Book Cover Illustrations

Yesterday the cover for best-selling author John Phillip Backus’ science fiction novel Jen of Earth was completed. The book is the first of a series of sci-fi adventures. The cover illustration was created by combining elements of two previous digital paintings I’d created which the author had selected as models for his cover. The two […]

This week we finished the cover for best-selling author John Phillip Backus’ The Sisterhood: After the Fall, Book Three. The novel is a post-apocalyptic science fiction series. For our starting point with this book cover illustration, John selected one of the digital paintings in my online gallery “Virtual Friends.” . As the project progressed, much […]

A sneak peek at the book cover illustration that will appear on John Phillip Backus’ new novel The Gathering: After the Fall (book two in the series).

Another wolf illustrations. This one isn’t for the Werewolves of New Idria (which I continue to produce illustrations for…) but was originally created for John Phillip Backus’ science fiction novel The Gathering – After The Fall (book two in his series). In the end it didn’t match the layout well, and has since been dropped […]

Another pair of book illustrations. Each created as a part of the cover artwork for John Phillip Backus’ science fiction novel The Gathering – After The Fall (book two in this series). The crow eventually was employed on the cover (with its mirror image self) while the dog didn’t make the final cut because if […]

A character concept sketch which will become a part of the book cover illustration for John Phillip Backus’ science fiction novel The Gathering – After The Fall (book two in this series). The final cover will employ a number of faces, “sliced and diced” into a somewhat surreal design. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance […]