sherwin has started a series of blogs offering insight on what artists do in an effort to bully, browbeat, or entice critics to give them […]

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

I recently had a shot at a new mythology series and needed to put together a portfolio keyed to Greek myths. Unfortunately I came up one picture short, and so hurriedly considered what might be a good subject for a new painting to include in the mix. I’ve always loved the story of Perseus and […]

I got a nice endorsement from Michael Leo Samuel (via FaceBook): “To any and all writers: Duncan is the best and most imaginative illustrator I have ever met.” And I paid him almost nothing to write this! ===================== When not narcissistically reprinting nice things about himself, Duncan Long labors as a freelance magazine and book […]

One more illustration from the free ebook of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eleonora” (which you can be download for free here). The illustrated version of Poe’s “The Raven” can also be downloaded for free here. Please feel free to share these ebooks (or their links) with your friends. And if you want to offer either for […]

This morning’s warm-up exercise. Hopefully it will eventually find a home as a book cover illustration. ===================== When not doing calisthenics with a digital pen, Duncan Long exercises his talent as a freelance magazine and book illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon Press, Fort Ross, and many other publishers and self-publishing authors. See […]