Book Cover Illustrations

Lawrence P. White’s science fiction novel Knights of the Chosen series (which I did the book cover illustration for — shown above) is now available in Kindle format from Amazon.com. The second in the Spirit of Empire series, this epic tale offers another good read. Check it out. If you like science fiction, you’ll enjoy […]

Several months ago I had the privilege of creating the cover for A. J. Vega’s Majesty’s Offspring. I’m happy to announce that the book has a home page now. The site is nicely done and the Prologue to the book is also available online for those wanting a sneak peek at what’s inside the covers. […]

Got an interesting email from self-publishing author John Backus about his new novel. The book has been meeting with amazing success. I find John’s experience interesting because it paints a picture of what I think the future of publishing is soon likely to be: Authors putting their own stories into print, then shepherding them to […]

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 […]

Cover for science fiction novel Spirit of Empire. The author Lawrence P. White came to this project with an excellent cover concept, and it was a lot of fun bringing it to life for him. Here’s the final version. ===================== Duncan Long is a freelance book cover illustrator for HarperCollins, PS Publishing, Pocket Books, Solomon […]

For fun I often create book cover illustrations – without an actual story to illustrate. Oddly enough, these often eventually find a home or attract attention of a publisher or author needing a similar book cover illustration. Plus they’re fun to do. Here’s the latest, a science fiction book cover illustration, presently without a home. […]