Book Cover Illustrations

So you’ve written your great American novel. And despite its merits, you can’t get it edged past the glut of manuscripts now flooding every major publishing house. You’re convinced your book has merit. You decide to publish. Now what? First you need to understand that you face an uphill battle when it comes to marketing […]

OK. I just did these for fun. But I’m hoping sometime each of these illustrations will find its way onto a book cover. Until then, hopefully they’ll bring a little amusement to readers of this blog as well as those who visit my online galleries. Above is “Summer Storm” and below is “Lisajen’s Top Hat.” […]

Paul M. Strickler has purchased the book cover rights to “The Magical Contact” for the cover of his new novel The Spiritar. This illustration has become a favorite for many viewers (and is a favorite of mine as well). It’s nice it has found a home on Strickler’s novel. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance […]

Just got work from R. P. Tedlie’s that Isabel’s Tears is now available for sale online at Amazon.com. An amazing world we live in when a book cover can be completed one week, and the book available for purchase the next. I can remember a time when getting a book prepared and placed on sale […]

I completed the book cover illustration and lettering/layout for R. P. Tedlie’s Isabel’s Tears a few days ago. While the initial publication will be in the Kindle format (which is grayscale), we went ahead and created a hi-resolution color version so the author would be ready for traditional printing should he decide to go that […]

The picture above was created for the cover of Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel’s book, The Spiritual Journey of Psalm 23. This is the second cover I’ve done for Samuel. Recently he found one of my illustrations at my web site that he liked, and we built on that concept using his choice of colors and […]

During my career I’ve worked with and for all sorts of publishers, from the giants like HarperCollins to mid-sized operations like Paladin Press to small presses and self publishers. I even have my own “press” that puts out a title now and then. I’ve enjoyed all the work and worked with a lot of enjoyable […]

The first half of 2010 has been busy, with many self-publishing authors and small presses realizing that in order to compete with big presses, a quality cover illustration can be key in attracting buyers. On the “established press” side of things, I’ve also been busy, currently finishing up a collection of illustrations for a graphic […]

Over the last few years, too many corporations and publishers have deligated more and more decision-making to committees. I suppose this allows the proverbial buck to be passed endlessly when poor decisions are made, and perhaps this cover-your-posterior is a necessity during these rocky financial times. However it’s arguable whether anything great has ever been […]

Here’s the final version of the book cover for Douglas E. Richards‘ The Devil’s Sword. Since the illustration didn’t have a sword on it (even though fencing plays a big role in the storyline), I created a vector graphic of a classic fencing foil and then “impaled” the O and D in the “sword” part […]